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An international team of scientists has discovered that oxygen is produced in complete darkness, about 4,000 metres below the ocean’s surface. Chalk | Istock | Getty ImagesAn international team of scientists has discovered that oxygen is produced by potato-shaped metallic nodules thousands of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.The findings, released Monday, Nature Chemistry The paper goes against the scientific consensus on how oxygen is produced and may even force a fundamental rethinking of the origins of complex life on Earth.The study has implications for marine science, Deep Sea Mining.A team of scientists led by Professor Andrew Sweetman…

Top Line Use of GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide for weight loss has doubled over the past decade, but uptake among people with type 2 diabetes has declined, resulting in ongoing drug shortages that could limit diabetes patients’ access to their medication, according to a new study, researchers warn. Photo of Wegovy injection prescription pen.UCG/Universal Image Group via Getty Images Key Facts Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center looked at 1 million first-time prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs in the United States between 2011 and 2023, categorizing patients into those who took GLP-1 drugs for type 2 diabetes and those who did…

Image caption, Strictly is due to return for its 22nd series in SeptemberArticle informationauthor, Ian Youngsrole, Culture reporter23 July 2024 11:59 BSTUpdated 8 minutes agoThe BBC’s chief has apologised to Strictly Come Dancing contestants following complaints about abusive behaviour on the show.Tim Davie said he was “disappointed” to hear several celebrity contestants had complained about the way their dance partners were treated in rehearsals.He warned that professionals on the BBC One show should not cross the line between competitiveness and “unacceptable behaviour”, but confirmed the show would return.”There’s a certain amount of competitiveness and a desire to do well, but…

Everyone wants a blockbuster. But spectacular, jaw-dropping blockbusters are becoming increasingly rare. By now, fans are well aware of the catchphrase team executives use to excuse their refusal to trade their Precious Prospects™ for anything big:The club wants to protect its “period of dominance”, “not to mortgage its future”, and “build a sustainable competitor”.For these reasons and more (and don’t forget “we want to keep our jobs”), many team executives are risk-averse, almost by default.San Diego Padres GM AJ Preller is an exception, and his Northwestern spirit animal is no exception. Seattle Mariners “Most of the other buyers will be…

Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images Fatah Central Committee Vice Chairman Mahmoud Al-Aroud, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and senior Hamas official Mussa Abu Marzouq in Beijing, July 23, 2024. Hong Kong CNN — Palestinian factions, including rivals Hamas and Fatah, signed an agreement in Beijing to “end divisions and strengthen Palestinian unity.” China He said on Tuesday. The announcement, according to China’s foreign ministry, came following reconciliation talks hosted by China on Sunday with 14 Palestinian factions, as China seeks to present itself as a potential peace broker in the conflict as Israel wages war with militant group Hamas in the Gaza…

General Motors’ second-quarter profit far exceeded Wall Street expectations.Vice President Kamala Harris raised a record amount of campaign funds on Monday.Wiz has withdrawn from a $23 billion acquisition deal with Google.Here are five important things investors should know before starting the trading day.of S&P 500 It rose 1.08% on Monday to its highest close since early June as tech stocks rebounded. Nasdaq Composite IndexMeanwhile, it rose 1.58%; Dow Jones Industrial Average It rose 127.91 points, or 0.32%. Returning to mega-cap tech stocks, NVIDIA It rose 4.8%, recouping last week’s losses, Meta and alphabet Both rose more than 2%. CrowdstrikeThe effects…

we, iPhone 16 The first rumors about the iPhone 17 began to emerge back in September, and the latest leak might be enough to convince you to wait until 2025 for your next iPhone upgrade.Leaks are usually reliable Ice Universe Chinese social media site Weibo (via MacRumors) covers four phones due for release next year.One rumor we’ve heard is that the Plus model is set to be replaced. New Slim FlagshipAnd that’s the first reason why you shouldn’t buy the iPhone 16: because there’s a new, improved top-end iPhone 17 coming out with a 6.65-inch screen and starting price of…

Simulation of light emitted from a binary supermassive black hole system where the surrounding gas is optically thin (transparent). View at 0 degrees tilt, i.e. directly above the disk plane. Emitted light represents all wavelengths. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Noble, simulation data, d’Ascoli et al. 2018 Researchers have discovered a connection between some of the largest and smallest objects in the universe: supermassive black holes and dark matter particles. According to their new calculations, Supermassive black hole (SMBH) has been overlooked until now Dark matter particlesHe proposed a solution to astronomy’s long-standing “last parsec problem.” The research is…

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have questions about care and feeding? Send from here. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I had twin daughters, Caroline and Mariah. They were always very close and most twins seem to graduate from “twin talk.” They didn’t. Caroline passed away suddenly and unexpectedly last year at age 17. Words cannot express how cruel it was, and still is, for all of us. My husband and I are struggling, but Mariah seems completely consumed by it. She’s struggling in school, doesn’t enjoy seeing her friends, and can’t seem to participate in…

Regine Li, first author of the study. Photo courtesy of RUB and Marquardt Water is considered the most useful starting material for hydrogen production due to its easy availability. Ideally, converting water into hydrogen would produce a second useful substance, hydrogen peroxide, which is needed in many industrial sectors, such as in the production of disinfectants. Special reaction conditions are required. hydrogen peroxide It was known that the presence of carbonates was beneficial for the splitting of water, but it was unclear why this was the case. Now a team of researchers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany has uncovered…