All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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Huge Underwater Canyon Near New York City Could Become a Marine Sanctuary
The Biden administration this week announced its intent to designate a new marine sanctuary about 160 kilometres southeast of New York City. The Hudson Canyon is a large underwater canyon more than 3.2 kilometres beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. It’s home to a variety of species, including vulnerable sperm whales.
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An Oil Spill Shut Down a Great Lakes Shipping Route but You Probably Didn’t Hear About It
On Thursday afternoon, an oil spill into the St. Mary’s River at the Ontario, Canada-Michigan border halted boat traffic between Lake Superior and Lake Huron for about three hours.
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Medical Gels Are the Squishy Innovation Set to Improve Our Health
Medicine comes in all shapes and sizes — from mundane pills to less-pleasant intravenous infusions. But one form of drug delivery that doesn’t get its proper due is gel. We’re talking about the kind of gooey, semi-solid, and viscous material that can get smeared onto our skin or injected into our bodies. To remedy this…
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Think Car Exhaust Is Bad? Wait ‘Til You Hear About Tire Pollution
Petrol-powered cars are horrible for the environment and our lungs, but new research shows that particles released by rubber tires are a major contributor to air pollution, too.