Sara Susca, deputy payload manager and payload systems engineer for NASA’s SPHEREx mission, looks up at one of the spacecraft’s photon shields. These concentric cones protect the telescope from light…
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Archaeologists search for missing persons from the October 7th massacre |
A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have been enlisted by the Israel Defence Force (IDF) to search for remains of missing persons from the 7th October…
Study leverages chiral phonons for transformative quantum effect
Chiral phonons excited by the circularly polarized terahertz light pulses generate ultrafast magnetization in cerium fluoride. Fluorine ions (red, fuchsia) are set into motion by circularly polarized terahertz light pulses…
COVID-linked loss of smell, taste found to resolve by 3 years after infection
There’s good news for folks who lost some of their sense of taste and smell after a bout of mild COVID: New research shows this side effect largely resolves by…
Five things to know about the blockbuster GTA games
The next title in the GTA series is widely expected to be the biggest game of the decade. Rockstar Games, the studio behind the blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series, has…
Giant prehistoric stone axe found in Arabian desert
According to a press statement by the Royal Commission for Al-Ula Governorate, archaeologists have discovered a giant hand axe dating from the Palaeolithic period, approximately 200,000-years-ago. The stone implement was…
NASA’s ‘Occult’ Science For Weather Forecasters
Radio occultation, pioneered by NASA for other planets, offers cheaper, better Earth weather data. Spire Global currently has the most radio occultation satellites in orbit, having outfitted 40 of its…
2021 to 2022 saw 5% decline in overall fetal mortality rate
The overall U.S. fetal mortality rate decreased by 5% between 2021 and 2022, according to a November Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease…
Disney+ adds subscribers amid cost-cutting campaign
Fans are reflected in Disney+ logo during the Walt Disney D23 Expo in Anaheim, California in September 2022. Disney’s streaming service has attracted nearly seven million new subscribers, the company…
