Bluestone Coke, an Alabama coking plant owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, will pay nearly $1 million in civil penalties after a consent decree was entered and approved by a circuit court judge in Birmingham last week. The settlement agreement was entered between Bluestone Coke, the Jefferson County Department of Health…
Alabama Plant Owned by West Virginia Governor’s Family Fined Nearly $1 Million
Satellite Launched to Map the World’s Oceans, Lakes, Rivers
A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California capped a highly successful year for NASA. Nicknamed SWOT—short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography—the satellite is needed more than ever as…
How the Christmas Beetle Plans to Stay Cool During This Hot Holiday Season
December 18, 2022
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Researchers from Melbourne University have discovered how Australia’s Christmas beetles moderate their body temperature through the use of their colourful carapaces. There are approximately 36 species of Christmas beetle in Australia and the colour of different species’ “elytra” or hard shell can vary widely. The body temperature of some small animals like insects is directly…
Poland’s Only Cosmonaut, Who Circled Earth in 1978, Has Died
WARSAW, Poland—Poland’s only cosmonaut, Gen. Miroslaw Hermaszewski, who circled the Earth in a Soviet spacecraft in 1978, has died. He was 81. The retired air force pilot’s death on Monday was announced via Twitter by his son-in-law, European Parliament member Ryszard Czarnecki. He later told Polish media outlets that Hermaszewski died at a hospital in…
Mars Rover Captures 1st Sound of Dust Devil on Red Planet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—What’s a dust devil sound like on Mars? A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket. It’s about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph), but the pinging of hundreds of dust…
Green Hydrogen | HK University Researches Highly Efficient H2 Generation
Hydrogen is a sustainable green energy, but most of it is “locked” in water molecules on earth. To extract hydrogen from water, electrolysis using electricity from solar energy is used to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, but the efficiency is low and is not cost-effective. However, a research team led by Professor Zheng…
Idaho Cobalt Belt Explored as New Frontier of Ethically Sourced Rare Earth Minerals
December 16, 2022
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An electric battery technology company has expanded its search for domestic cobalt to Idaho. The Toronto-based Electra Battery Materials Corporation announced on Wednesday that it has acquired a 5.3-square-kilometer (just over two-square-mile) land package that will allow for more exploration of cobalt near the company’s current excavation efforts in the Idaho Cobalt Belt (ICB), a…
Gates, Bezos Invest in Australian-Designed Brain Implant
December 16, 2022
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Billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are betting on the New York-based Synchron as the answer to Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Founded by Australian professors Tom Oxley and Nick Opie, the company on Dec. 16 announced it had closed a $110 million Series C funding round involving Bezos Expeditions, Gates Frontier, and ARCH Venture Partners. The Synchron…
Micrometeorite Possibly Behind Russian Space Capsule Leak
MOSCOW—A coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station could have been caused by a micrometeorite, a Russian space official said Thursday. Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos and NASA both said that the incident hasn’t posed any danger to the station’s crew. However, the leak prompted a pair of Russian cosmonauts…
Aussies Play Key Role in New Space Mission
Not far from Los Angeles, one of Elon Musk’s rockets is about to blast off carrying a satellite with extraordinary capabilities. It will be used to survey nearly all the water on the surface of Earth for the very first time. The data will provide an unprecedented depth of knowledge about the Earth’s bodies of…
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