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Russia accused of using banned ‘vacuum bomb’
Claims that a devastating Thermobaric weapon was used during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have prompted calls for an investigation for violations of the Geneva Convention.
Scientists discover complex bacteria bigger than a fruit fly
Bacteria are the stuff of nightmares but we can take solace in the fact that they tend to be quite small, in fact, invisible to the naked eye.
Not anymore! Scientists have discovered a bacterium that is bigger than a fruit fly, according to a report by Science published on Wednesday.
The researchers also report being amazed by the bacterium’s complexity.
Seismic study reveals key reason why Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt
The icefields that stretch for hundreds of miles atop the Andes mountain range in Chile and Argentina are melting at some of the fastest rates on the planet. The ground that was beneath this ice is also shifting and rising as these glaciers disappear. Geologists have discovered a link between recent ice mass loss, rapid rock uplift and a gap between tectonic plates that underlie Patagonia.
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis, led by seismologist Douglas Wiens, the Robert S. Brookings Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, recently completed one of the first seismic studies of the Patagonian Andes. In a new publication in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, they describe and map out local subsurface dynamics.
“Variations in the size of glaciers, as they grow and shrink, combined with the mantle structure that we’ve imaged in this study are driving rapid and spatially variable uplift in this region,” said Hannah Mark, a former Steve Fossett postdoctoral fellow in earth and planetary sciences at Washington University, the first author of the publication. Mark is now a postdoctoral investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Does Putin Have Dark Triad Traits? | Vladimir Putin Case Analysis
Yes:
- Factor 1 or primary psychopathy (strongly) and factor 2 or secondary psychopathy.
- Grandiose narcissism (strongly) and vulnerable narcissism.
- Machiavellianism.
Skip to minute 7:10 for his assessment of Putin’s personality profile, if you already know his life story and ideas, and don’t want to hear it again.
