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Climate disasters are inevitable. We need to do more than just wait to clean up the damage

On July 10, 2020, over three decades after it was first conceived of and designed, the city of Venice launched a test run of its new flood barrier system, the MOSE project. The system of barriers was created to keep high seas from inundating the city—a common event in Venice, but more frequent and severe […]

Trapped in amber: Fossilized dinosaur-era crab bridges evolutionary gap

Enlarge Once upon a time, during the Cretaceous period, a tiny crab wandered out of the water onto land and somehow got trapped in amber, which preserved it for 100 million years. At least that’s what a team of scientists hypothesize might have happened in a new paper announcing their discovery of the oldest known […]

Legislation banning”rental” Charges for customer-owned routers Requires effect Sunday

Expand / / A Desktop Computer router. (charge: Getty Images | deepblue4you) Broadband and TV suppliers will be asked to quit charging”rental” charges for gear that clients possess themselves, because of a new US law that happens on Sunday. The bogus charges were outlawed from the Television Viewer Protection Act (TVPA), that was accepted by […]