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BALTIMORE—On Friday night, Samuel Basallo returned to the Triple-A Norfolk lineup after not playing for 12 days and was 5-for-5 and hit his 20th home run. Basallo missed time after the All-Star break because oblique discomfort. In 63 games, the 20-year-old Basallo is hitting .282 with a 1.020 OPS. He’s the top prospect in the Orioles’ organization and the ninth …

A Cosmic Mystery: Is China Building the World’s Biggest Telescope?  The Wall Street Journal Source link

It is the ultimate mystery of biology: How did life begin? A team of Harvard scientists has brought us closer to an answer by creating artificial cell-like chemical systems that simulate metabolism, reproduction, and evolution — the essential features of life. The results were published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “This is the first time, …

A long-standing mystery about the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa may be closer to being solved. Hydrogen peroxide forms as a byproduct when energetic particles break apart water molecules, leading to the recombination of OH radicals — highly reactive molecules with unpaired electrons. H2O2 was first observed on Europa by the Galileo Near Infrared …

“This estimate shows that there is more plastic in the form of nanoparticles floating in the this part of the ocean, than there is in larger micro- or macroplastics floating in the Atlantic or even all the world’s oceans!,” said Helge Niemann, researcher at NIOZ and professor of geochemistry at Utrecht University. Mid-June, he received a grant of 3.5 million …

Did a Cosmic Collision Dam the Grand Canyon? A 56,000-Year-Old Mystery  SciTechDaily Meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago  Space Explosive meteor strike may have dammed the Grand Canyon and created a lake  Earth.com A meteor may have led to the formation of the Grand Canyon, new study says  MSN Meteor Crash May Have Caused an Ancient Lake to …

Right after my daughter, Maggie, was born in 2012, she held her hands clasped together against her chest. “Like she’s praying!” a nurse said in a singsong voice. But when the pediatrician walked in, the mood changed. “Praying?” she asked, her voice tight. The nurse and I stepped back while the pediatrician gently moved Maggie’s limbs, testing how much they …

After a long wait, astronomers have finally seen the stellar companion of the famous star Betelgeuse. This companion star orbits Betelgeuse in an incredibly tight orbit, which could explain one of Betelgeuse’s longstanding mysteries. The star is doomed, however, and the team behind this discovery predicts that Betelgeuse will cannibalize it in a few thousand years. The fact that Betelgeuse …

This Blue Laser Just Solved a 150-Year Physics Mystery  SciTechDaily Lasers just unlocked a hidden side of gold, copper, and aluminum  ScienceDaily Hebrew University Detects Magnetic Signals In Metals For Faster Processors  Quantum Zeitgeist A sensitive MOKE and optical Hall effect technique at visible wavelengths: insights into the Gilbert damping  Nature Scientists Achieve the “Impossible” by Detecting Invisible Forces in Ordinary Metal  The Debrief Source …

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