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3 days ago · Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. Superman isn't the only one with X-ray vision. Plenty of exploding stars are also adept at blasting outbursts of this high-energy light.
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6 days ago · Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. Among mammals, whales are the longevity champs. Members of several species have lived past age 100, and one bowhead whale reached its 211th...
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Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. When the Sun is blazing and the wind is blowing, Germany’s solar and wind power plants swing into high gear.
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Dec 17, 2024 · 3. People think that drinking raw milk will make them immune to H5N1. H5N1 bird flu is absolutely devastating birds and other wildlife across the globe. Now, it widely infects dairy cows and poultry in the U.S, resulting in sixty confirmed human cases in 2024.
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Dec 20, 2024 · Drug overdose deaths in the US have finally begun to abate. Between June 2023 and June 2024, they fell by 14%. However, deaths from a drug used to sedate large animals, called carfentanil, rose by at least 720% between the first half of 2023 and the first half of 2024.
Fraction of Geologic Hydrogen Could Power Earth
10 hours ago · A mountain of hydrogen is lurking beneath Earth's surface — and scientists say that just a fraction of it could break our dependence on fossil fuels for 200 years.. New research suggests the planet holds around 6.2 trillion tons (5.6 trillion metric tons) of hydrogen in rocks and underground reservoirs.
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Oct 5, 2024 · NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip.. This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is …
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In order to stay below 1.5°C of warming and thus mitigate the worst effects of climate change, the International Renewable Energy Agency estimates that countries will need to collectively invest $35 trillion into infrastructure by 2035. Accounting for …
Our Findings Question the Notion That the Universe Is Fine-Tuned …
Nov 21, 2024 · Physicists have long grappled with the question of why the universe was able to support the evolution of intelligent life. The values of the many forces and particles, represented by some 30 so-called fundamental constants, all seem to line up perfectly to enable it.
The Universe Is Smoother Than Theory Suggests
Sep 27, 2024 · Given how unfathomably large the universe is, it is perhaps understandable that we haven’t yet cracked all its secrets. But there are actually some pretty basic features, ones we used to think we could explain, that cosmologists are increasingly struggling to make sense of.