It’s a critical week regarding the Affordable Care Act, which is at the center of the government shutdown impasse. “Window shopping” began for some people buying health insurance through the ACA – also known as Obamacare – giving…
Category: 7. Science
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SpaceX’s Starship: A Heavy-Lift Future for 2026
Despite hutting hurdles, SpaceX believes the Starship is on track as far as the Mars mission is concerned but timelines remain uncertain…
It’s been a while since the Starship – SpaceX’s magnum opus – ceased to be just a concept. Test…
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Those Halloween fireballs might be more dangerous than you think
Each fall, the Taurid meteor shower brightens the night sky from late October through early November. Known as the “Halloween fireballs,” the meteors are named for the constellation Taurus (the bull), where they appear to originate. The best…
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Quantum oscillations found coming from within
Quantum oscillations are like the rhythmic dance of electrons in a metal when exposed to a magnetic field. By applying a magnetic field, researchers can change the speed with which those electron springs wiggle.
But here’s the twist: these…
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Those Halloween fireballs might be more dangerous than you think
Each fall, the Taurid meteor shower brightens the night sky from late October through early November. Known as the “Halloween fireballs,” the meteors are named for the constellation Taurus (the bull), where they appear to originate. The best…
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Plastic pollution spends a century on ocean surface, study finds
Ethan GudgeSouth of England
Getty ImagesThey found that plastic would float on the surface for more than 100 years Plastic pollution in the ocean could remain on the water’s surface for more than a century, a new study has found.
Scientists from HR…
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Ask Ethan: Could evolving dark energy lead to a Big Crunch?
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Are room-temperature superconductors finally within reach?
When electricity moves through wires, some of its energy is lost along the way. That loss, however, might not be inevitable. Researchers at Penn State have developed a new way to identify materials known as superconductors — substances that can…
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Are room-temperature superconductors finally within reach?
When electricity moves through wires, some of its energy is lost along the way. That loss, however, might not be inevitable. Researchers at Penn State have developed a new way to identify materials known as superconductors — substances that can…
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Manifold-based mass lumping addressing the inertia representation for rotational/torsional degrees of freedom in Kirchhoff plate vibration analysis
In the field of Kirchhoff plate vibration analysis, robust mass lumping schemes are essential to ensure numerical stability and accuracy. However, existing methods face critical limitations: when handling…
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