Chemical pollution is killing the invertebrate species that are the backbone of England’s river ecosystems, with experts raising the alarm over the decline in biodiversity. the fat fly, caddisfly and types of stoneflies. A census of aquatic wildlife in 12 English rivers found that in spring and summer 2021, the average number of river fly …
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The department store chain on Thursday presented a bleak outlook for 2022, saying it expected full-year sales to fall 5% to 6% from a year earlier and blamed higher inflation for deterring shoppers — particularly its middle-income consumers — from spending more. Hope to do. in its shop. The company also reported a decline in …
The James Webb Space Telescope is using infrared light to discover unseen aspects of the universe – and capture stunning images in the process. Among the wonders it is discovering and observing are exoplanetary systems, each of which consists of a planet outside our solar system and its host star, and many of them need …
The discovery of a large impact crater under the North Atlantic Ocean reveals that more than one asteroid could have spelled doom for the dinosaurs. A newly discovered impact crater beneath the sea floor suggests that more than one asteroid may have hit Earth around the time the dinosaurs went extinct. Evidence of an asteroid …
A perspective cartoon drawing of high-pressure argon nanodomain nanostructured diamond (NDC) capsules embedded in the matrix. Modern diagnostic probes such as hard/soft x-rays, ultraviolet-visible-infrared, electron and neutron beams are all applicable to NDC samples for investigation. Credit: Charles Zeng The preservation of high-pressure states of materials at ambient conditions is a much-sought-after goal for fundamental …
According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.13% in the week ended Aug. 18, down from 5.22% the previous week. Despite the latest drop, the rate is still significantly higher than this time last year, when the 30-year was 2.86%. “Inflation appears to have passed its peak, halting the rapid rise in mortgage …
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Nuclear experts are keen to tone down some of the more alarming warnings, explaining that the main threat is closer to the plant itself and does not justify Europe-wide alarms. Experts are particularly wary of any comparisons to the Chernobyl disaster, a repeat of which is highly unlikely, they said. “It is very unlikely that …
A customer walks through an aisle at a BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. store in Falls Church, Virginia, US. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Cisco Systems — Shares of the networking equipment maker jumped 5.8%. Company Reported earnings Beat that guess after the bell on Wednesday. …
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The summer of 2022 was a busy one for us here at NASA. While we didn’t make it to the beach, one of our space probes did some serious sunbathing. We made great progress on a new spacecraft that will fly over an ocean we think is deep inside an icy moon. One of our …
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The Sun may send a storm to Earth over the next few days. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, our fiery star unleashed a series of explosions on Sunday that are headed toward our planet and could trigger a powerful geomagnetic storm. One of those explosions, called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, …
