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NASA eyes powerful Super Typhoon Kong-Rey
4:17pm, 2nd October, 2018

NASA eyes powerful Super Typhoon Kong-Rey

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared view of Super Typhoon Kong-Rey as it continued tracking through the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Another Super typhoon, Trami, passed through the same area one week ago...
Nobel in Physics for Controlling Laser Light
2:25pm, 2nd October, 2018

Nobel in Physics for Controlling Laser Light

Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland share the 2018 physics Nobel for their work with lasers that have led to numerous practical applications, such as eye surgery. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How the African elephant cracked its skin to cool off
8:16am, 2nd October, 2018

How the African elephant cracked its skin to cool off

(Université de Genève) An intricate network of crevices adorns the skin surface of the African bush elephant. By retaining water, these micrometer-wide channels greatly help elephants in regulating their body temperature. Today, researchers at the UN...
Studded winter tires cost more lives than they save
1:25am, 2nd October, 2018

Studded winter tires cost more lives than they save

(Chalmers University of Technology) Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now shown that studded winter tyres cost more lives than they save. The new study takes a holistic view of the tyres' impact on wider public hea...