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Watch: Nichelle Nichols Tells The Story Of How Martin Luther King, Jr. Dissuaded Her From Quitting ‘Star Trek’ TrekMovie.comTopics: Civics, Civil Rights, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights, Star Trek"It is no longer a choice, my friends, between…
Searches for alien civilizations often involve listening for radio transmissions from distant stars, but the possible extraterrestrial origins of UFOs have some scientists looking closer to home. Credit: Luc Novovitch/Alamy Stock PhotoTopics:…
Fig. 1. SARS-CoV-2 N is expressed on the surface of live cells early during infection. (A) Maximum intensity projections of laser confocal microscopy z-stack images of infected Vero cells with wt SARS-CoV-2 (top) or SARS-CoV-2_eGFP, stained live at…
Projected temperature change for mid-century (left) and end-of-century (right) in the United States under higher (top) and lower (bottom) emissions scenarios. The brackets on the thermometers represent the likely range of model projections, though…
The design concept of BWXT Advanced Nuclear Reactor. BWX TechnologiesTopics: Applied Physics, Alternate Energy, Climate Change, Nuclear PowerAccording to the US Energy Information Administration, the US uses a mixture of 60.8% fossil fuel sources to…
Image source: Dictionary dot comTopics: Civics, Civil Rights, Existentialism, Fascism, PoliticsOriginally from the entry: Apathy, Crisis, and Zappa (another blog I posted to before WordPress).So what exactly is a constitutional crisis? We should be…
The ore pass at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota. (Courtesy of Sanford Underground Research Facility, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.)Topics: Applied Physics, Modern Physics, Particle Physics, Theoretical PhysicsThe Deep Underground…
Credit: Amanda Montañez; Source: “Political Environment and Mortality Rates in the United States, 2001-19: Population-Based Cross-Sectional Analysis,” by Haider J. Warraich et al., in BMJ, Vol. 377. Published online June 7, 2022Topics: Civics, Civil…
1 Soap, shampoo, and worm-like micelles Soaps and shampoos are made from amphiphilic molecules with water-loving (red) and water-hating (blue) parts that arrange themselves to form long tubes known as “worm-like micelles”. Entanglements between the…
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A nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Guwahati, India, on 10 April. A new subvariant named BA.2.75 that was first detected in India has surfaced in many other countries. ANUPAM NATH/AP IMAGESTopics: Biology, COVID-19, DNA, Economics, Environment,…
Kayakers and other boaters paddled up to Manchin, who famously lives on a houseboat named “Almost Heaven” when he’s in DC. The subtitle should be “for the rest of you, hell.” Source: Washingtonian, Maya Pottiger, 10/14/21Topics: Civilization,…
Thoughtco.com: Banana Republic definitionTopics: Civics, Civil Rights, COVID-19, Existentialism, Fascism, Human RightsThe alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in…
(Credit: ktsdesign/Shutterstock)Topics: Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Civilization, Existentialism, Philosophy, Special RelativityThe Cold War was a genesis of angst about the future due to the detonation of the atomic bomb by the Soviet Union in…
