A new study has determined that a gas well blowout in Belmont County, Ohio last year was one of the most significant ever to occur in the country. Newsweek reports: In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of scientists estimated that the gas well — owned by ExxonMobil — leaked around 120 metric…
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Water on giant exoplanets both common and scarce
A new study of the atmospheres of known giant exoplanets suggests that water – an essential ingredient for life – may be common on other worlds in our Milky Way galaxy. At the same, there may be less of it than astronomers once expected. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/water-giant-exoplanets-both-common-and-scarce…
Ultima Thule renamed to avoid Nazi link
The distant Kuiper Belt object formerly known as 2014 MU69 – later known as Ultima Thule – has been renamed again. Its new name is Arrokoth. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/ultima-thule-renamed-to-avoid-nazi-link…
Acetaminophen In Pregnancy May Be Linked To Higher Risk of ADHD, Autism
schwit1 tipped us off to an interesting new study. Newsweek reports: Babies of women who took acetaminophen — a common painkiller marketed in the U.S. under the brand name Tylenol — near the end of pregnancy had a higher likelihood of being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders or with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study published in JAMA…
The Price of Bitcoin Spiked 40% Friday Night
“The price of Bitcoin skyrocketed overnight, rising by nearly 40 percent from a recent low,” reports Newsweek:
The sharp turn came as Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke highly of the decentralized technology on which the digital currency is founded, telling members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee that the country should “seize the opportunity” of blockchain… China banned cryptocurrency exchanges…
Alphabet’s ‘Wing’ Finally Launches America’s First Drone Delivery Service, Beating Amazon
An anonymous reader quotes Newsweek: Wing, an offshoot of Google parent company Alphabet, officially launched its drone delivery service Friday, delivering a FedEx package — a birthday gift for Susie Sensmeier from her husband, Paul — through the air from a distribution center to the couple’s home in Christiansburg, Virginia, according to the company’s blog. the first company to receive Federal…
The last mammoths died on a remote island
A new study suggests that about 4,000 years ago, a combination of Isolation, extreme weather, and the arrival of humans on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean killed off Earth’s last population of mammoths. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/last-wooly-mammoths-died-on-remote-island…