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Astronomy Jargon 101: Neutrinos
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll barely be able to see today’s topic: neutrinos! The neutrino is perhaps one of the most annoying kinds of particles in all of physics. The physicist Wolfgang Pauli first proposed the existence of the neutrino to explain why the nuclear beta…
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New York Times defamation case about power, not politics, Palin’s lawyer says
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COVID Politics Ensnare California Super Bowl
Republican legislators tried to force a vote on ending the COVID state of emergency and cited the Super Bowl.Read original article here.
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Cari Champion, Jemele Hill to Host Show on CNN’s Streaming Platform
The former ESPN stars will host “Cari & Jemele: Speak.Easy.”View the original article to see embedded media.Former ESPN stars Cari Champion and Jemele Hill have a new show together on CNN’s streaming platform, the network announced this week. The two will host Cari & Jemele: Speak.Easy. “From the biggest stories in sports, entertainment, politics, and culture,…
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Malpractice claim against Brandon doctor who missed 9-inch clot fails to inspire ‘free kill law’ change
BRANDON, Fla. (WFLA) – Ignored pleas for help by a Brandon man and his doctor’s failure to detect a 9-inch blood clot were egregious enough for the state to find probable cause for medical malpractice. But an obscure, 30-year-old Florida statute known as the “free kill law” stops Keith Davis’s daughter from bringing Doctor Rathinam…
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Drake lays down $1.3 million Super Bowl bet in bitcoin
Drake is going all in on the Los Angeles Rams — and he’s placing his Super Bowl bet in Bitcoin.Read original article here.Written by: Ariel Zilber
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Uber will ‘absolutely’ accept bitcoin as payment in the future, CEO says
Uber customers will eventually be able to use bitcoin to pay for their trips, according to the ride-hailing app’s top boss – though the company is waiting for a couple of improvements before it gives the green light.Read original article here.Written by: Thomas Barrabi
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Researchers Confirm They’ve Spotted Biggest Comet Ever
✖Somewhere out there amongst the stars floats the Bernardinelli-Bernstein Comet, the biggest such object researchers have ever set their eyes on. The behemoth–which has an official name of C/2014 UN271–is the subject of a new study that has been accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters. As researchers put it, the comet is roughly…
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New detection method for quasars in the early universe
Astronomers from Leiden Observatory have developed a new method to find distant quasars and better distinguish them from other objects that look like them, using machine learning techniques. The research result has been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. It is the last article to be co-authored with Maolin Zhang, the promising…
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Galilean Moons
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll dance around Jupiter with today’s topic: the Galilean Moons! In the winter of 1609 Galileo Galilei pointed his newly built astronomical telescope at the planet Jupiter, and saw that the mighty planet was joined by smaller points of light. Over the…