Sync your calendar with the solar system Add the calendar on Google (We won’t save any of your private information when you add this calendar to your device.) September 22 Autumnal equinox The autumnal equinox is one of two points in Earth’s orbit where the sun creates equal periods of daytime and nighttime…
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When Voyager 2 Calls Home, Earth Soon Won’t Be Able to Answer NASA will spend 11 months upgrading the only piece of its Deep Space Network that can send commands to the probe, which has crossed into interstellar space. Antennas belonging to the Deep Space Network complex in Canberra, Australia.Credit…Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex By Shannon…
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KIDS MAY BE USING LAPTOPS MADE WITH FORCED LABOR THIS FALL The Lenovo computers were manufactured under a Chinese government program to provide cheap labor from persecuted Uyghurs. Mara Hvistendahl, Lee Fang August 21 2020, 2:30 p.m. THE ONGOING PERSECUTION by the Chinese government of Uyghur Muslims is far from a distant problem. Recent reporting has identified…
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With Ultralight Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Electric Airplanes Could Finally Take Off
Oxis Energy’s design promises outstanding energy density, manufacturability, and safety By Mark Crittenden Advertisement Editor’s Picks Long-lasting Lithium-Sulfur Battery Promises to Double EV Range Lithium-Sulfur Battery Project Aims to Double the Range of Electric Airplanes An Electric Car Battery That Will Get You From Paris to…
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re on mailto Not just “philosophical mumbo-jumbo”: An experiment shows how facts may depend on the observer. DAVIDE BONAZZI/SALZMAN ART Quantum paradox points to shaky foundations of reality By George MusserAug. 17, 2020 , 11:20 AM Nearly 60 years ago, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Eugene Wigner captured one of the many oddities of quantum…
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