Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Pinterest now lets people zoom in on pins, has redesigned visual search iconAug 17, 2017 by Tim Peterson Users no longer have to be signed in …
Read More »New Apartment Décor Ideas For The Design Lover
If you’ve finally purchased the condo of your dreams or you are moving into a new apartment, try keeping a few décor tips in mind. Whether you’re revamping to a new space or simply redecorating your current abode, a few interior design tricks can leave your humble home looking flawless. …
Read More »Giving Money to Family? Are You Handing Out More or Less than Average?
| Login Questions? Get On Demand Financial Advice As if saving enough to pay for your own retirement isn’t worrisome enough, research from Merrill Lynch and Age Wave suggests that most people over 50 (6 out of 10 in fact) are providing financial support to family members in need — …
Read More »Two Weeks Later, Bitcoin is Forking Again
On August 2, Bitcoin–easily the most valuable single cryptocurrency by orders of magnitude–suddenly forked when a group of users decided not to support the adoption of changes to the blockchain system proponents claimed would make BTC transactions faster. Right now, there are two forks, or divisions in Bitcoin: Bitcoin Cash, …
Read More »Scientists Design Micromotor to Deliver Antibiotics
There are many hurdles a potentially useful antibiotic compound has to clear before it’s used in humans. Many substances can kill bacteria, but they come with unacceptable side effects. Others simply lose their effectiveness in the human body or are difficult to deliver where they are needed. Researchers from the …
Read More »How 10 Runners Beat Their Marathon Personal Best
Photo: Courtesy of Jocelyn Bonneau If you’ve just run your first marathon, you might relate to the common “never again” sentiment as you struggle to move your Jell-O-like legs. But once the soreness wears off and you’re basking in the glow of your achievement, it’s natural to wonder how much …
Read More »Healthy Chocolate Fudge Truffles
Guys. I’m excited. About these truffles. These Healthy Chocolate Fudge Truffles… REALLY EXCITED, GAHHHH! Well, I’m clearly so excited that I can’t even form proper sentences ? So, in case you didn’t guess, I’m pretty pumped about this recipe. So pumped that I somehow forgot to mention that these are just …
Read More »Cretaceous Flowers Found Preserved in Burmese Amber
In a paper published recently in the journal Palaeodiversity, U.S. paleontologists described a new species of angiosperm flower, Tropidogyne pentaptera, found in seven pieces of 99-million-year-old (mid-Cretaceous) amber excavated from a mine in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Tropidogyne pentaptera, holotype. Scale bars -1 mm. Image credit: George O. Poinar, …
Read More »‘Rise of Algae’ in Cryogenian Oceans Led to Appearance of First Complex Organisms, Study Says
The rapid rise of marine planktonic algae 659-645?million years ago (Cryogenian period), between the Sturtian and Marinoan ‘snowball Earth’ glaciations, created food webs with more efficient nutrient and energy transfers, driving ecosystems towards larger and increasingly complex organisms, according to new research. Cryogenian Earth. Image credit: NASA. The study, published …
Read More »Cassini Image: Saturn’s Clouds Up Close
NASA’s Cassini mission has shared an amazing close-up portrait of Saturn taken from the Cassini robotic probe. This is a false color image of Saturn, with exaggerated colors to enhance subtle variations in color to bring out details of the cloud structure. The view is centered on 46 degrees north …
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