Embryos Created at Christmas Are Viable—Raising Hopes For the 2 Remaining Northern White Rhinos

Following up on their success of the last two years, the international collaborative effort to save the northern white rhino from extinction has extracted another 14 egg cells from Fatu, one of the two females rhinos that make up the living remainder of the species. These would end up offering two viable fertilized eggs for […]

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Embryos Created at Christmas Are Viable—Raising Hopes For the 2 Remaining Northern White Rhinos

Following up on their success of the last two years, the international collaborative effort to save the northern white rhino from extinction has extracted another 14 egg cells from Fatu, one of the two females rhinos that make up the living remainder of the species. These would end up offering two viable fertilized eggs for […]

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‘Stunning’ Victorian Bathhouse Uncovered Beneath a Manchester Parking Lot

A stunning Victorian-era bathhouse over 150-years old was uncovered when builders upended a Manchester parking lot during the construction of a new public park. Unlike a Roman-era construct that would only be known as “bathhouse,” city archaeologists identified the find as Mayfield Baths, a place where city textile workers bathed and washed clothes during the […]

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Teeth pendants speak of the elk’s prominent status in the Stone Age

The elk was the most important animal to the people inhabiting the northern coniferous belt, with its incisors being perhaps the most coveted part of the body. Incisors were turned into pendants, which were attached using strings made of fibre or sinew. The manufacturing techniques of the thousands of elk tooth pendants discovered in the graves of hunter-gatherers who lived approximately 8,200 years ago depict a homogeneous culture and strict rules.

New U.S./U.K. startup collaboration brings clean energy and climate tech to

(NYU Tandon School of Engineering) Beginning in January, the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering will be the U.S. landing pad for Innovate UK’s Global Incubator Programme (GIP), which is designed to cultivate and support the launch of innovative cleantech companies with a strong potential to scale internationally to new markets. The program will provide eight U.K.-based businesses with the opportunity to explore the potential of the U.S. market and access to world-class mentors.

Inspired by kombucha tea, engineers create ‘living materials’

Engineers have developed a new way to generate tough, functional materials using a mix of bacteria and yeast similar to the ‘kombucha mother’ used to ferment tea. Using this mix, called a Syn-SCOBY (synthetic symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast), they produced cellulose embedded with enzymes that can perform a variety of functions, such as sensing environmental pollutants.

Two cyclones and a gas leak: Journey of migrants between urban precariousness and ravaged villages

A report narrates the story of three migrants from Assam and West Bengal who have been uprooted from their hometowns by extreme climate events or industrial accidents

Why 2021 could be turning point for tackling climate change – BBC News

By Justin RowlattChief environment correspondent image copyrightGetty Images image captionThe world is not on track to meet its goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C Countries only have only a limited time in which to act if the world…

Researchers measure, model desalination membranes to maximize flow, clean more water

(Iowa State University) A team of researchers — including engineers from Iowa State University — have used transmission electron microscopy and 3D computational modeling to quantify and visualize why some desalination membranes work better than others.

MITCHELL: Joe Biden and the ‘settled science’ of man-made global warming – North State Journal

Presumptive President-elect Joe Biden listens to Miguel Cardona speak after introducing him as his nominee for Secretary of Education, at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) As part of Joe Biden’s far-reaching planned…