Illustration of the decay topology of a hypernucleus and the variables for the selection criteria. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07823-0 In experiments at the Brookhaven National Lab in the US, an international team of physicists has detected the heaviest “anti-nuclei” ever seen. The tiny, short-lived objects are composed of exotic antimatter particles. The measurements of...
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Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA confirms
NASA’s Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will now return to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon capsule in February 2025. (Image credit: NASA) On Saturday (Aug. 24), NASA announced its final decision regarding the fates of the two astronauts aboard the International Space Station whose original eight-day space jaunt had turned into a...
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Bushwick’s street artists paint new future amid gentrification
In the past three decades, Brooklyn – specifically Bushwick and the surrounding areas – has transformed into a popular tourist area beyond the bustling crowds found in Manhattan. But as the southern borough has continued to reinvent itself, there are reminders that the people and rich cultural legacy remain in Bushwick—with street art playing an...
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Mississippi officials saw the Jackson water crisis coming — and did nothing
In the summer of 2015, officials in Jackson, Mississippi sent the state a series of water samples taken at different locations throughout the city’s public water system. Residents had complained for weeks about the low pressure in their taps, and the city wanted to test the distribution system to check for possible contamination. Sure enough,...
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Drivers of epidemic dynamics in real time from daily digital COVID-19 measurements | Science
Understanding the drivers of respiratory pathogen spread is challenging, particularly in a timely manner during an ongoing epidemic. In this work, we present insights that we obtained using daily data from the National Health Service COVID-19 app for …Read whole article here
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Trouble and strife deepen at famed U.S. particle physics lab
At Fermilab, planned staff furlough, online screed highlight continuing management problems…Read whole article here
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Telescopes capture Jupiter-bound JUICE probe during historic Earth-moon flyby (photos)
The JUICE spacecraft (white dot at the center of the picture) was imaged on Aug. 10, nine days before its flyby past the moon. (Image credit: Gianluca Masi/The Virtual Telescope Project) For avid skywatchers around the world, this week begins with trying to get a glimpse of the Jupiter-bound JUICE spacecraft that’s set to swing...
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Flash carts are the ultimate retro gaming accessory
Flash carts offer a solid way to play your favorite retro games. Image: Justin Pot/Popular Science We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Retro gaming is trendy at the moment, and for most people that means emulators. Whether it’s playing Nintendo’s official emulated...
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Which animals can and can’t fart?
Who amongst us hasn’t wondered if a snake can fart? Dani Rabiotti, a quantitative ecologist, posed that question to Twitter in 2017. Her inquiry into animal flatulence went viral, of course. From there, #doesitfart spread quickly (much like a, well, you know). Rabiotti and her co-author Nick Caruso turned the subject into a book that...
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The US says it now supports a more ambitious plastics treaty. Industry groups are furious.
In a significant reversal, the Biden administration announced during two closed-door meetings this week that U.S. negotiators will support limits on plastic production as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty. The news was first reported by Reuters and confirmed to Grist on Thursday by the State Department. It represents a major shift for...