Новости за 21.10.2022

Most snailfish living in the deepest ocean realm known as the hadal zone are ghostly white with tiny eyes. But a newly described species has large eyes and is intensely blue

Companies are considering a major geoengineering project that would build a barrier to block warm seawater from reaching the base of Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland

The James Webb Space Telescope has glimpsed the smallest galaxy outside our local universe – and it is a thousand times less massive than the Milky Way

Bumblebees exposed to glyphosate performed worse in tests that required them to remember which colours were linked to rewards

17-year-old Indeever Madireddy sequenced the genome of his pet angelfish after it died – the first time this species has been sequenced

Science craves certainty but the UK hasn’t been able to deliver it recently

I am relieved that this was a good week, and we're headed towards the weekend. I hope you had a good week, and I hope you have a good weekend. See you on Monday. 

Following up on the fire incident at Dinwiddie High School, I listened to the press conference that featured local fire officials as well as the superintendent of the school. Here's a summary from the Richmond Times-Dispatch: 

The teacher was attempting a demonstration involving methyl alcohol, or methanol, according to Hale. The demonstration involved placing the methanol in an open beaker with water and igniting it using a smoldering wooden splint.

Percentage of chemicals non-compliant with Reach in products of ‘unknown’ origin quadrupled between 2019 and 2021

Why diversity and inclusion should go hand-in-hand

Chemistry building will be removed three years after the Welsh university decided to close the 135-year-old department to save money

Archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo Butters contends the academy made defamatory statements about alleged sexual misconduct

Pumping water from aquifers in California's Central Valley has caused the land to sink, permanently reducing the water storage capacity