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A Newcastle University-led study focused on the Pacific Island nation of Palau and has shown that historic increases in the thermal tolerance of coral reefs are possible.

This study uses data from a remote Pacific coral reef system and estimates the rate of increase in tolerance since the late 1980s.

More information: Liam Lachs et al, Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change, Nature Communications (2023). »

Recently, Sony Interactive Entertainment did something interesting by filing a patent.

It looks like the company wants to have multiplayer gaming events in movie theaters to give players a unique experience.

Continue reading: Sony PlayStation 5 Lead Architect Deep Dives Into New Dolby Atmos Support. »

Georgia’s separatist-held region of Abkhazia has firmly rejected suggestions it could be annexed by Russia, insisting that its autonomy from Moscow is not up for discussion.

The comments come shortly after the deputy chairman of the Kremlin’s Security Council, former president Dmitry Medvedev, hinted that Moscow could seek to absorb the two Russian-backed breakaway regions of neighboring Georgia — Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Meanwhile, the secretary of Abkhazia’s security council, Sergey Shamba, went further, pointing out that there “are no political entities” in the region pushing for integration with Russia. »

More than $500,000 in R. Kelly’s royalties held by Universal Music Group must be handed over to Brooklyn federal prosecutors to help pay his victims, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Prosecutors had moved to seize royalties held both by UMG and by Sony Music Entertainment, Kelly’s former label.

In September 2022, he was convicted in Chicago on separate of federal charges of child pornography and enticement of minors for sex. »