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”Three-plus decades later, bubble craft have gone mainstream, and thousands of people are experiencing that deep-sea vista.“They keep reaching deeper and deeper,” said Will Kohnen, who tracks development of bubble craft for the Marine Technology Society, a professional group.
Yet our best guesses about what those benefits are tend to come from observing what happens when sleep is curtailed.One way to elucidate it would be to find genes that govern how long or deeply people sleep and observe where those genes are active.
WASHINGTON — California’s government has hit back at automakers that sided with President Trump over the state on fuel efficiency standards, saying Sacramento will halt all purchases of new vehicles from General Motors, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler and other automakers that backed stripping California of its authority to regulate tailpipe emissions.Going forward, California’s state agencies will chiefly purchase cars from Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW.
The STEM summer camp that Sabina London began in high school has grown to serve 17 states.In 2014 she began a summer science program for young girls.
Health|Something in the Man’s Bed Was Making Him SickTrilobites“Lung diseases can be really difficult to diagnose,” said one pulmonologist, who added that pinpointing causes is often challenging.The verdict on the patient’s condition was that he had feather duvet lung, a subset of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Lawmakers in Virginia Beach stymied new development on marshland near the neighborhood of Princess Anne Quarters, triggering a battle with home builders.This past May, a judge ruled that Virginia Beach was within its rights to stop the development.
President Trump discussed a ban on most flavored e-cigarettes in the Oval Office in September with Alex M.Even a watered-down ban on flavored e-cigarettes that exempted menthol, which was widely expected, appears to have been set aside, for now.
|2 Arkansas Chemistry Professors Face Charges of Making MethThe arrests called to mind the wildly popular television series “Breaking Bad.series “Breaking Bad”: The authorities charged two chemistry professors in Arkansas on Friday in connection with the production of methamphetamine.
Science|Millions of Ibises Were Mummified.For example: Where did Egypt get the millions — yes, millions — of African sacred ibises that they mummified as offerings to the god Thoth?
Science|Leonids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night SkiesA meteor from the Leonids streaking through the sky, seen between the arms of a cactus in Tucson, Ariz.]Where meteor showers come fromIf you spot a meteor shower, what you’re usually seeing is an icy comet’s leftovers that crash into Earth’s atmosphere.