Cloud seeding involves spraying salt into incoming storm clouds to increase precipitation. Photos show how the UAE, US and other countries have been seeding clouds for decades. Historic floods in Dubai were not caused by cloud spreading, but human climate impacts play a role. As the desert city of Dubai was flooded on Monday, onlookers… Read More »
Meteorologists say that as clouds spread, rain can fall, but it doesn’t actually produce downpours or flooding; At least it’s not like the one that drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai. Even though cloud seeding is decades old, it is still controversial in the weather community, largely because it has been difficult to… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter duo collecting fossils on a beach in Somerset, off the coast of England, belonged to a newly discovered species that is likely the largest marine reptile known to… Read More »
I don’t drive, but my husband and I go on many trips using his car. And while I’m grateful to have a partner willing to do 100% of the driving, I can’t say I’m a huge fan of his vehicle: a 1999 Toyota Camry. Needless to say, it’s not exactly equipped with high-tech features, or… Read More »
Calling 911 is to save lives. But emergency room and other similar services are also ripe targets for criminally inclined cyber attackers, and any vulnerability in these critical networks could subject victims to numerous dangerous ripple effects, according to a new federal assessment. The analysis, compiled by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and obtained… Read More »
IIn a place as dry as the desert city of Dubai, whenever it rains, they get it. United Arab Emirates officials will often even try to make it rain, as they did earlier this week when the National Meteorological Center sent planes to inject chemicals into clouds to produce downpours. But this time they got… Read More »
Since the two protagonists of “Civil War” are war photographers, the script of the A24 film writes a check that director Alex Garland and especially cinematographer Rob Hardy must cash. It features in-world photos taken by Lee (Kirsten Dunst) and Jessie (Caliee Spaeny) at key moments in the film. Therefore, it was important to create… Read More »
The lowering of the sky caused big problems for some people (file image) -Source:Jim Mitchell A ‘major’ Sky broadband outage in East Devon left residents without internet for two days, with mobile phone customers allegedly experiencing some problems. Sky says it is aware of a ‘small number’ of customers experiencing issues in the Honiton area… Read More »
A binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis consists of a white dwarf that pulls in material from a neighboring red giant, resulting in extraordinarily bright explosions every 79 to 80 years. (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center – image source) Starlight, star bright, will there be a new star tonight? That’s the question astronomers… Read More »