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New incompletely rifted microcontinent identified between Greenland and Canada

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Schematic representation of the evolution of the Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait through the Paleogene. Abbreviations: Pre-Ungava Transform Margin (Pre-UTM), Davis Strait proto-microcontinent (DSPM), Ungava Fracture Zone (UFZ). Credit: Longley et al. 2024. Plate tectonics is the driving force behind Earth’s continental configurations, with the lithosphere (oceanic and continental crust and upper mantle) … Read more

Apple Store in the UK, Canada and other countries closed due to Vision Pro pre-orders [Update: It’s Back Up]

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Apple’s online store was down this morning in Germany, France, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada as the company prepared to accept pre-orders for the Apple Vision Pro in those five regions. Pre-orders begin at 5 a.m. Pacific Time, or the following local times. The starting prices in local currency below are for the 256GB … Read more

Canadian rofessor: SpaceX’s lack of responsibility for space debris ‘frustrating’

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BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — It’s been less than a week since NASA confirmed that the debris found in western North Carolina came from the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. However, the mountains are not the only place where debris has fallen. NASA also confirmed that debris fell from the trunk of the Axiom … Read more

500-million-year-old alien sea creature discovered in Canada. It’s a new species

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More than 500 million years ago, something in the ocean changed. [–> Some creatures evolved to build their own hard-shelled exterior. Others grew to sizes never seen before as the amount of oxygen on the planet’s surface finally reached a level high enough for complex creatures to exist. [–> Most important, for about 10 million … Read more

‘Worst plane ticket in the world’ revealed after airline introduces ‘ultra basic’ option

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A BUDGET airline has unveiled a no-frills ‘ultra-basic’ option, where the passenger only has the option of getting a seat, and nothing else. The Canadian low-cost airline has scaled back its offering, making it the world’s “worst airline ticket.” A Canadian budget airline has announced its latest airfareCredit: Getty – Contributor Passengers who choose the … Read more

Flight attendant reveals why airline passengers should NEVER have ice cream

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By Nova M Bajamonti for Dailymail.Com 6:56 PM June 14, 2024, updated 7:16 PM June 14, 2024 Share or comment on this article: A flight attendant has revealed all the things she would never do on board a plane, including the horrifying reason why passengers shouldn’t have ice in their drinks. Aislinn Swain, 23, has … Read more

Major fault line off the west coast could trigger a catastrophic magnitude 9 earthquake, research shows – and it’s due to a blow

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The Cascadia Subduction Zone extends along a 600-mile stretch of the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of southern Canada, Washington, Oregon and northern California. If it erupts, it could cause a magnitude 9 earthquake to hit the region. The darker areas mark the region that would suffer the most damage and extend inland where the devastation would be more moderate

An underwater fault line along America’s west coast could trigger a megaquake that would be more devastating than California’s ‘Big One’, a new study suggests. Using underwater mapping techniques, scientists have mapped the Cascadia Subduction Zone – a 600-mile-long fault line stretching from southern Canada to Northern California – in unprecedented detail. It has been … Read more

DR. MICHAEL MOSLEY: My five steps to shrink your waistline and help you live longer – including one that started as a seduction technique…

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Nordic walking uses many more muscle groups than regular walking, so it's good for you

I recently celebrated my 67th birthday, which gave me the usual pause for thought. I like to think I’m aging well, but there’s plenty of room for improvement. But change is hard and at my age it can be quite intimidating. That’s one of the main reasons I enjoy creating (and testing) ideas featured in … Read more