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Tabloid Scientific Journals : A Growing Concern
The relationship between large pharmaceutical companies and publishers of scientific literature can be downright perilous. Elsevier, one of the largest publishers of credible and legitimate scientific publications, finds itself in the midst of a serious controversy after it has been revealed that they have created at least six pseudo-scientific journals. Outrageously, these publications are entirely paid for by pharmaceutical companies.
By Dominic Dauphinais5 years ago in FYI
How Volcanoes structure at Focalized Limits
Around 350 million individuals or one out of 20 individuals live in a functioning fountain of liquid magma with dynamic volcanoes and volcanologists are checking them so they can foresee future emissions and plan individuals close by for volcanic risks without jeopardizing their wellbeing.
By saurab sharma5 years ago in FYI
Why is Sky Blue?
He used a simple glass tube to mimic the sky, with white light representing the sun at the end. He found that when he filled the tube with smoke, the lamp would appear blue on one side and red on the other. If both sides of the pole looked like blue light, they would disappear, and then the light that was seen at the end would be embarrassed as it passed through the tank.
By saurab sharma5 years ago in FYI
How Are Diamonds Extracted
A diamond is formed when the earth's crust lies about 150 miles [150 km] underground and is brought up over mountain mud. In a volcanic eruption, diamonds are pressed upward by joints from a coating. Diamonds are formed by pressing the earth's crust, which is why mines are found in river beds.
By saurab sharma5 years ago in FYI
Amazon Rain Forest
An international team led by researchers from Purdue University, University of Lleida, and Forest Sciences Center in Catalonia, Spain, has used remote sensing platforms to understand the relationship between global cover and 2019-2020 fires. They reported to the Environmental Research Letters in the newspaper that the fires were in areas that had been severely deforested years ago. Their use of remote sensing technology has shown that 85% of the 2019 Amazon rain forest was located in deforested areas last year.
By saurab sharma5 years ago in FYI
How plant-meth from Afghanistan is conquering the world
A group of men sits in a living room in the township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town, South Africa. We're talking on WhatsApp in a video call when one of them holds up a small baggie full of white crystalline powder in front of the screen.
By AddictiveWritings5 years ago in FYI
Sir George Cayley's flying machine
The first man to take off from the ground and fly was not Orville Wright in 1903 but (it is believed) John Appleby, a coachman who was a highly reluctant pioneer of aviation fifty years earlier. He had his employer, Sir George Cayley, to thank for that.
By John Welford5 years ago in FYI
The Latest Twist In The Life-On-Venus Debate?
Phosphine is considered a biosignature gas on Earth, meaning it is produced by living organisms. On rocky planets, conditions are so extreme that there is no known way to produce phosphine in the absence of life, but the process is extremely demanding. In other words, the observations of phosphine on Venus are just right to replenish molecules in the atmosphere of a planet.
By Sita Baral5 years ago in FYI
