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Scientists have created the first sizable meteorite diamond — also known as lonsdaleite or hexagonal diamond — a material predicted to be even harder than the diamonds normally found on Earth. The high-pressure, high-temperature technique created tiny disks of this ultrahard diamond which could ultimately replace conventional diamonds in applications such as drilling tools and electronics, the scientists reported July …

A team of Chinese scientists may have cracked the secret behind the strange Canyon Diablo diamonds. Hexagonal in form rather than cubic, the process behind how these diamonds formed has, until now, remained elusive. Diamonds are usually made of carbon atoms in a cubic arrangement (like stacked Lego blocks in a cube pattern). But there is a rarer form, the …

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the rest of the universe. An estimate from 2023 …

Blockbuster weight loss jabs relied on by millions of slimmers could waste away muscles, research has suggested.  Once aimed at diabetes patients, drugs like Ozempic are now famous for bringing about rapid weight loss by reducing appetite.  But the injections often come with side effects, from nausea and constipation and, in most severe cases, life-threatening organ damage. Now, US experts have found …

A few years ago, Brian Boero and his wife decided to buy a vacation home in Tuscany. They envisioned owning an apartment in a medieval Italian city, the ideal splurge for a couple of empty nesters after the height of the pandemic. It was also “kind of a ‘YOLO’ thing,” says Boero, the CEO of 1000Watt, a real estate consulting …

After 50, our metabolisms naturally slow down, which can lead to weight gain. This may be compounded by hormonal changes, difficulty sleeping and new medications. RDs say the trick to weight loss after 50 is replacing old habits with newer, more effective ones. Weight loss can feel like an uphill battle at any age. But if you’re over 50, you …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Senior citizens soon won’t be able to simply call the Social Security Administration to change their address or check the status of their benefit claim. Instead, they will have to first verify their identity online or go to a field office if they are unable to do so. In its latest effort to thwart fraud, the …

Former Stockton, California mayor announces bid to unseat Josh Harder  Politico Source link

“Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton … ” Carol Moseley Braun was riding a lift in the US Capitol building when she heard Dixie, the unofficial anthem of the slave-owning Confederacy during the civil war. “The sound was not very loud, yet it pierced my ears with the intensity of a dog whistle,” Moseley Braun writes …

AI hasn’t yet killed the coding star. On Wednesday, a programmer from Poland, Przemysław Dębiak, beat an OpenAI tool at the AtCoder World Tour Finals 2025 Heuristic Contest in Tokyo, which is sponsored by the company. “I was so tired. I actually felt at some point that I should take a break,” Dębiak, who competed under the name “Psyho,” told …