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A New Study Has Identified a Dominant Force Driving Evolution on Earth Today

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Mounting evidence suggests humans are now a major driving force of evolution on Earth. From selective breeding to environmental modifications, we’re altering so much of our world that we’re not only now driving the climate, but the direction of life itself.   Now, in a massive project involving 287 scientists across 160 cities in 26 … Read more

Space Force plans to send a patrol probe out past the moon

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The U.S. military is planning to extend its reach in space to one day patrol the area around the moon. In a new video, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) revealed the U.S. military’s big plans for its future work in space. These plans, the video showed, include extending space awareness capabilities beyond geostationary … Read more

‘Space Force’ returns to Netflix for a 2nd season of high-flying hilarity

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Science fiction comedy is a television sub-genre that’s getting more and more popular. For example, we now have “The Orville,” “Resident Alien,” “Red Dwarf” and even “Avenue 5.”  “Star Trek” even experimented in this arena with the epic “Short Trek” episode “The Trouble With Edward.” And now, thankfully, we also have “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” … Read more

Historic sea level rise predicted by NASA and government task force

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As climate change continues to progress, so will its effects. In a new collaborative report, NASA and other U.S. government agencies have found that sea levels will rise up to a foot by 2050.  The report, which comes from a sea level rise task force that includes a number of government agencies including NASA as … Read more

Don’t miss: the return of Space Force, Netflix’s moon-shot comedy

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Peter Richardson/English Heritage Visit The World of Stonehenge is revealed at London’s British Museum in an exhibition exploring the science of why the monument was built and the surprisingly cosmopolitan society that created it. From 17 February.   Read A Human History of Emotion is told by psychologist Richard Firth-Godbehere, who explores the central and … Read more

Strongest insect bite: The raspy cricket has strongest bite force of 650 species

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Researchers have tested the bite force of hundreds of insects and found that the raspy cricket chomps down with 1200 times more force than the wasp with the weakest bite Life 11 February 2022 By Carissa Wong The raspy cricket’s bite packs the biggest punch University of Bonn in Germany The raspy cricket is the … Read more

Mind-Bending New Multiverse Scenario Could Explain a Strange Higgs Boson Feature

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When researchers at the Large Hadron Collider discovered the elusive Higgs particle in 2012, it was a landmark for particle physics. It solved a very thorny problem, validating and allowing the Standard Model of particle physics to hold.   But, as is often the case with new discoveries, while some questions were neatly answered, others … Read more

Space Force satellite launch could create a luminous cloud in tonight’s evening sky

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If you are outside doing some stargazing in the Western Hemisphere this evening and are looking up at just the right time, you might catch sight of something that will appear quite strange: a small circular cloud of light that will rapidly expand to roughly the apparent size of a full moon, before finally fading … Read more

Atlas V rocket launching 2 satellites for the US Space Force Friday: Watch it live

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A powerful United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket will launch two “neighborhood watch” satellites for the United States Space Force on Friday (Jan. 21), and you can watch the action live. The Atlas V is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT). … Read more