Scientists have detected the decay of radioactive nuclei by tracking the recoil of dust-sized spheres on which the nuclei were embedded.
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Las altas temperaturas siguieron rompiendo récord en junio
High temperatures continued to break records in June.
El mes de junio fue el sexto mes del año más caluroso registrado en la historia y el decimotercer mes consecutivo en establecer un récord de temperatura mensual, informó este lunes la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM).
Los datos del Servicio de Cambio Climático Copernicus de la Unión Europea revelaron que la temperatura global promedio ha estado 1,5°C por encima del nivel preindustrial durante doce meses consecutivos, pese a que ese aumento marca la meta del Acuerdo de París para fin de siglo.
Además, la temperatura media de la superficie del mar se ubicó en junio en 20,85°C, el valor más alto documentado para el mes.
Hong Kong police reveal small rise in number of online scams, but losses up 37%
Police handled 13,097 online fraud reports between January and May, an increase of 113 cases compared with the 12,984 logged in the same period last year.
But the amount lost was up from the HK$1.61 billion in the same period last year.
Edmonton doctor set to be first Canadian woman to become a commercial astronaut
Only two women from Canada have been to space previously, though Jenni Gibbons will join their ranks in the near future.
Pandya’s first flight to space will be on a commercial mission, which is different from the missions with NASA.
The Five Stages Of AI Grief
Grief-laden vitriol directed at AI fails to help us understand paths to better futures that are neither utopian nor dystopian, but open to radically weird possibilities.
The Culture of Iain M Banks
This insightful video essay about the late great Iian M Banks and his extraordinary series of books known as “The Culture” gives us a glimpse of the potential we have now as a species, set in a future where we have not just met that potential, but EXCEEDED it.