A MarineLabs buoy off Ucluelet, British Columbia, was lifted 17.6 meters by a rogue wave in November 2020, the most extreme on record by relative size, ScienceAlert reports. The 1995 Draupner wave was taller, at 25.6 meters, so the Ucluelet record is a ranking by proportion.
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UC San Diego researchers linked statins to 15% fewer glaucoma diagnoses in 420,000 matched adults and 36% to 60% fewer procedures in existing patients. The data are observational and the absolute drop in new cases was small, so the result argues for a randomized trial before any change in prescribing.
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In a Georgia State and University of South Florida study, the same product rated less sustainable once consumers were told AI designed it. The researchers trace the penalty to a perception they call genuine care.
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The flood along the Nepal-China border came out of ice and rock rather than rain, and the same researchers who count 95,000 Asian glaciers expect up to three quarters of them gone by 2100, which makes this a siting question well before it is a climate one.
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University of South Florida engineers demonstrated a submerged laser de-icer at two TVA nuclear sites. The target was basket-by-basket inspection labor, not generation capacity.
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- Adoption25
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives62
- Confidence38