Suspended Grace: A sleeping sperm whale and her calfPaul Nicklen With a full belly – look closely and you can see the tentacles of the deep-sea squid she has just feasted on, dangling from her mouth – this mother sperm whale sleeps, her calf nearby. This photograph, named Suspended Grace, was taken by photographer Paul Nicklen and is one of a host of images displayed at the photography fair Photo London this week. It exudes peace, but Nicklen was feeling a real mix of emotions when he took it in Dominica in 2019. “Even as my lungs burned and my brain tried to induce panic to take a breath from the surface that was 15 metres away, I had to stay calm,” he says. “In that moment, I focused on breathing, framing and floating still. I wasn’t disconnected from fear, but I was focused.”Advertisement As he centred himself, a sense of “awe mixed with something quieter” came over him. “There was a kind of joy to it—being accepted into their rhythm for even a few moments,” says Nicklen. “Over time, that joy has deepened into something heavier. I think about the risks [whales] face now – the rising noise levels in the ocean, plastic, ship strikes, nets, warming seas. When I revisit these images, I see a lineage that may not survive unless we change. And still, I feel lucky. Lucky to have been let in. Lucky to carry their story.” Photo London is taking place at Somerset House from 15 to 18 May. Nicklen’s work is being displayed by Hilton Contemporary, which is also showing the photography of marine biologist Cristina Mittermeier – including this evocative shot from Berenty, Madagascar, in 2008, called Laundry on the Mandare. As bright clothes dry on the cracked earth, two emaciated cows stand nearby on the dry bed of the Mandare River. Laundry on the Mandare: The dry bed of the Mandare River in MadagascarCristina Mittermeier Seventeen years on, Mittermeier remembers that her thoughts on taking the shot were clouded at the time. “Not just by illness – a tropical fever – but by guilt. Not guilt for being there, but for leaving,” she says. “The families in this village had no way to escape the drought. There are no backups, no alternate routes, no tap to turn. The Mandare dries up, and everything with it.” Today, those feelings have morphed into “a kind of respect” for the endurance of the local people there “and a deep unease that this scene is becoming more common, more permanent”, she says. “I think of the resilience in that curve of fabric, bright against the dust, and how survival here is patched together one garment, one meal, one cup of water at a time,” says Mittermeier. “It’s a record of drought, yes, but also of decisions made far away that shaped who suffers and who escapes.” Below is Nicklen’s shot, Ephemeral Palace, taken in the Antarctic Peninsula in 2012. A vast iceberg is pictured as it drifts along, destined to melt as it makes its way out to sea. Ephemeral Palace: An iceberg on the Antarctic Peninsula in 2012Paul Nicklen An unexpected visitor is shown in this final shot from Nicklen, Face to Face, taken in Svalbard, Norway, in 2008. Nicklen, winner of awards including BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, said that although they are labelled “problem bears” in Canada’s Arctic, he has encountered over 2000 polar bears in the wild in his time as a photographer and he has never had to take a life in self-defence. Face to Face: A close encounter with a polar bear in NorwayPaul Nicklen Topics:

Construction input prices fell 0.1% in April, according to a new Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data. Last month, nonresidential construction input prices increased by 0.2%. Overall construction input prices are 0.1% higher than levels from a year ago, and nonresidential construction prices are 0.2% higher. Prices decreased in all three energy categories in April. Natural gas prices fell 7.1%, unprocessed energy materials were down 5.0%, and crude petroleum prices dipped by 4.9%. Chart credit: Associated Builders and Contractors“Construction input prices declined in April, but that was largely due to falling energy prices,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. “Materials directly affected by tariffs saw sharp price increases for the month. Steel mill product prices, for instance, rose 5.9%, while copper wire and cable prices increased 5.0%.” Chart credit: Associated Builders and Contractors“While recent d...

Gen Alpha, the youngest generation of active consumers in the market, are teetering on the onset of teen angst. For many of them, an unavoidable trigger of it will be those pesky hormonal-triggered breakouts. It’s a moment for the skincare industry to once again swoop in and offer tweens and teens a smorgasbord of problem-skin creams, gels, patches and facemasks treatments. That part hasn’t changed for generations of consumers. What’s evolved are the strategies brands are using today to reach the youngest of them. Previous generations of teens, for instance, would see ads for acne brands in glossy magazines, newspaper inserts, on TV during Nickelodeon commercial breaks and on the radio.  None of this will effectively work with Gen Alpha, a fully digitally native cohort. They live and breathe the internet, gaming and social media.  So in March, Switzerland-based Galderma, maker of skincare brand Cetaphil and Differin (a popular over-the-counter acne treatment sold in Walmart, Target, Ulta and on Amazon), for the first time took its acne brand to one of Gen Alpha’s most popular hangouts—the gaming platform Roblox. Roblox has about 98 million active daily users, with 80% of them below the age of 25. On average, users spent a total of 21.7 billion hours on the platform just in its first quarter this year, up 30% from a year ago. “The when, the where and the why of [our] effort is very rooted in data,” says Tara Loftis, global president of dermatological skincare at Galderma. “Acne impacts 85% of people between the ages of 12 and 24. Where are tweens and younger GenZers spending most of their time? The answer is gaming.” Loftis and her team partnered with marketing agency Dentsu and “dreamed up what it would look like for Differin to integrate directly into Roblox.” [Screenshot: Galderma] A novel approach for skincare Walmart, Fenty Beauty, Crocs, H&M, PacSun, Nike and e.l.f. Beauty are among dozens of major brands that have created their presence in the Roblox metaverse. However, Differin’s entry, according to industry experts, makes it one of the first brands in the acne-care category to now be on Roblox. It is a novel approach by skincare brands trying to connect with young consumers, says Larissa Jensen, senior vice president and global beauty industry advisor at market research firm Circana. “Cosmetics brands, such as e.l.f, have been turning to Roblox to reach a very specific younger demographic. That isn’t new. But, for skincare [brands], it’s a little bit more challenging to integrate skincare into a gaming platform,” Jensen says. “With makeup, you can engage with the brand through gameplay where you put makeup on your avatar. It’s harder to interact in the metaverse with skincare. If Galderma has success with this strategy, you can bet that other brands will be paying attention.” The Roblox activation for Differin involves three mini games (for players ages 13 and up) as part of the brand’s “Level Up Lobby.”  [Screenshot: Galderma] In one game called “Foam Blaster,” the challenge is to use a blaster to clean hovering faces with Differin’s 10% benzoyl peroxide maximum strength foaming cleanser. Players in “Power Patch Splat” launch Differin power patches at the right moment to splat pimples. In “Zit Zapper,” the objective is to zap zits as they appear on hovering faces with Differin’s 10% Benzoyl Peroxide spot treatment. The goal with these roblox games, said Loftis, is to create brand awareness and educate “Gen Zalpa” (Gen Alpha and younger GenZers) about skincare through gamifying acne care and integrating Differin into that experience. Although players can’t buy Differin products on Roblox, they are able to upload their receipt for any Differin purchase to unlock virtual rewards in the games. “What we didn’t want to do was to have this look like ad necessarily, in the traditional sense,” says Loftis. “Two reasons for that. We are not able to target anyone under the age of 13, or to target people specifically that have acne. But what we can do is make that assumption about where 80% of acne sufferers are. They are Gen Zalpa and they’re on Roblox. [Screenshot: Galderma] Chasing the Roblox “Gold Rush” Clay Colarusso, head of TeenVoice, a teen market research and insights company, is very familiar with the “Gold Rush” of brands to the Roblox metaverse as they strive to capture the attention of the youngest shoppers and influence their future spending habits. Marketers trying to unlock the tween and teen markets and the billions of household dollars that they’re either influencing their parents to spend, or the dollars they’re spending directly, has been happening for decades, says Colarusso. “I’m a child of the 80s and I distinctly remember the toy and breakfast cereal commercials that would play one after another as I watched Saturday morning cartoons,” says Colarusso. “Kids back then would go to mom and dad and ask them to put the toy on the birthday wishlist.” The difference today, he says, is that the path to purchase is much shorter through digital marketing than it was with traditional media in the 80s. “If I’m on Roblox and I have an opportunity to buy, and maybe even have my parent’s credit card already preloaded in there, I can purchase immediately. Or, I can influence my parents to buy it for me,” Colarusso says. “It’s a marketer’s dream. But where it gets tricky is on the data side.” Brands have to be careful when they target young consumers. The Federal Trade Commission, through its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), prohibits companies, websites and online services from collecting personal information of children under 13 without parental approval. “The concern is really less about brands marketing to this demographic, with certain obvious exceptions, and more about data collection and privacy concerns especially when dealing with consumers under 13,” Colarusso says. “This is why folks get really nervous when they think about marketing or how to market to kids, and rightfully so. They need to behave in a judicious and prudent way.”Roblox says on its website that the platform is “compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) and other international regulatory standards.” For people 13 and older who are eligible to see ads, Roblox said ads “must be clearly and prominently disclosed using simple and understandable language.” “Hate to be sold to” According to Galderma, in less than 30 days after the Differin Roblox games launched, the Differin “Level Up Lobby” campaign (which ends on May 31) has attracted more than three million visits with more than 365,000 mini games and nearly 12,000 hours of brand engagement on the gaming platform. “We know that Gen Zalpha hates being sold to. These are games. If they struggle with acne, we hope to educate them about skincare through gaming that resonates,” says Loftis. “If not, it’s still a fun game.” So far, she says a fairly high number of people playing the games are “playing them completely.” “We went big on our gaming, which means we basically moved away 100% from traditional advertising for Differin,” Loftis says. “Gen Zalpha isn’t going to buy an acne patch because they see an ad. They’re going to buy it because they see a really compelling before and after result that their favorite gamer or TikToker talks about.”

On Life SupportMay 15, 3:38 PM EDT / by Noor Al-SibaiA Draconian Abortion Law Is Forcing Doctors to Keep a Pregnant Brain-Dead Woman Alive for Months So She Can Give Birth"Every day that goes by, it’s more cost, more trauma, more questions."May 15, 3:38 PM EDT / Noor Al-SibaiImage by Getty / FuturismDevelopmentsA draconian "heartbeat law" in Georgia is forcing a brain-dead pregnant woman to be kept on life support for months so she can deliver — all at the expense of her family.As Atlanta's WXIA-TV reports, the family of 30-year-old Adriana Smith, a nurse at the city's Emory University Hospital, was declared brain-dead more than 90 days ago after doctors found that she had blood clots in her brain.It's a particularly horrifying situation, highlighting the alarming state of reproductive rights in the US, especially following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, which struck down federal protections for abortion rights.Smith, as her mother, April Newkirk, told the broadcaster, was initially taken to the hospital for bad headaches earlier in her pregnancy. She was given medication and discharged — only to wake her boyfriend the next morning with loud, gurgling gasps for air.Upon finally conducting CT scans, doctors at Emory University discovered the clots. The window to do surgery to relieve the pressure had passed, and the young woman's family was left with few options but to let the clots take their course.Smith's body still hasn't been taken off of life support thanks to Georgia's "Living Infants Fairness and Equality" Act, which stipulates that after six weeks, when fetal heartbeats generally begin to be detected, any fetal death — including in the case of miscarriage — becomes illegal.Though there are carveouts in the case of rape, incest, or the mother's life being in danger, Smith's case falls into a legal grey area.Because her life is not per se "at risk" following the cessation of brain activity, Emory doctors decided that she must be kept alive until the child is ready to be delivered so that the fetus gestating will not die, a technicality required by Georgia's heartbeat law and many others like it that have proliferated in the three years since Roe v. Wade was overturned.At press time, Smith is about 21 weeks or five months pregnant, and the fetus growing inside her will only be considered viable at 32 weeks or more, which means that she has to be kept on life support for at least 11 more weeks under the hospital's strict reading of the law.According to Newkirk, the doctors at her daughter's former employer told her that there were no other legal avenues to pursue while they wait for the fetus to be viable for birth. She's concerned not only about the child she's soon going to have to raise, who may well have serious impairments due to his mother being in a vegetative state, but also about the massive bill she'll be footing."They’re hoping to get the baby to at least 32 weeks," Newkirk told WXIA. "But every day that goes by, it’s more cost, more trauma, more questions."In a statement to Newsweek, Emory representatives insisted their decision was made after consulting "consensus from clinical experts, medical literature, and legal guidance."Ironically, the relevant heartbill law — which was passed in 2019 but did not go into effect until 2022, when Roe was overturned — was rescinded for a week after a county court found that the state could not interfere with personal reproductive decisions prior to fetus viability at 32 weeks.Georgia's Supreme Court overruled that decision and reinstated the ban shortly thereafter, a move described by Monica Simpson of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective as "[siding] with anti-abortion extremists."Newkirk, meanwhile, said she's not sure what Smith or her family would have chosen had she been given the option to terminate the pregnancy to save her own life or be allowed to die naturally.Nonetheless, it should have been their choice to make."I think every woman should have the right to make their own decision," the mother told WXIA-TV. "And if not, then their partner or their parents."More on reproductive weirdness: Trump Appears to Have Accidentally Declared That Every Person in America Is Now FemaleShare This ArticleImage by Getty / FuturismRead This Next

This article contains spoilers for Hacks season 4 episode 7. Hollywood changes people. But rarely has the glitz and glamor of Tinseltown changed somebody more quickly than Dance Mom on Hacks. In the fourth episode of the fourth season of this beloved comedy on HBO Max (Hey, we get to call it “HBO Max” again!), Julianne Nicholson’s unnamed character is introduced as a humble, middle-aged TikTok content creator from rural Alberta who just wants to dance…hence: Dance Mom. Recognizing that Deborah Vance’s (Jean Smart) late night show has a female demographic problem, her co-manager Kayla Schaeffer (Megan Stalter) identifies Dance Mom as a potential solution. Dance Mom might as well have been constructed in an Ellen DeGeneres laboratory to appeal to middle America. Her humble Canadian origins and inoffensive personality shine through in her first meeting with Jimmy LaSaque (Paul W. Downs) and Kayla as they show her around some major Los Angeles landmarks like Rodeo Drive, Sunset Boulevard, and, of course, the Ripley’s Believe It or Not on Hollywood Boulevard. “I feel like the Beverly Hills Chihuahua!” Dance Mom exclaims as she takes in all the beautiful people wearing makeup in the daytime. This is only her second time in the States, with the first being a trip to the Heinz (as in Ketchup) History Center in Pittsburgh as a child. It takes some convincing but Dance Mom agrees to try out for Deborah’s show. She’s then invited on to perform that same day after Deborah and lead writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) alienate the studio audience with an argument. Thankfully, Dance Mom’s wholesome routine wins the audience back and she becomes a mainstay for the show, counterbalancing Deborah’s caustic sense of humor with a cheerful smile. Two episodes later Dance Mom is living in Adam Levine’s 12-bedroom mansion; has blown through $1 million in 48 hours on cars, clothes, and whippets; and has lost a crucial Old Navy brand ambassadorship. Oh, and she doesn’t have any kids by the way. The rapid rise and fall of Dance Mom represents the kind of fun a long-running comedy can have when it’s firing on all cylinders. Through three (very heavily-awarded and acclaimed) seasons, Hacks has its most important dynamic down pat. The creative push and pull between platonic soulmates Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels give Hacks all the energy it needs to drive multiple seasons of comedic storytelling. With the time it has left over for B-plots and C-plots, the show can afford to get experimental. While a less confident series might have spread the dancing Albertan’s degeneracy across a whole season, Hacks maximizes its impact with a two-episode whip cut. One day Dance Mom is respectfully declining sparkling water (“Not for me, too spicy”), the next day she’s yeeting a spent “Astro Gas” canister while yelling “Steve Nash!,” which is obviously the Canadian version of “Kobe!”* *It must be pointed out that someone on the Hacks writing staff really knows ball. Of course, the saga of Dance Mom wouldn’t hit quite as hard without the right performance. Thanks to Julianne Nicholson, series showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky have found exactly that. Even before Hacks gave her the opportunity to lounge around Adam Levine’s place, Nicholson has been having a hell of a year. Hulu subscribers may recognize her Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond, the creative lynchpin of sci-fi/thriller Paradise. Before that, the Massachusetts-born actress won an Emmy for playing beleaguered mother Lori Ross in Mare of Easttown. As evidenced by her most notable characters’ hyper-regional specificity (Delaware County, Alberta, and a post-apocalyptic underground bunker), Nicholson is a versatile performer. Through many of her roles though, she brings a similar sense of impishness. Lori Ross, Sinatra, and Dance Mom all possess a child-like sense of frustration and disappointment to varying degrees, as though they woke up one day in adult bodies without their consent. In that way, Nicholson brings a welcome Carrie Coon vibe to the table. And anyone who knows anything about Den of Geek knows we don’t make that comparison lightly. Join our mailing list Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! Nicholson brings not only an offbeat gravitas to the role but a sense of pure joy at being able to cut loose. With only three episodes left to go in Hacks season 4, it remains to be seen how much further Dance Mom can fall. If this is it, however, one can’t say that Dance Mom didn’t go out her way: by doing a lot of drugs and dancing…but mostly the drugs. New episodes of Hacks season 4 premiere Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on (soon-to-be HBO) Max, culminating with the finale on May 29.

RandomlyRandom67 Member Jul 7, 2023 2,581 Old design: Seems like they mostly just added teeth. Oh and his toes look different EDIT: I added the hat detail to my title, as some people mentioned it looks like the Nintendo logo is gone EDIT 2: A nice comparison image from JazzyFuture on famiboards:   Last edited: Today at 1:48 PM Zebesian-X Member Dec 3, 2018 25,235 fuck this   RailWays One Winged Slayer Avenger Oct 25, 2017 18,267 I like it. Hoping he shows up in Bananza as well   Gwarm Member Nov 13, 2017 2,828 NO!   Red Kong XIX Member Oct 11, 2020 13,206 Looks fine, it's a minimal change anyway.   Zyrokai Member Nov 1, 2017 5,202 Columbus, Ohio I like it. His hat seems different too. No more Nintendo logo?   Max|Payne Member Oct 27, 2017 9,836 Portugal Eh, it's not that huge of a difference. Fine by me.   steviestar3 One Winged Slayer Member Jul 3, 2018 5,437 New feet confirmed   Fady Member Oct 28, 2017 1,081 UAE Something looks very off about Donkey Kong's design these days.   blamite Member Oct 27, 2017 2,300 Looks like they changed his hat, too. What does it say now?! I need to know...   Clay Member Oct 29, 2017 9,528 Feels weird that he's nowhere near as changed as DK.   yap Avenger Oct 25, 2017 10,795 he doesn't have a brand on his hat i will not stand for this   Lotus One Winged Slayer Member Oct 25, 2017 123,865 Pretty subtle change. Could be worse, could be like when I found out geese have teeth Edit: Goddamn it Xyer  inkblot Member Mar 27, 2024 1,087 lol   Xyer Avenger Aug 26, 2018 10,086   Stencil Mailing His Own Damn Business Member Oct 30, 2017 13,480 USA Did they remove the Nintendo logo from his hat?! If so, someone at Nintendo mustve seen the tweet   Lightsong Member Nov 11, 2022 9,356 He's a chimp, he should have teeth.   OP OP RandomlyRandom67 Member Jul 7, 2023 2,581 Zyrokai said: I like it. His hat seems different too. No more Nintendo logo? Click to expand... Click to shrink... Yea it looks like ur right, they switched to a pin on his hat   logash Member Oct 27, 2017 6,318 Doesn't look that different. Wish they changed more. I much prefer DKs new design.   Max|Payne Member Oct 27, 2017 9,836 Portugal Xyer said: No   PlanetSmasher The Abominable Showman Member Oct 25, 2017 132,614 Sure, why not. Looks like Diddy to me.   Bugface Member May 14, 2019 333 Diddy Kong waking up at the dentist: Where's… where's Trixie…? Funky Kong (a dental surgeon in this game): Diddy… who did you think you got the donated teeth from…?  thecowboypoet Avenger Oct 25, 2017 2,527 Disgusting   Rowsdower Shinra Employee of The Wise Ones Avenger Oct 27, 2017 19,981 Canada Got himself a pair of chompers I see.   ghostcrew The Shrouded Ghost Administrator Oct 27, 2017 31,776 Had teeth in the movie, so another step towards that.   xendless Teyvat Traveler Member Jan 23, 2019 13,650   Tbm24 Member Oct 25, 2017 22,883 All this time it hadn't occurred to me that he didn't have teeth tbh.   jitteryzeitgeist Member May 26, 2023 9,026 A quiet place Xyer said: Welp  Dust C H A O S Member Oct 25, 2017 40,938 But why?   Uncle at Nintendo 2nd Generation Uncle at Nintendo Member Jan 3, 2018 9,819 Fuck the Mario movie   Jahranimo Community Resettler Member Oct 25, 2017 10,243 Good!   Strat "This guy are sick" Member Apr 8, 2018 14,022 Looks great. Another win and another step away from the awful generic CG designs Nintendo used for Mario and gang for way too fucking long.   TaySan SayTan Member Dec 10, 2018 36,586 Tulsa, Oklahoma He has teeth now :D   Derbel McDillet ▲ Legend ▲ Member Nov 23, 2022 24,112 Donkey Kong might as well be this to me.   Supreme Leader Galahad ▲ Legend ▲ Member Oct 27, 2017 2,859 Brazil We sure this is final? I expected more changes like DK.   Gaardus Member Oct 27, 2017 2,837 ghostcrew said: Had teeth in the movie, so another step towards that. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Looks like it's the same hat, too.   RailWays One Winged Slayer Avenger Oct 25, 2017 18,267 ghostcrew said: Had teeth in the movie, so another step towards that. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Also has the same pin that the movie hat had as well   RochHoch One Winged Slayer Member May 22, 2018 21,267 He lives So why the heck is he not in Mario Kart New design looks great  KillstealWolf One Winged Slayer Avenger Oct 27, 2017 18,414 ghostcrew said: Had teeth in the movie, so another step towards that. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I curse Illumination forever for ruining the kong designs with their trashy popular movie.  Wrighteous86 Member Oct 27, 2017 2,837 It's a little weird that they are redesigning these characters like a year after opening theme parks with the old designs.   Machine Law Member Oct 26, 2017 3,637 Diddy looks about the same. I thought his belly was bigger but then I saw the old picture and it's the same. KillstealWolf said: I curse Illumination forever for ruining the kong designs with their trashy popular movie. Click to expand... Click to shrink... But he looks nothing like in that movie.  blamite Member Oct 27, 2017 2,300 Hard to make everything out at that size but there's actually a bunch of subtle changes; teeth, something different on his hat, right star on his shirt isn't filled in, different feet, his ears looks slightly different and a bit more separated from his mouth area, I think his eyes are very slightly more separated?   sir_crocodile Member Oct 25, 2017 24,587   Banjo_ Member Mar 16, 2025 66 the teeth are kinda creepy switch 2 pre order cancelled  Greywaren Member Jul 16, 2019 13,030 Spain He still looks pretty much the same, he just got dentures and a new hat.   Kaitos Tens across the board! Moderator Oct 25, 2017 18,400 every day we stray further from God's light   Red Kong XIX Member Oct 11, 2020 13,206 PlanetSmasher said: Sure, why not. Looks like Diddy to me. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Can't say Diddy without the Kong nowadays.   MrSaturn99 One Winged Slayer Member Oct 25, 2017 13,030 I live in a giant bucket. Soo what's up with the pin?   Shadow2222 The Fallen Oct 27, 2017 2,050 He looks way better in the movie than here, honestly   xendless Teyvat Traveler Member Jan 23, 2019 13,650 Is he fatter or has his crop top shrunk  

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Geologists turned to tiny bubbles to investigate the dynamics driving magma flow beneath Hawaii’s volcanoes as the country’s islands drift northwest on a tectonic plate. They found that, as the islands slip away from the hotspot that fuels Kiluaea on the “Big Island, magma flow not only slows, but shifts deeper underground," according to a report in the journal Science Advances.“This challenges the old idea that eruptions are fueled by magma stored in the Earth’s crust and suggests a new possibility that magma is stored and matures in the Earth’s mantle, and eruptions are fueled from this deep mantle reservoir,” Esteban Gazel, a Cornell University scientist and author of the paper, said in a press release.Understanding Volcano EruptionsTo reach this conclusion, scientists employed a technique that will help increase understanding of what causes eruptions and help them predict those events more accurately. They focused on tiny gas bubbles that become trapped inside crystals within magma — a phenomenon called “fluid inclusion.” Calculating the pressure and depth at which those bubbles are captured gives scientists more precise information about magma’s activity.“The technology allows us to measure pressure from depths with an uncertainty as small as just hundreds of meters, which is very, very precise for depths that are tens of kilometers below the surface,” Gazel said in the release. “Before this, measuring magma storage was much more difficult, with uncertainties that could span kilometers.”Read More: 5 of the Most Explosive Volcanic EruptionsLooking at Different Volcano Life StagesThe scientists applied the method to samples from three Hawaiian volcanoes that are at different stages of their “lives.” Kilauea’s magma was stored at relatively shallow depths of about a mile, as predicted. They found two magma storage areas beneath Haleakala — a shallow one just over a mile down, and a deeper one at 12 to 16 miles in the Earth’s mantle. Diamond Head on the island of O’ahu, showed magma storage around 13 to 18 miles deep, all within the Earth’s mantle.“Knowing these depths precisely matters, because to understand the drivers of eruptions, one of the most important constraints is where magma is stored,” Gazel said in the release. “That is fundamental for physical models that will explain eruptive processes and is required for volcanic risk assessment.”Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:Science Advances. Crustal to mantle melt storage during the evolution of Hawaiian volcanoesBefore joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues. He began his career in newspapers, but switched to scientific magazines. His work has appeared in publications including Science News, Science, Nature, and Scientific American.

As Dyson home tech enthusiasts, users—dare we say—experts, we’re keeping a close eye on all the Best Dyson Memorial Day sales popping up ahead of the long weekend. While we hope to be out grilling and getting sunburnt, same as you, we think Dyson deals like $300 off a wishlist-worthy cordless vacuum will be a welcome treat for the holiday. Before shopping, feel free to familiarize yourself with our catalog of tested favorites—from air purifiers to humidifiers to cordless vacuums.We’ve assembled all early bird discounts in advance of the official Memorial Day sale drop, where we’re expecting an even wider spread of deals at all our favorite Dyson retailers, including Amazon. Watch this space—we’ll be updating as more Memorial Day deals on our beloved V8’s and V15’s roll in!Our top picksBest deal overall: Dyson V8 Plus Cordless Vacuum, $470 $350Staff-approved purifier: Dyson Purifier Humidify+Cool Formaldehyde PH04, $1,000 $800A versatile floor cleaner: Dyson V15s Detect Submarine Wet and Dry Vacuum, $950 $800Dyson V8 Plus Cordless VacuumThis Dyson V8 stick vacuum is a longtime favorite of ambitious cleaners the world over. It’s suited for all your basic nightmares: dust, debris, and pet hair. It offers 40 minutes of cordless cleaning and two power modes, plus a hair-screw tool so it doesn’t overheat, as those of us with many years of vacuuming under our belts have come to normalize. Global editorial operations director Diane Dragan speaks emphatically in favor of her V8: “Before, it was exhausting to see dust and willfully ignore it. Now it’s immensely satisfying to grab the unit, zap the filth, and easily dispense of it. To those who walked with old-timey canisters and uprights so this Dyson could run, I thank you.”Rachel FletcherRachel FletcherDyson Purifier Humidify+Cool Formaldehyde PH04In an age of micro-pollutants, germophobes can rest easy knowing this combo air purifier/humidifier/fan not only performs to the caliber of regular Dyson products, but this model in particular sucks up formaldehyde, a colorless gas which can be emitted by paint, furniture, carpets, household cleaners, fireplaces, and even plywood. Commerce director Rachel Fletcher has owned this model for several years and finds that it still functions up to snuff, humidifying and cooling the air to her liking. Plus, the app (yes, the app) is easy to use. “After lighting a candle or cooking, the purifier went to work straight away on cleaning the air and the air quality returned to its usual after about 10 minutes,” Fletcher says.Photo: Terri WilliamsDyson V15s Detect Submarine​ Wet-Dry VacuumUnlike most vacuums—thanks to its combination of hardwood and carpet cleaning capabilities as well as and mopping functionality—this Dyson technology is what state-of-the art home cleaning dreams are made of. Contributor Terri Williams was beyond impressed with its versatility and efficiency. “The beauty of this design is that all of the water is contained in the separate wet roller head, so I can remove it, attach one of the other roller heads, and dry vacuum in other parts of my home,” she says. The top portion can be removed to use for a handheld vacuum for peskier, smaller corners, and handy attachments for handheld vacuuming are also supplied.Dyson Cool Gen1 TP10 Purifier$130 off this air purifier has a person reconsidering her air-quality needs. If you don’t already know, Dyson’s trademark brag is that their two-stage HEPA H13 filtration captures 99.97% of particles as small as 0.3 microns. That means: basically everything. This model includes a purifying fan that also cools you, so you can knock out two purchases with one.Dyson V7 Advanced VacuumIf you’re hoping for a strong and affordable Dyson model, this V7 is $250 and delivers on the basics we love: cordless, long charge time, powerful suction, and detangling technology. 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This model is designed with pet owners in mind with unrivaled detangling technology and multiple attachments to help you reach every crevice of your home, especially where hair balls like to accumulate. Its whole-machine filtration ensures that particles are trapped inside the machine, not expelled back into the house to force another run-through.Dyson Hot+Cool HP07 Air Purifier, Heater, and FanAnother air purifier high on our list is this HP07 model, which commerce editor Audrey Lee says “works like a dream, and I noticed within a week of use that I felt noticeably less congested.” The purifier uses a 360 degree filtration system that implements a combination of activated carbon, to remove potentially harmful gases and odors from the air, and its HEPA filter, which catches 99.7% of particles. Its auto mode continuously monitors room temperature and indoor air quality while also running the fan or heat to the degree of your choosing. 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The daughter, son-in-law, and grandson of French crypto mogul Pierre Noizat were the victims of a botched kidnapping attempt in Paris earlier this week.The trio were walking near Square de la Roquette in the French capital early Tuesday morning when a van bearing a Chronopost logo — something like the French UPS — pulled up next to them.Three masked individuals then jumped out, and a brief struggle ensued as they attempted to drag the mother and son into the back of the van. The woman's husband intervened and was hit with "blunt objects," according to The Telegraph.During the struggle, the woman appears to disarm one of the attackers and throw a handgun aside (it would later turn out to be an airsoft gun.) The would-be kidnappers fled in the vehicle, before abandoning it on a nearby street.The victims were treated for minor injuries, according to the Telegraph.It's a horrifying attack, but unfortunately par for the course for the cryptocurrency industry. Criminals have been some of crypto's biggest adopters throughout its short history, drawn to the decentralized currency as a way to move huge sums of money quietly, without ever alerting a centralized bank or financial authorities.Had the kidnappers succeeded, the ensuing ransom could have been virtually untraceable.A longtime crypto magnate, Pierre Noizat is the co-founder of Paymium, one of the world's first cryptocurrency exchanges. Though his exact fortune isn't known, at the time of writing, his business processed over $132 million in Bitcoin in the last week alone — making him and his family an attractive target, to say the least.While rich executives have long been targeted by criminals — there's literally a cottage industry called Kidnap, Ransom, and Extortion Insurance — crypto bigwigs and their associates are becoming prized trophies in violent crime circles.In November of last year, Dean Skurka, CEO of crypto platform WonderFi, was nabbed off the streets of Toronto and held for a $1 million ransom. That same month, three teenagers kidnapped one of the executives behind Tokenize 2025, a Las Vegas-based crypto event, driving him out to the desert where they demanded his crypto passwords at gunpoint. Though the group has since been identified, they made out with an estimated $4 million worth of crypto and NFTs.Similar incidents involving high-net-worth crypto traders have been reported in Pakistan, Spain, Australia, and Bali. Back in France, this is the fourth high-profile kidnapping case involving crypto whales recorded in recent months.One particularly stunning incident involved David Balland, the co-founder of Ledger, along with his wife, who were abducted from their home back in January. The couple was freed following a massive raid by French national police, but not before Balland had his finger cut off and mailed to his co-founder as part of his kidnappers' $11.2 million ransom attempt.On Wednesday, the French interior minister announced a meeting with high-value cryptocurrency magnates to "work with them on their security, and so that they can become aware of the risks."Whether it will stymie the huge upswing in crypto kidnappings is anyone's guess. Financial analysts have found that more millionaires than ever are placing their fortunes on the blockchain — meaning crypto-conscious criminals are spoiled for choice.Share This Article