SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:11 AM local time, lighting up the sky as it carried two spacecraft on a journey to the Moon. On board were two robotic lunar landers: the Blue Ghost from…
Category: 9. Sci-Tech
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Why Dumping Seawater on Blazes Isn’t the Answer to California’s Wildfire Problem
Our coastal forest showed little effect from the first 10-hour exposure to salty water in June 2022 and grew normally for the rest of the year. We increased the exposure to 20 hours in June 2023, and the forest still appeared mostly unfazed,…
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Influencers Are Hawking Wellness Products in Response to the LA Fires
This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
As wildfires continue to burn all around Los Angeles, influencers have emerged to promote sales of their own, highly specific solutions to the crisis….
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Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?
After the first 20 minutes, the water temperature seemed to increase at a fairly constant rate of 0.0006 degrees Celsius per second. This increase in temperature means there is an increase in thermal energy, which we can calculate as:
Here m is…
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Planetary parade: Rare alignment of six planets to grace the night sky o
A rare celestial event is set to captivate skywatchers in January 2025, when six planets—Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—will be visible together in the night sky. On January 21, these planets will align in a formation…
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The untold story of the gladiator and Britain’s most remarkable archaeological find
New research is revealing the remarkable story of one of Britain’s most enigmatic…
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See 6 Planets Align on January 21
Observing the planets is one of the most awe-inspiring ways to witness the magic of the night sky—and there’s no better way to view them than in a planetary alignment. This is where multiple planets line up next to each other.
On January 21,…
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China unveils fantastic-sounding plan for gigantic space solar power sta
At a lecture held in October, Long Lehao, a renowned rocket scientist and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, unveiled China’s plan to construct a massive space-based solar power station. “This is an incredible project to look…
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Giant horned dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils were destroyed in World War 2
Scientists have identified a new giant horned dinosaur species that roamed across modern-day
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Chernobyl dogs show ‘dramatic’ genetic differences – but not because of radiation
Radiation-induced mutations may not be the reason for the genetic differences between dog…
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