The cosmos is the stage for a variety of giant explosions. These include stellar flares, where stars suddenly release magnetic energy; and neutron star mergers, where two dense stars collide together. But one class of explosions ...
Astronomy
Oct 5, 2021
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402
Can dogs tell when we are happy, sad or angry? As a dog owner, I feel confident not only that I can tell what kind of emotional state my pets are in, but also that they respond to my emotions. Yet as a hard-headed scientist, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2016
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6337
For most people, being described as a "flat Earther" is an insult. The idea of the Earth being flat is considered not only wrong, but a model of wrongness, the gold standard of being incorrect about something.
Earth Sciences
Jan 29, 2016
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Linux, the most widely used open source operating system in the world, has scored a major publicity coup in the revelation that it is used on 94% of the world's top 500 supercomputers.
Software
Jun 27, 2014
43
0
It is no exaggeration to say the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a new era for modern astronomy.
Astronomy
Dec 23, 2022
1
866
Intelligence is a very difficult concept and, until recently, no one has succeeded in giving it a satisfactory formal definition.
Computer Sciences
Nov 28, 2013
28
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Whenever "Gina," a fifth grader at a suburban public school on the East Coast, did her math homework, she never had to worry about whether she could get help from her mom.
Education
Sep 27, 2022
0
28
One of Brazil's top scientists, Eneas Salati, once said, "The best thing you could do for the Amazon rainforest is to blow up all the roads." He wasn't joking. And he had a point.
Environment
Apr 14, 2024
1
53
Scientific research is based on the relationship between the reality of nature, as it is observed, and a representation of this reality, formulated by a theory in mathematical language. If all the consequences of the theory ...
Astronomy
May 26, 2020
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601
Have you ever been in more than one place at the same time? If you're much bigger than an atom, the answer will be no.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 15, 2020
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