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Justice Through Code is a free coding program for those impacted by the criminal justice system

Justice Through Code is a free coding program for those impacted by the criminal justice system

People who spend time in prison or incarceration often face barriers to accessing stable jobs, housing and financial services. This type of barrier is the…
Three-Word Horror Stories Demonstrate The Perils Of Field Work

Three-Word Horror Stories Demonstrate The Perils Of Field Work

One of the best and worst things a scientist can do in the field. By nature, it involves a lot of time outside, probably to…
The Forest of Peru Glitters With Gold In This Incredible Photo Taken From The ISS

The Forest of Peru Glitters With Gold In This Incredible Photo Taken From The ISS

At the height of the Peruvian Amazon, the forest beam with gold. The glossy pits may look beautiful when viewed from short-Earth orbit, but the…
Scientists Use Whale Songs To Reveal Hidden Features Of The Sea Floor

Scientists Use Whale Songs To Reveal Hidden Features Of The Sea Floor

We know very little about the ocean floor, but now scientists are getting help to learn something about the most unexpected aspect – the fin…
Dying Stars Caught Snacking On The Vaporized Crusts Of Earth-Like Planets They Destroyed

Dying Stars Caught Snacking On The Vaporized Crusts Of Earth-Like Planets They Destroyed

Astronomers have identified the vapor remnants of Earth-like planetary crusts in the atmosphere of four nearby white dwarfs, the final stage of evolution for stars…
Peculiar Congregation Of Black Holes Found Lurking At The Center Of A Stellar Cluster

Peculiar Congregation Of Black Holes Found Lurking At The Center Of A Stellar Cluster

Black holes come in three shapes: the size of a star, something that can be formed by a supernova to go to a star; Billions…
Bitcoin Mining Now Uses More Electricity Than Argentina

Bitcoin Mining Now Uses More Electricity Than Argentina

Mining for bitcoin is now consuming more electricity than the whole of Argentina, suggests an energy tracker operated by the University of Cambridge. Bitcoin is a digital…
A Curious Galaxy That Is Very Young But Looks Very Old Is Puzzling Astronomers

A Curious Galaxy That Is Very Young But Looks Very Old Is Puzzling Astronomers

Astronomers have discovered a galaxy that challenges our theory of how galaxies formed and evolved. The light from BLSS 073.1 comes to us just 1.2…
After Years Of Rising, Emissions Of An Ozone-Depleting Chemical Have Finally Started To Fall

After Years Of Rising, Emissions Of An Ozone-Depleting Chemical Have Finally Started To Fall

The world is facing enough potential sources of going public, so it is comforting to know that a threat is back in its box for…
Liquid Metal Embrittlement

Liquid Metal Embrittlement

Liquid metal embrittlement (LME) is a phenomenon where metals that are usually ductile become prone to brittle intergranular failure after exposure to certain liquid metals.…
Chemical Milling – a subtractive machining process

Chemical Milling – a subtractive machining process

Chemical milling is the subtractive machining process using baths of temperature-regulated etching chemicals to remove material for producing the required shape. It is also known…
Kuril Islands, North-western Pacific Ocean

Kuril Islands, North-western Pacific Ocean

The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (/ˈkʊərɪl, ˈkjʊərɪl, kjʊˈriːl/; Russian: Кури́льские острова́, tr. Kurilskiye ostrova, IPA: kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva or Russian: островá Тисима, tr. ostrova Tisima),…
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