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Science word of the day: Cenozoic
Science word of the day: Cenozoic Pronunciation: See-noh-ZOH’-ihk What it means: The ascendency of mammals, the birth of the Himalayas, the diversification of birds — Earth’s in its Cenozoic era, baby! The Cenozoic is the geological era happening right now. It started 66 million years ago with the abrupt mass extinction known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene…
RDN faces recreational facility space shortage
RDN faces recreational facility space shortage Published 3:00 pm Wednesday, July 22, 2026 The Regional District of Nanaimo will move ahead with a needs assessment for a future indoor recreation facility in Oceanside after board members debated the region’s growing shortage of recreation space and who should foot the bill. At its July 14 meeting,…
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Scientists have measured temperatures beneath the surface of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, offering the first-ever glimpse of the hidden heat driving the most volcanically active world in the solar system. During close flybys of Io in late 2023 and early 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft turned its Microwave Radiometer (MWR) instrument toward the moon, probing roughly…
Should we trust AI in the search for alien life? Scientists aren’t so sure
Artificial intelligence could easily fall into the trap of identifying non-life as life on other worlds, claim two researchers from Michigan State University who have tested AI on simulated life in a computer program. “We had previously seen that AI has a big Achilles heel when it is trying to classify things that are unlike…
Quantum computing breakthrough could accelerate tritium production for future fusion power
Researchers have demonstrated the first quantum computer calculations of a key fusion material, advancing efforts to improve tritium production for commercial fusion reactors. Experts from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Cleveland Clinic, and IBM have achieved a significant milestone in tritium production research by performing the first known quantum computer calculations on a material critical…
