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Plenty of third-party developers have been busy improving on the default new tab experience, especially in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, and that means you’ve got numerous options for customizing what appears in a blank new tab. Chrome and Firefox offer a few personalization options of their own, too—find them by clicking Customize in the lower right-hand corner of a new tab in Chrome, or the cog icon in the top right-hand corner of a new tab in Firefox....

The New York Times reports that in the village of Golovin (50 miles east of Nome, the finishing line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race), up to a dozen of the 48 houses had been inundated with water. In Newtok, located 250 miles south of Golovin, a third of the population of about 200 sheltered in a school building. Tribal Chief Edgar Tall of Hooper Bay told Alaska Public Media News that he’s “never seen a storm like this” in the state....

We’ve laid hands—and ears—on the full line of Ultimate Ears products and have never been disappointed. But, when it comes to choosing the best UE speaker, comparison shopping is essential. We’ve broken down the different models and done some handy side-by-sides to help you get the Ultimate Ears speaker that fits your needs. Ultimate Ears speaker comparison With a variety of models in the current UE speaker lineup, it can be tricky to navigate the options....

More to that point, this Grimm is neither a professional videographer nor a research scientist with access to a lab full of top-shelf imaging equipment. Rather, he’s a 45-year-old Australian high school teacher who simply realized that the lilypads in his pond are a lot more interesting at 200X magnification. The fact that year after year the scientifically curious among us increasingly have more and better technologies within reasonable reach bodes well for competitions like Nikon’s Small World imaging competition and Olympus’ Bioscapes contest....

The solution? Get hands-on and build your very own window seat. Stats (for one window seat) Time: 2-3 hoursMaterial cost (not including cushions): $80-$140Difficulty: moderate Materials 5 (8-foot-long) two-by-fours1 (¾-inch-thick) sheet of prefinished plywood1 (10-foot-long) piece of 1-by-6 pine moulding 3-inch wood screws1.5-inch wood screwsDrywall and stud wood anchors1.5-inch wood finishing nails2 (4-ounce) tubes of Liquid Nails 1 quart of semi-gloss paintWood fillerSandpaper (80-120-grit)Cushions and pillows for the seat...

Valued at approximately $1,500, each of these packages is available for only $45.99 during this deal, which lasts through Jan. 9 and offers a great way to make the coming year increasingly productive. This bundle brings together proven apps, software and lifetime subscriptions that are designed to elevate efforts in data analysis, document sharing, graphic design, video presentations, virtual communication and more. The bundle also provides upgraded privacy options and email management, making this a great way to gain some additional peace of mind for the new year....

But last year, while combing through NASA’s archives, two planetary scientists noticed something earlier analyses had overlooked—a blip in Uranus’s magnetic field as the spacecraft cruised through a magnetic bubble of sorts. The new result, which appeared last summer in Geophysical Research Letters, comes as planetary scientists start to shift their focus to some of the field’s deepest outstanding mysteries. “The Cassini mission [to Saturn] is over and people are starting to say, ‘ok what else can we do,’” says Heidi Hammel, a planetary astronomer and the Vice President for Science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy....

The key to antibiotic resistance has focused almost entirely on evolution at the genetic level. Because of the incredible speed at which bacteria multiply and divide, evolution can occur in a matter of days. There are several means to accomplish this; at the simplest mechanistic level, DNA is altered allowing for the rise of a resistant version of a protein targeted by antibiotics. Once this evolution occurs, future generations will be able to resist treatment....

The bigfin reef squid of the Pacific and Indian oceans is famous for its glittering, glowing skin, but the petite sea creature can also switch up its look with pigment-producing cells embedded in its dermis. These structures, known as chromatophores, have been studied in depth in cuttlefish and octopuses. And now, marine biologists have a better sense of how they work in squid, too. In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports recently, collaborators from the University of Minnesota Duluth and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Studies in Japan experimented with the bigfin reef squid’s camouflaging abilities in the lab....

The Sony PXW FS7M2 XDCAM is Sony’s professional work-horse, perfect for shooting documentaries, corporate events, commercials, sports, weddings, or educational programs thanks to a 4K Super 35 sensor and 14 stops of dynamic range. A locking E-mount holds a wide variety of Sony lenses or adapters securely in place, while the electronic variable neutral density filter lets you compensate for changes in lighting without adjusting the lens’s aperture and sacrificing cinematic depth of field....

A winter storm blanketed Washington D.C. and surrounding regions in up to 8.5 inches of snow on Monday, as wind gusts whipped at speeds of over ​​20 mph. The snow dump closed schools and government offices and even grounded the president’s helicopter, but it didn’t stop the animals at the National Zoo from having a good time. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute tweeted a video of its giant panda cub, Xiao Qi Ji, frolicking in the snow on Monday....

Usually, when you hear about electric aviation, the flying machine in the news looks totally different from a traditional airplane. They typically resemble a futuristic helicopter. For example, in January, Boeing flew a prototype of a craft powered by eight electric propellers that allow it to take off and land vertically. Electric or hybrid-electric aircraft like these are called VTOLs, which stands for “vertical take-off and landing.” Uber, for example, imagines fleets of these flying taxis taking people where they need to go for short flights....

According to their press release, the participants of the conference will be: Michael Meyer, lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program at NASA HeadquartersBruce Jakosky, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) principal investigator at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado, BoulderJasper Halekas, MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer instrument lead at the University of Iowa, Iowa CityYaxue Dong, MAVEN science team member at LASPDave Brain, MAVEN co-investigator at LASP...

In fact, the International Panel on Climate Change in its 2018 special report says that we need to plant around 1 billion hectares (or about 2.5 billion acres) of trees—in addition to cutting our emissions—to stop the planet from warming beyond 1.5 ºC. A number of programs have sprouted up to commit countries to restoring their forests and hopefully upping their carbon-storing capacities. But where should they all go? This week, two studies try to answer that question....

Cats are popular pets: There are an estimated 200 million pet cats worldwide, which more than the number of pet dogs. Cats live in about 38 percent of Canadian households, 25.4 percent of American households, and 25 per cent of European households. Cats also seem to be a great source of entertainment. There are two million cat videos on YouTube and counting, as well as numerous internet-famous cats, like Grumpy Cat and Lil’ Bub, each with millions of followers on their social media accounts....

What are you eating and/or cooking for Thanksgiving? I’m cooking two heritage turkeys. One is 10 pounds and one is 18 pounds. The only difference in the way I cook them will be the way they’re finished. I do all my cooking the day before Thanksgiving, and then I can do the finishing in several minutes. This frees up my oven for when people invariably come over and say, “I need to throw my x, y, and z in the oven” and you’re like, “Really?...

That’s extraordinarily fast, and in fact, the plane reportedly landed early, a nice perk for everyone on board. But, at the same time, the aircraft was likely cruising at a typical speed for a commercial jet—and it definitely wasn’t going 801 mph through the air up at 35,000 feet. That’s because there’s a big difference between a plane’s airspeed and a plane’s ground speed. In this case, the plane, traveling from Los Angeles to London, was propelled by incredibly strong tailwinds, thanks to the jet stream....

The infographic, illustrated for Brain Pickings, shows predictions for the future, built around science fiction novels, stories, and comics. It’s organized by year of publication on one axis and year of the work’s prediction on the other. Predictions start at 2012 and go all the way to 802,701. It also marks the author’s age at the time of publication and classifies stories by subgenres (is this environmental sci-fi or political sci-fi?...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of November 18, there have been 38,000 hospitalizations and 2,100 deaths nationwide due to the flu. Meanwhile, cases of RSV, which were almost nonexistent during the 2020 season, are on the rise among children and older adults in several states. Meanwhile, despite weekly COVID counts trending downward in the last few weeks, the pandemic has by no means gone away....