Curiosity Finds Evidence of an Ancient Sandstorm - NASA Science (.gov)

This update marks the end of Year 4 for Insurgency: Sandstorm and honors the echoes of the past with new weapons and new premium cosmeticsFocus Entertainment and New World Interactive are thrilled to release this new content update for Insurgency: Sandstorm with Update 1.22, Operation: Echoes. Watch the launch trailer now to discover the latest content in Insurgency: SandstormAvailable on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam, Microsoft Store, and Epic Games Store, this Operation brings new free submachine guns. Newly added premium cosmetic DLC sets are also available in 4-Year Anniversary Edition, the Year 4 Pass, or for individual purchase. NEW CONTENT INCLUDED IN OPERATION: ECHOESWith Operation: Echoes, two new submachine guns are now available for all players: UM45 for Security and MP40 for Insurgents. This update also brings visual improvements to the Power Plant and Hideout maps, along with new character customization options including mustaches and beards. Along the free update, Operation: Echoes also comes with new premium cosmetics available to all season pass owners or through paid DLC.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher Isaiah Santistevan led the development of three-dimensional simulations exploring how a nuclear device could deflect or disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth. Credit: Blaise Douros/LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth.

Orcas are hunting great White Sharks around the world, scientists confirmThe killing of great whites by orcas has been reported in the waters of South Africa, California, and Australia, and the implications that the hunting behaviour would have on the marine ecosystem have been considered. In fact, it all started back on May 3, 2017, when the body of a female great white, weighing 1,100 kilograms, washed ashore in Gansbaai, close to Cape Town, with a deep gash through which its 90-kilogram liver had been extracted. Five more corpses of great whites appeared with similar wounds in the coming months, as claimed by shark biologist Alison Towner of Rhodes University. Two adult males, called Port and Starboard, who are supposed to be brothers judging by their dorsal fins that fold differently, were identified as the most probable perpetrators. The connection was officially established in 2022 based on video footage of a drone that caught three orcas chasing and biting a 3-meter great white off Mossel Bay. The sharks quickly disappeared from Dyer Island, one of the best places in the world to witness a great white.