Category: 7. Science

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  • ‘Every time I read a script, it blows my mind’: Night sky still amazes StarDate host Billy Henry

    ‘Every time I read a script, it blows my mind’: Night sky still amazes StarDate host Billy Henry

    Billy Henry helps bring the stars within reach in his role as the host of StarDate, which airs on public radio stations across the country.

    He sat down with Texas Standard during our broadcast from the McDonald Observatory to talk about what…

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  • Looking back on 2025: space highlights

    Longueuil, Quebec, December 15, 2025 — Once again this year, space enthusiasts have witnessed big leaps forward in Canada. Between technological breakthroughs, discoveries and international collaborations, 2025 has been a year of…

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  • New data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed

    New data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed

    Chris Mooney is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a CNN Climate contributor. He is currently a professor of practice in the Environmental Institute at the University of Virginia.

    Planet-warming…

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  • Could Future Mars Habitats Be Made of Ice?

    Could Future Mars Habitats Be Made of Ice?

    As Earth’s population continues to grow and strain environmental resources, researchers are increasingly examining how humans might one day build settlements beyond Earth. Not many construction materials can withstand extreme…

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  • How Bose-Einstein Condensates Replicate Shapiro Steps

    How Bose-Einstein Condensates Replicate Shapiro Steps

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    • Researchers at RPTU used Bose–Einstein condensates to simulate a Josephson junction and observed Shapiro steps, demonstrating a quantum simulation of a key superconducting effect.
    • The experiment reproduced quantized…

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