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Human Pressures Have Shrunk Wildlife Populations

Nov 1
2018

In 40 years, human actions like deforestation have taken a major toll on wildlife, a new report finds.

By Scott Waldman, E&E News on October 31, 2018

Paralysed men can stand and walk after electrical stimulation

Nov 1
2018

Two men who were paralysed in separate accidents more than six years ago can stand and walk short distances on crutches after their spinal cords were treated with electrical stimulation.

David Mzee, 28, and Gert-Jan Oskam, 35, had electrical pulses beamed into their spines to stimulate their leg muscles as they practised walking in a supportive harness on a treadmill.

Huge underwater volcano chain discovered off the coast of Tasmania

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Nov 1
2018

The find offers a glimpse into a previously unknown marine ecosystem — and spotlights just how little we know about the seafloor.

Scientists uncovered a chain of volcanic seamounts off the coast of the Australian island of Tasmania.

Google’s Doodle Is An Adorable Tribute To A Canadian Geologist

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Nov 1
2018

Today’s Google doodle features a man standing among large dinosaur bones in the Alberta Badlands.

It’s in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell, who was born 160 years ago in Weston, Ont.

Tyrrell, who died in 1957 at the age of 98, was a Canadian geologist, cartographer and mining consultant.

NoVAqua tech harvests nutrients from seafood-processing wastewater

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Nov 1
2018

When fish are filleted in a seafood-processing plant, or when shrimp and shellfish are boiled, a lot of wastewater is generated. Currently, that water is simply discarded. An experimental new system, however, is able to draw much of the nutrients from it – and those nutrients could have a number of uses.