In this illustration, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planet's surface as NASA's Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away.Credits: NASA/JPL-CaltechTopics: Mars, NASA, Planetary Science, Space Exploration,…
Illustration of the main elements of the lattice confinement fusion process observed. In Part (A), a lattice of erbium is loaded with deuterium atoms (i.e., erbium deuteride), which exist here as deuterons. Upon irradiation with a photon beam, a…
The stone circle of Nabta Playa marks the summer solstice, a time that coincided with the arrival of monsoon rains in the Sahara Desert thousands of years ago. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)Topics: African Studies, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Diversity in…
Live Science: What is a Kraken? Benjamin Radford Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Existentialism, Human Rights Mr. Vice President, and Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives:</em> YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941, a date which…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Human Rights, LGBT Rights, Women's Rights Terrorism is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian…
Image source: The article link, but it should symbolize how last year felt to the sane among us.Topics: Biology, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Research Snake vision inspires pyroelectric material design Bioinspiration and biomimicry involve…
Topics: Climate Change, COVID-19, Existentialism, Science Science, as Carl Sagan wrote, has to be our "candle in the dark." The Scientific Method we developed as a hunter-gatherer species. The tools of hunter-gatherers were utilitarian and…
Topics: Biology, Civics, Civil Rights, COVID-19, Existentialism, Human Rights I have taken the following vaccines this year: Pneumonia, Seasonal Influenza (Flu), Shingles in two booster shots. Therefore, I am very likely to take the Coronavirus…
Image Source: Physicist finds loose thread of string theory puzzle, Cay Leytham-Powell, University of Colorado at Boulder, Phys.orgTopics: Einstein, General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory For decades, most physicists have agreed that…
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Comets, Space Exploration Invisible structures generated by gravitational interactions in the Solar System have created a "space superhighway" network, astronomers have discovered. These channels enable the fast…
Dams are just one type of infrastructure that can cause environmental damage. HUSEYINTUNCER/ ISTOCKTopics: Civics, Climate Change, Environment, Existentialism It’s not just your storage unit that’s packed to the gills. According to a new study, the…
Leonard Nimoy as Spock from "Amok Time," TOS, first aired September 15, 1967 Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Politics, Star Trek I've been finishing up the semester. I passed my preliminary exam. Now I'm working on refining my research…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Existentialism, Human Rights, Star Trek Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country's defense ministry has confirmed. Fakhrizadeh died in hospital…
Telltale traces In this doping vs magnetic field conductance map, the magnetic field is varied along the vertical axis. Horizontal yellow streaks show Brown-Zak fermions propagating along straight trajectories with high mobility (low resistance),…
Image Source: Wikipedia link belowTopics: Civics, Civil Rights, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights, Politics Truthiness is the belief or assertion that a particular statement is true based on the intuition or perceptions of some individual or…