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Aug 12, 2020
Weird ‘boomerang’ earthquake detected under the Atlantic Ocean
Posted by Fyodor Rouge in categories: futurism, physics
This magnitude 7.1 earthquake started deep underground, in a gash on the Atlantic seafloor, a little more than 650 miles off the coast of Liberia, in western Africa. It rushed eastward and upward, then did an about-face and boomeranged back along the upper section of the fault at incredible speeds‑so fast it caused the geologic version of a sonic boom.
The ferocity of shaking from an earthquake is usually focused in the direction the temblor is traveling. But a boomerang quake, or a “back-propagating rupture” in scientific terms, may spread the intense shaking across a wider zone. It remains uncertain how common boomerang earthquakes are—and how many travel at such great speeds. But the new study, published today in the journal Nature Geoscience, is a major step toward untangling the complex physics behind these events and understanding their potential hazards.
“Studies like this help us understand how past earthquakes ruptured, how future earthquakes may rupture, and how that relates to the potential impact for faults near populated areas,” says Kasey Aderhold, a seismologist with the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, via email.
Aug 12, 2020
Kate Broderick on the INOVIO DNA vaccine for treating COVID-19
Posted by Lon Anderson in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
Kate Broderick discusses the development of INOVIO’s frontrunner COVID-19 DNA vaccine and states the need for preparedness for future outbreaks.
Aug 11, 2020
Windows 10 update means copy-and-paste will never be the same again
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Microsoft is redesigning the clipboard in Windows 10 to include images, GIFs, emojis and more.
Aug 11, 2020
Global hunger fell for decades, but it’s rising again
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Ensuring nobody goes to bed hungry.
Almost 690 million people in the world were undernourished in 2019 – that’s 8.9% of the world population, a new UN report says. This figure could exceed 840 million by 2030 if current trends continue.
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Harvard geneticist Dr. George Church is “turning on” youth-promoting genes. In this exclusive interview Dr. Church explains how he expects to achieve human age reversal in the foreseeable future.
Scientifically reviewed by: Dr. Amanda Martin, DC, on August 2020. Written By Dr. Shelly Xuelai Fan.
Aug 8, 2020
This Is The World’s Largest Terrestrial Invertebrate
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
Meet the scariest creature you’ll probably ever encounter, as alongside the Indian Ocean you will find the giant beast known as the Coconut Crab. This is quite a strange finding, as it is both obscure, terrifying, and fascinating all in one. In order to study more about the invertebrate, Mark Laidre from Dartmouth College actually ended up spending two whole months at Chagos where he inspected the strange beings to see what else they could possibly find out about them. That’s where he came to realize that upon opening large coconuts with their claws these creatures end up exerting a.
Would you protect the rights of A bigot?
The Jews of Europe were characterized in the following ways by the Fascists:
1. Bigoted because of “Jewish Chosenness” 2. A foreign element from a different continent 3. An over privileged foreign minority 4. Destructive of indigenous ethnic culture.
Aug 7, 2020
How to see the 2020 Perseid meteor shower, one of the best of the year, as it peaks
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Aug 6, 2020
Intel hacked: Confidential intellectual data obtained and leaked
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
An anonymous hacker claims to have obtained confidential Intel files, and has leaked them in a file-sharing folder.