The Saffir-Simpson scale, though widely known and used for more than 50 years, has major flaws that make scientists question whether it is the best measure for the job. There are several emerging ...

There are a number of ways to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. Most scales are based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismometers. These scales account for the distance between ...

The maximum amount of air you can breathe in and out is your vital lung capacity. Everybody’s vital lung capacity is different depending on factors such as their age and fitness levels.

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The Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) seeks to understand poverty beyond monetary deprivations (which remain the focal point of the World Bank’s monitoring of global poverty) by including access ...

Vol. 12897, Issue. , p. 413. This paperback, which comprises the first part of Introduction to Measure and Probability by J. F. C. Kingman and S. J. Taylor, gives a self-contained treatment of the ...

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Ballot Measure 118 is already getting a lot of attention. Especially from opponents who have pumped almost $6 million into the campaign to defeat it. Labeled as the “Oregon Rebate,” Measure ...

That might be because of humidity. But what is humidity? Humidity is a measure of how much water there is in the air. Not liquid waterlike rain, invisible water in the form of a gas called water ...

To get around that, rare-earth metals are mixed with other ferromagnetic elements to form alloys that have a strong magnetic coercivity while also having a decent Curie point. The most common rare ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Direct Line has admitted to an accounting error that led the UK motor insurer ...