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Taiga splashes out cheaper Sport and Performance Orca electric jet skis

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
Post last modified:July 17, 2020

Last September, Canada's Taiga Motors hit the water with a sexy US$24,000 carbon-bodied electric Jet Ski named the Orca. Now the company has put two more models up for pre-order, with prices starting at $15,000.

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Blackmagic’s crazy 12K camera shoots sixty 80-megapixel RAW frames per second

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology Technology
Post last modified:July 17, 2020

Blackmagic Design has sent the filmmaking world into fits of nervous laughter with a new digital film camera capable of shooting 12K RAW at 60 frames per second. Yes, each frame will be an 80-megapixel raw photo with 14 stops of dynamic range.

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Puzzled astronomers watch a black hole vanish and reappear in a year

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
Post last modified:July 17, 2020

Despite the name, black holes often shine very bright in the sky, due to their hot glowing corona. Now, astronomers have been puzzled to watch a black hole’s corona suddenly vanish – and if that wasn’t weird enough, it reappeared a few months later.

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Test reveals radiation sickness in hours via a single drop of blood

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
Post last modified:July 17, 2020

A new diagnostic tool developed by scientists at Ohio State University promises to drastically reduce the time needed to detect radiation sickness, by measuring a pair of key biomarkers in just a single drop of blood.

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How antibiotics and a high-fat diet can drive gut inflammation

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
Post last modified:July 17, 2020

New research suggests a high-fat diet and antibiotics work together to promote a gut microbiome imbalance that can lead to bowel inflammation. The study sheds light on the causal mechanism by which environmental factors can trigger IBD.

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Ultra-black fish that absorb 99.5% of light found in the deep ocean

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
Post last modified:July 17, 2020

Scientists have discovered ultra-black fish that absorb almost all light that hits them, allowing them to effectively hide in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean. The find could help inform future advances in optical and camouflage technology.

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Study finds Andean condors can soar 100 miles without flapping

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
Post last modified:July 17, 2020

New research, led by Professor Emily Shepard of Swansea University and Dr. Sergio Lambertucci of the Universidad Nacional del Comahue in Argentina, indicates that the Andean condor only flaps its wings one percent of the time it's in flight.

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World’s lightest mirror is made from a few hundred atoms

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
Post last modified:July 17, 2020

Using just a few hundred identical atoms, physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have pieced together the world’s lightest mirror, which is invisible to the naked eye and has a surface measured in mere microns.

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Gene study suggests healthy aging linked to blood iron levels

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Lifestyle Science and Technology
Post last modified:July 17, 2020

A large gene study has discovered several genomic regions linked to longer and healthier lives are also involved in metabolizing iron in the blood. The research suggests abnormal blood iron levels may fundamentally underpin many age-related diseases.

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Ford unveils 2021 Bronco Sport, and it’s more than just a Baby Bronco

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:July 14, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
Post last modified:July 14, 2020

When Ford unveiled the new Bronco series of sport utilities, a new Bronco Sport came with it. At first glance, this new Baby Bronco looked like a smaller version of the SUV, but is a completely different animal in almost every way.

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