Abortion Doesn’t Have to Be an Either-Or Conversation

Opinion Treating the decision with nuance and care is essential to reproductive justice Abortion rights and anti-abortion demonstrators hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court while the court holds a hearing on a Mississippi abortion ban, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Credit: Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA/Alamy Live NewsOpinion Treating the decision with nuance … Read more

Is Selenium a Real Threat to UFT?

Nowadays most organizations automate their testing efforts to save both time and cost. While automating its software testing efforts, each business has option to choose from a variety of testing tools available in the market. Some of these tools are open source and free, whereas others are licensed. Likewise, the features and functionality of individual … Read more

‘Don’t Look Up’ delivers a punch in comet-themed climate change film satire (review)

It’s only four minutes into the new Netflix comet impact film “Don’t Look Up” when astrophysicist Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio, “Inception”; “Before the Flood”) makes his first mistake. Mindy is leading a team trying to figure out the position and pathway of the newly discovered object, “and that will check the distance between the comet … Read more

Health in space: Sleeping bag could prevent vision loss in astronauts

Long spells in microgravity can alter eyeball shape, but a sleeping bag that applies suction to the lower body could prevent such problems Space 9 December 2021 By Jason Arunn Murugesu Volunteers spent 72 hours in the high-tech sleeping bag UT Southwestern Medical Center A sleeping bag that mimics the pull of gravity could prevent … Read more

‘Twilight Zone’ Sleep Hack Really Can Spark Creative Thinking, Scientists Say

A sleep technique described by surrealist artist Salvador Dalí and famous inventor Thomas Edison might actually work to inspire creativity, researchers have found. To get the creativity boost, you essentially need to wake up just as a certain sleep stage sets in, where reality seems to blend into fantasy.   To use the technique, visionaries … Read more

Rich Americans Have Higher Carbon Footprints Than Other Wealthy People

The richest people are releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide compared with lower-income people, according to a new report. This idea of “emissions inequality” underscores how nations that are contributing to climate change the most are disproportionately affecting regions that produce far less greenhouse gases. But the report by the World Inequality Lab also shows that the … Read more

Leonardo DiCaprio: How comet-themed ‘Don’t Look Up’ shows climate crisis as an emergency

Leonardo DiCaprio’s longstanding passion for climate change, which even brought him to NASA a few years back, is now on screen in a new movie. The Oscar-winning actor (“The Revenant”, “Inception”) is the lead for the cast of “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix, Dec. 10), a dark satire about a deadly comet heading for Earth. Director … Read more

Coronal mass ejections: Huge plasma cloud observed on a sun-like star

A coronal mass ejection from the star EK Draconis was 10 times larger than any we have seen on our own sun Space 9 December 2021 By Chen Ly A coronal mass ejection on the sun photographed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory NASA Goddard Astronomers have seen a huge cloud of plasma erupting from the … Read more

Should You Consider Developing A Custom CMS For Your Website?

In addition to keeping the website content and presentation separates, a content management system (CMS) will further help you to manage digital content and maintain the website efficiently. You have option to choose from a number of open source content management systems – WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Magento – according to the nature and requirements … Read more

Just 10 Minutes of Moderate Running Can Boost Brain Activity, Study Shows

As little as 10 minutes of moderate-intensity running is enough to boost your mood and cognitive function, according to a new study – findings that give us a better understanding of how physical exercise is related to mental health.   The study looked at the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in particular, the part of the brain … Read more