How late will a pregnancy test work? Can it still give a positive result 1,000 years after conception?
A test to see if the skeletons of ancient women were in the early stages of pregnancy, or had recently given birth, when they died is being developed: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Thanks, that explains it. Transition gotta start somewhere. Great to learn about EDP in Portugal. Is industrial business case stronger there due to higher gas price/curtailed renewables?
Did I read somewhere this first application is in enhanced oil recovery? If so, isn’t that a bit of an odd application for heat storage given decarb potential of the technology?
In response to HuffPost’s query about who suggested Budapest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Your mom did,” and White House communications director Steven Cheung replied: “Your mom.”
So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Okay, today is physics #NobelPrize day, so there's just enough time for another instalment of...
PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 2
In 1912, a Swedish inventor called Gustaf Dalén beat Albert Einstein and Max Planck (inter alia) to the biggest prize in physics. How? Well...🧵🧪⚛️
Perhaps it's just me, but I can't get over the fact that in our digital age our electricity grid relies on the decidedly analogue insulating power of paper and oil: news.sky.com/story/nation...
I once watched a pigeon ride the tube from leafy Maida Vale to food rich Paddington station. But this is a whole other level!
British fishermen are up in arms…
For the rest of us? We need to stop. Not only does the International Council on Clean Climate (ICCC) reckon that the extra weight and bulk of SUVs outmatches the gains in efficiency we’ve made with improved petrol engines and electric power, but more recently Imperial College London has released a study that shows you’re 44 per cent more likely to die if you’re struck by an SUV as opposed to a more conventional saloon, hatchback or estate. For children, chillingly, that figure rises to 130 per cent. I’ve been known to soften my SUV stance in the face of examples that are charming, or stylish, or notably comfortable, practical or good to drive, but those figures are enough to make any potential SUV purchaser blanch at the prospect. Or, at least, they ought to.
Wow. An honest review of an SUV.
www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...
The anti-Net Zero lobby has been quick to highlight the fact Spain was at the time of the outage relying on more than 60% solar generation. I read it’s unlikely solar caused grid failure but could lack of dispatchable power have been a factor in subsequent collapse?
US representative at London energy security summit Tommy Joyce says climate policies “harms human lives” and that Biden regulated oil and gas out of existence in favour of “net zero agenda”.
But US oil and gas production reached record levels under Biden
Government to decide on regional pricing by summer, Sky News understands
Meanwhile Trump's guy at energy security summit quotes the Bible to back up US energy policy, says God's "golden rule" is to love your neighbour, which means selling them oil, gas and coal
news.sky.com/story/govern...
Top tip if you're home late and reheating pasta carbonara: don't
I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
This is an important point. Unless people plan now for replacing their boiler when it -- probably unexpectedly-- packs up, they'll have little choice but to get a new gas boiler. Should advice be: sort home energy efficiency now, upgrade heating system so you're "heat pump ready"?
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Estonia flips the switch
Make the Moon Great Again? We delved into the future of human space exploration under Donald Trump news.sky.com/story/make-t...
Right there with you. Who knew conditioner would be the Archduke Ferdinand of our times
Well that's something at least!
Nor was I. She deserves a statue!
Line graph time series of 2025's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2024. 2025 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between January and April by looking at the decadal average line positions.
Saturday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)
• about 640,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,280,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,850,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,290,000 km² below the 1980s mean
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I know. But imagine you staggered away from Season 2 half way and missed the Christmas ep! About as fun as norovirus, but the best bit of telly to come out of America in years IMO! Ok season 3 not as good -- but even Mrs C thought birth ep (8?) was amazing and she's a harsh judge of screen mothers.
I hear you. But now glad I endured the mauling.
