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Black Hole

What Would Happen if You Fell Into a Black Hole?

Sorry, science fiction fans. You can’t actually survive a trip through a black hole. And if you tried to take a plunge into one, like Matthew McConaughey in the movie Interstellar, you’d be ripped apart long before you could find out what’s on the other side.What is a Black Hole?To…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

Solar Storm

Breakthrough method for predicting solar storms

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Extensive power outages and satellite blackouts that affect air travel and the internet are some of the potential consequences of massive solar storms. These storms are believed to be caused by the release of enormous amounts of stored magnetic energy due to changes in the magnetic…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

Solar Storm

Breakthrough method for predicting solar storms

Extensive power outages and satellite blackouts that affect air travel and the internet are some of the potential consequences of massive solar storms. These storms are believed to be caused by the release of enormous amounts of stored magnetic energy due to changes in the magnetic field of the sun's…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

Recycling

Transforming e-waste into a strong, protective coating for metal

A typical recycling process converts large quantities of items made of a single material into more of the same. However, this approach isn't feasible for old electronic devices, or "e-waste," because they contain small amounts of many different materials that cannot be readily separated. Now, in ACS Omega, researchers report…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

Cursor

Clubhouse Games got an update for bug fixes and online multiplayer stability

2020-07-29 16:30:00by Jordan DevoreAnything is better than nothing (but I still want DLC)Super Mario Party felt like a missed opportunity to anyone who hoped for even a smidgen of DLC, and I can't shake the feeling that my beloved Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics will probably have a similar fate.…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

NASDAQ

Wall Street rises on upbeat earnings as Fed looms; Nasdaq up over 1%

Of the 163 S&P 500 firms that have reported results, 79.1 per cent have surpassed a low bar of quarterly profit expectations, according to Refinitiv IBES data TopicsWall Street | US stocks | Lockdown Reuters Last Updated at July 29, 2020 21:53 IST US stocks rose on Wednesday as a slew of positive earnings…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

Plastic Pollution

What will Earth's plastic problem look like in 2040?

During a visit to a bookstore a few weeks ago, we couldn’t help but stare at a display unit featuring no fewer than 10 books telling you how to rid plastics from your daily life. We’re bombarded by information on the topic of marine litter and plastic pollution, but how…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

Antarctica

The best view of the stars from Earth is on a hill in Antarctica

By Leah Crane The night sky is clearest from a hill in AntarcticaAntarctica / AlamyThe best place in the world from which to look at the night sky is on top of a hill of ice in Antarctica called Dome A. The hill is one of the coldest locations on…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

Belfast

Belfast woman guilty of trying to murder police officer

Updated / Wednesday, 29 Jul 2020 18:40 Christine Connor pictured today outside Belfast Crown Court A north Belfast woman was today found guilty of attempting to murder a police officer in 2013. Christine Connor, 35, described by police previously as a lone wolf dissident republican, was remanded in custody…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

Antibiotics

Antibiotics use early in life increases risk of inflammatory bowel disease later in life

Even short, single antibiotic courses given to young animals can predispose them to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) when they are older, according to Rutgers researchers. The study, published in Genome Medicine, provides further evidence supporting the idea that the use of antibiotics in children under 1 year old disrupts the…

bubmagJuly 29, 2020

What Would Happen if You Fell Into a Black Hole?

Breakthrough method for predicting solar storms

Breakthrough method for predicting solar storms

Transforming e-waste into a strong, protective coating for metal

Clubhouse Games got an update for bug fixes and online multiplayer stability

Wall Street rises on upbeat earnings as Fed looms; Nasdaq up over 1%

What will Earth's plastic problem look like in 2040?

The best view of the stars from Earth is on a hill in Antarctica

Belfast woman guilty of trying to murder police officer

Antibiotics use early in life increases risk of inflammatory bowel disease later in life

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