Radar Technology Sets New Records Antarctic Glaciers Are Losing Ice at a Faster Rate than Ever Before
With a surface area of 14,000,000 km2, Antarctica is the world’s largest ice sheet. Much of the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet is higher…
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Pääkkönenite: Properties and Occurrences
Pääkkönenite is a metallic grey mineral with the molecular formula Sb2AsS2. It is named after Veikko Pääkkönen (1907–1980), a Finnish geologist. It is a fairly…
Modeling Shows that the Likelihood of Extreme Autumn Fire Weather has Increased by 40%
According to new computer models, the risk of hot, dry, windy autumn weather in California and western Oregon, which can lay the stage for devastating…
The Largest Spinning Objects in Space may be Cosmic Filaments
Moons, stars, and even entire galaxies do it. Now, two teams of scientists claim that cosmic filaments do it as well. These hundreds of millions…
FBI Operation Aims to Take down Massive Russian GRU Botnet
In March, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said that it conducted an operation to target a major botnet operated by Russian intelligence. The operation was…
Kepler-10b – a Terrestrial Planet
Kepler-10b is the first confirmed terrestrial planet identified beyond the Solar System by the Kepler Space Telescope. It orbits one of the 150,000 stars monitored…
Drugs for the Skin may Help to Regress Dangerous Birthmarks and Prevent Melanoma
A congenital enormous nevus is a large, pigmented mole that can cover much of the face and body that affects about one out of every…
Binary Stars continue to Masquerade as Black Holes
A binary black hole (BBH) is a system made up of two black holes orbiting each other in close proximity. Binary black holes, like black…
Planetary Health
Planetary health is a solution-oriented, interdisciplinary field and social movement concerned with assessing and mitigating the effects of human disruptions to Earth’s natural systems on…
Physicists describe how the sort of Aurora on Mars is Generated
The aurora borealis is a light-in-the-sky display that occurs predominantly at night in Mars’ southern hemisphere. While their existence has long been known, scientists have…
Why Does Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy Work? A New Study Reveals
Psychotherapy with a trauma emphasis is widely regarded as the most effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the mechanisms by which this approach…
Supermassive Black Holes discovered in Dying Galaxies in the Early Universe
A worldwide team of astronomers utilized a database that combined images from the world’s top telescopes, including the Subaru Telescope, to detect the signal from…
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