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CONTRIBUTOR: . A team of European researchers
have developed a model to simulate the impact of tsunamis generated by
earthquakes and applied it to the Eastern Mediterranean. The results show how
tsunami waves could hit and inundate coastal areas in southern Italy and Greece.
The study is published today (27 August) in...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . UK shale oil – green for go? [image
credit: glaconservatives] The huge reserves at Horse Hill are in shale beds that
are fractured naturally, as UPI.com reports. At least 10 billion barrels of
potential oil is thought to lie in the Horse Hill shale licence area in the
south of...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . Rings, crosses, circles,
squares, and a swastika are some of the many intricate designs of the enigmatic
and ancient geoglyphs spread across the vast northern steppe of Kazakhstan. 50
huge geoglyphs were discovered by archaeologists in 2007 and were revealed last
year, but researchers still seek to piece together who...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science In 2014, Dutch
teenager Boyan Slat made headlines when he came up with the so-called “Ocean
Cleanup Array”—a floating barrier designed to cut down the Great Pacific Garbage
Patch by 42 percent within 10 years. Since this was a revolutionary way to deal
with the global marine pollution...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science The results of a new
UEA study reveal that people who eat high levels of certain amino acids found in
meat and plant-based protein have lower blood pressure and show less arterial
stiffness, directly translating to higher levels of cardiovascular health. The
magnitude of the association is similar...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science Numerous academic
journals often post intriguing and challenging psychological studies – but
according to a new, massive review, we should take those studies with a big
grain of salt. A four-year project by 270 researchers attempted to replicate 100
experiments published in three of the most prestigious journals; only 36...
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CONTRIBUTOR:
. Solid state drives are getting more attention these days due to their
blazing fast speed and the fact that it is getting very affordable. Even those
entry-level ssd is a huge upgrade if you are coming from a traditional hard disk
drive. As soon as you get your hands on...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . Sony‘s never been particularly
good at keeping secrets, and the latest leak consisting of Sony Xperia Z5 press
images just reiterates that. While there’s very little to show in the images
themselves, we can see from the content that Sony is trying to show off two key
features – waterproofing, which...
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CONTRIBUTOR: . ZME Science Life expectancy has
gone up by six years on average throughout the world since 1990, according to a
survey led by scientists at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at
the University of Washington. The extensive survey analyzed records from 188
countries. Japan tops the list with...
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CONTRIBUTOR:
. I know a lot of you out there use Plex on your phones, tablets, Fire TV,
Fire TV Stick, XBox, PC and plenty of other devices. If you also happen to own a
smart TV and have been using the application there, then you will be happy to
know that a...
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