Staring up into the night sky as a kid and wondering what was out there started my journey to a career that involves diving in a cramped submersible vessel into the darkness of the deep sea to see what's there.
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2019
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More than 100 young volcanoes – that have had activity within about 10,000 years – dot the landscape of the East African Rift – an area that runs for more than 3000 kilometres from Djibouti and Eritrea, down through ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 8, 2018
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Sometimes hidden clues beneath our feet can reveal intriguing stories about the impacts of environmental change.
Archaeology
Oct 30, 2018
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Virtual reality has always faced barriers that prevented it from going mainstream. Oculus is quite aware of that. The price of a VR machine paired with a powerful PC was a financial obstacle.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 4, 2018
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The Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite takes us over Semera in northeast Ethiopia. Semera is a new town with a population of just over 2600 and serves as the capital of the Afar region. The region spans an estimated 270 000 ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2018
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After watching "Spider-Man" cartoons or reading "X-Men" comic books, nearly everyone—at one point or another—imagines that they had superpowers. They run through the house pretending to swing around Manhattan like a favorite ...
Software
Aug 2, 2018
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You might say it's the ultimate prize of science, to discover when, where and why humans evolved.
Archaeology
Jul 12, 2018
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The African wild dogs are back.
Ecology
Jun 22, 2018
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A large crack, stretching several kilometres has made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya, as reported by BBC news.
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2018
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The massive Toba volcanic eruption on the island of Sumatra about 74,000 years ago did not cause a six-year-long "volcanic winter" in East Africa and thereby cause the human population in the region to plummet, according ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2018
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