While physics tells us that information can neither be created nor destroyed (if information could be created or destroyed, then the entire raison d'etre of physics, that is to predict future events or identify the causes ...
Astronomy
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Entropy is one of those fearsomely deep concepts that form the core of entire fields of physics (in this case, thermodynamics) that is unfortunately so mathematical that it's difficult to explain in plain language. But we ...
Astronomy
Nov 16, 2023
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For millennia, musicians have looked to the heavens for inspiration. Now a new collaboration is enabling actual data from NASA telescopes to be used as the basis for original music that can be played by humans.
Astronomy
Nov 16, 2023
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In 2023, amateur astronomer Dana Patchick was looking through images from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer archive and discovered a diffuse, circular object in the constellation of Cassiopeia.
Astronomy
Nov 16, 2023
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A bewildering number of factors and variables led up to the planet we occupy today, where life finds a way to survive and even thrive in the most marginal conditions. The sun is the catalyst for it all, propelling life on ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 16, 2023
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Sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the first lymph node draining from a tumor, and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for breast cancer is the standard procedure for clinically node-negative (cN0) early-stage breast cancer. Currently, ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 16, 2023
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New flavors, scents, or formulations—we see them every day on the supermarket shelf. Despite line extensions being among the most common strategies to build a brand, they're expensive, risky, and come with an average fail ...
Economics & Business
Nov 16, 2023
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State governments across the country have plans to increase social and affordable housing to address ballooning waitlists.
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2023
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The idea that we can mitigate current carbon emissions by "offsetting" them with carbon reduction initiatives elsewhere has become central to government and business responses to climate change. But it's an idea we need to ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2023
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Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of the capital Reykjavik. They have triggered evacuations and warnings that a volcanic ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2023
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