Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all. Out there in the Universe, black holes abound. When two black holes merge, a significant portion of their mass can get converted into energy, in the form of gravitational waves, in one very short time interval. …
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The mere sight of a sick person may set off an alarm system in your brain and body, even if they are too far away to infect you. A series of experiments using virtual reality headsets has now revealed just how “exquisitely sensitive” our brains are to symptoms of sickness. When participants saw a virtual avatar at varying distances showing …
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How long does it take to identify the helmet of a hiker lost in a 183-hectare mountain area, analyzing 2,600 frames taken by a drone from approximately 50 meters away? If done with a human eye, weeks or months. If analyzed by an artificial intelligence system, one afternoon. The National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps, known by it’s Italian initialism …
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Alongside the announcement trailer for Octopath Traveler 0 revealed at this week’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Square Enix has also shared the first screenshots and information for the upcoming HD-2D RPG, showcasing the game’s new battle system, town-building, the first set of travelers, and more. Advertisement. Keep scrolling for more The details can be found below, via Square Enix. What is Octopath …
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This fall, Apple will debut the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. While camera upgrades have almost always been the star of the show when it comes to iPhone Pro models, this year in particular is a bit special. We’ll be delving into everything currently rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro camera, and what that’ll mean for your …
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Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the Solar System? The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s. Labelled as planet X, prominent astronomers had put it forward as an explanation for Uranus‘s orbit, which drifts from the path of orbital motion that physics would expect it to follow. The …
Read More »How a fragile aviation system led to disaster near Washington Politico 3 big takeaways from the NTSB hearing on the DCA midair collision NPR Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash The New York Times ‘This should have never happened’: DC crash victim’s brother speaks out ahead of NTSB hearings Fox News What NTSB hearings revealed about the Washington …
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Kamala Harris has said that she currently has no desire to re-enter “the system” of American politics because it is “broken”. On Thursday night the Democratic party’s defeated presidential nominee, who replaced Joe Biden late in the 2024 campaign after he dropped his re-election bid, gave her first interview since losing the election to Donald Trump, talking to Stephen Colbert …
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A beam of particles speeding away from the vicinity of a monstrous black hole has been found to be severely kinked, providing compelling evidence that the black hole is actually part of the most extreme binary system known. The black hole and its crooked jet are found in a blazar known as OJ 287, located about four billion light-years away. …
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Federal agencies US military National security Donald Trump See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link The Pentagon has scheduled its first major test of the multibillion-dollar Golden Dome missile defense system for just before the 2028 election, according to two sources familiar with the matter, setting an aggressive deadline for military officials to prove they can turn President Donald Trump’s …
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