Japan’s hand-forged knives a slice of samurai metallurgy
Yoshihiro Yauji, seen placing a piece of metal into a forge, believes ‘blades are the foundational root of Japanese culture’ Blacksmith Yoshihiro Yauji pulls a piece of glowing metal from …
Yoshihiro Yauji, seen placing a piece of metal into a forge, believes ‘blades are the foundational root of Japanese culture’ Blacksmith Yoshihiro Yauji pulls a piece of glowing metal from …
Eam Orn (L) kneels in a Cambodian forest, pressing his hands together before an offering, and prays for the return of his land. Eam Orn kneels in a forest in …
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study has shed new light on remarkable feats of navigation from cultures across the world: from sailors in the Marshall Islands using wave patterns to …
Academy research associate Aaron Bauer, Ph.D., describes a legless skink (Acontias mukwando) from Angola’s Serra da Neve. Credit: Arthur Tiutenko Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences described 153 new …
chematic illustration of strategies applied for development of biodeterioration-resistant wood. Credit: Ayyoob Arpanaei a,*, Qiliang Fu a,b, Tripti Singh a a Scion, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand b …
Dr. Ben Kisila bends down to collect sediment for testing as part of a study that found cancer-causing contaminants in a Chesapeake Bay tributary near a coal ash landfill. Credit: …
Google may reportedly use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replace some jobs in the company. According to a report in The Information, AI might already be taking people’s jobs at Google. …
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists from numerous countries are joining forces to tackle risks to life in the world’s second-largest ocean. During his first offshore expedition in 1997, marine-biology expert …
Microsoft has discontinued its “mixed reality” feature for Windows. The Windows Mixed Reality platform helped some hardware devices and software to access augmented and virtual reality technologies. The tech giant …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Water utilities in India supply residents with water for an average of only four hours per day. Within cities, some neighborhoods receive water almost all the …