Wildfires in Indonesia this year, including this one next to a housing complex in Kubu Raya, might been intensified by the strong El Niño. Credit: DITO/AFP via Getty For Julia Cole, a palaeoclimatologist who uses corals to study Earth’s past climate, the powerful El Niño event now gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean comes as
A video showing a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent pointing his gun at a woman has been viewed by millions after she shared the moment on Instagram. Carolina Molina says she was out delivering business cards in Falls Church, Virginia, when she saw ICE agents, who then surrounded her car. The US Department
When I started planning our family’s Disney and Universal vacation, I knew it wouldn’t be cheap. Our six-day Orlando trip for a family of five cost about $8,620, including airfare, hotels, theme park tickets, airport transportation, meals, and other travel expenses. So, I started looking for a way to offset some of those costs using
Atahualpa, the last Incan emperor, was seized by troops in 1532 during the Spanish Conquest, but smallpox had already devastated the Inca Empire around 1524–1528.Credit: Florilegius/Alamy More than 400 years ago, two people living in modern day Chile died while infected with the smallpox virus. Viral DNA found in their mummified remains has now yielded
Long before Spotify, Winamp was the music player of choice for millions of music fans. Now, the nostalgic brand is preparing for another comeback. Winamp and Deezer announced a partnership on Wednesday that will see Deezer power Winamp’s upcoming premium music subscription service. Under the agreement, Winamp will leverage Deezer’s white label technology and globally
Mitochondria (green in this false-color transmission electron micrograph) may play a role in the physiological effects of microgravity.Credit: José Calvo/Scientific Photography Library Researchers have found that exposure to microgravity aboard the International Space Station causes mitochondria in human cells and worms to produce fewer proteins. The work also identified a previously unknown molecular pathway that