[ad_1] In her first book How You Say It, UChicago psychologist Katherine D. Kinzler explores how we interpret language to divide the world into social groups. In a new book, Professor Katherine D. Kinzler argues that the way you speak reflects who you are. Have you ever thought that the way you talk can determine … Read more
[ad_1] South Atlantic anomaly and evolving tooth in the Earth’s magnetic field Saturday August 22, 2020 – 08:01 UTC A fairly well-known phenomenon called the South Atlantic Anomaly refers to the unusually weak magnetic field over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean. A gash in the protective shield sounds scary to anyone, but what … Read more
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / CNN) – Amid a pandemic, civil unrest and a divisive U.S. election season, we now have an asteroid rushing towards us. The day before the presidential election, nothing less. The celestial object known as 2018VP1 is expected to approach Earth on November 2, according to the Center for Near Earth … Read more
[ad_1] The March 2020 Perseverance mission took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 30. NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System tool allows you to follow the spacecraft in real time as it heads to Mars for a landing on February 18, 2021. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech A crisp web app can show you where … Read more
[ad_1] An artistic rendering of a high Q metasurface beam splitter. These “high quality factor” or “high Q” resonators could lead to new ways of manipulating and using light. Credit: Riley A. Suhar Researchers have designed ultra-thin silicon nanoantennas that trap and redirect light, for applications in quantum computing, LIDAR and even virus detection. The … Read more
[ad_1] (Journalist) – A mass extinction event that struck Earth 359 million years ago still has scientists scratching their heads. Was it volcanic eruptions? Meteorites? Gamma-ray bursts? A new article examines another possible culprit: the explosion of stars. Researchers at the University of Illinois say the evidence hidden in the rocks coincides with the effect … Read more
[ad_1] As if there wasn’t enough to think about these days, there is now talk of an asteroid believed to be heading straight for Earth. The truth is there is an asteroid, and it’s heading in our general direction, but maybe not directly towards us. However, this does not prevent some from creating concerns. A … Read more
[ad_1] Greenland lost a record amount of ice in a very hot 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in over 1.25 meters of water, according to a new study. After two years of minimal summer ice melt, last summer shattered all records with 586 billion tonnes (532 billion metric tonnes) of ice … Read more
[ad_1] NASA astronauts aboard the ISS are currently working hard to find and repair a small, persistent air leak aboard the space station. While an air leak in a space station orbiting the Earth appears to be a significant risk, NASA said the leak was within segment specifications and presented no immediate danger to the … Read more
[ad_1] NASA reported on Saturday that an asteroid was heading toward Earth a day before U.S. Election Day this year, although the chances of an impact are less than 1%. Scientists have tagged the asteroid 2018VP1, and the data reveals it is 0.002 km or about 6.5 feet, CNN reported. The celestial object was first … Read more