Scientist Kate Adamala doesn’t remember exactly when she realized her lab at the University of Minnesota was working on something potentially dangerous — so dangerous in fact that some researchers think it could pose an existential risk to all life forms on Earth. She was one of four researchers awarded a $4 million US National Science Foundation grant in 2019 …
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As frustrating as having an atmosphere can be for physicists, it’s just as bad for astronomers, who have to deal with clouds, atmospheric absorption of certain wavelengths, and other irritations. One of the less obvious effects is the distortion caused by air at different temperatures turbulently mixing. To correct for this, some larger observatories use a laser to create an …
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It could revolutionize human health — or it could spell our doom. It really depends on who you ask. I’m not talking about potentially risky biodefense lab research, but something that doesn’t yet exist: mirror life. Here’s a refresher on normal biology: the cells in our bodies are composed of the building blocks of life. Nucleotides and sugars make up …
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Night after night in the dry air of Chile’s Atacama Desert, fine dust and pollutants settle on the aluminum coating of the mirrors belonging to the Very Large Telescope, part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). This process degrades the mirrors’ reflectivity and clarity over time, so technicians regularly recoat and polish them to ensure the best precision. What is …
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Revolution Software has announced point-and-click adventure game remaster Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror – Reforged for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch in early 2026. A Kickstarter campaign is coming soon. “The Smoking Mirror has always been one of our most loved games, and with Reforged we were able to enhance it in …
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One of Wall Street’s most closely watched voices delivered a blunt message to peers and policymakers: The U.S. economy is not faltering—it is accelerating. Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, said forecasts of an imminent slowdown have been repeatedly wrong, and the economics profession should start grappling with its track record of misjudgments. “The consensus has been wrong …
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Even if you don’t know the Salar de Uyuni by name, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a photo of it. Tourists flock to this massive salt flat in Bolivia to snap pictures of its mirror-like surface, only visible when covered with a thin layer of water. Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt desert, and for years, people …
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