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Building a long term base on the Moon has always stumbled over one stubborn shortage, water. A study recently published describes a device that heats lunar soil to pull water out of the dirt and, in the same chamber, uses that water to turn exhaled carbon dioxide into oxygen and materials for fuel. “We never fully imagined the ‘magic’ that …

Five people were hurt in a two-car crash that left one vehicle upside down and submerged in water on Sunday morning.The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the two vehicles crashed at the intersection of N.E. 112th Street and East University Avenue south of Mitchellville at about 9:15 a.m. Sunday. A deputy and several witnesses were able to flip the upturned …

Tuckered Out Golden Retriever Puppy in the Car After a Day in the Water Is Precious  PetHelpful Source link

Recent shifts in Earth’s magnetic field have human fingerprints all over them. While it is normal for our planet’s magnetic poles to sporadically wander, new research shows we’ve now amassed enough water behind dam walls to account for at least some of the current movements. Harvard University geophysicist Natasha Valencic and colleagues calculated that the masses concentrated in just under …

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel. This is the conclusion of a team of scientists from China who have found a one-step method of doing all this. Whether it is economically viable, however, is up for debate. But the Chinese …

In April, when Yellowstone National Park geologists made their first visit this year to the Norris Geyser Basin, they encountered a new feature they hadn’t seen before. They were checking the area’s temperature logging stations, a routine maintenance job – but since their last visit, something was different. Where previously there had been a rather featureless patch of ground at …

Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ detainees report relentless mosquitoes, limited water  The Washington Post The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center  The New York Times Florida lawmaker Anna Eskamani on her ‘horrific’ visit to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center  WBUR ‘A black hole’: Attorneys say they still can’t reach clients in Alligator Alcatraz  Miami Herald Florida environmentalists take fight against ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to courts  WPLG …

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere’s lifeblood, and without it, Earth would be just another dead world. If Earth life is a reliable indicator, then water is necessary for life, full stop. That’s why scientists are so interested in …

Dark, finger‑like marks slide down countless Martian cliffs each year. These stripes have prompted decades of speculation about water still trickling across the Red Planet. A new analysis of 500,000 of these features shows that they form through avalanches of dry dust, report Valentin Tertius Bickel of the University of Bern and Adomas Valantinas of Brown University. Why the Martian …

Meta is building several gigawatt-sized data centers to power AI, . CEO Mark Zuckerberg will spend “hundreds of billions of dollars” to accomplish this feat, with an aim of creating “superintelligence.” The term typically refers to artificial general intelligence (AGI), which describes AI systems that boast human-level intelligence across multiple domains. This is something of a holy grail for . …