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Each Year Billions of Tons of Ocean Water Falls Into the Deep Earth Lower Mantle Where It Has…
If we took a journey from Earth’s surface to the center, the midway point locates roughly at 1900 km depth in the lower mantle. The lower mantle ranges from 660 to 2900 km depth and occupies 55% of our planet by volume. The chemical…
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Solar Activity Heating Up As New Sunspots Sport the Biggest Solar Flare in Years
On May 29, 2020, a family of sunspots — dark spots that freckle the face of the Sun, representing areas of complex magnetic fields — sported the biggest solar flare since October 2017. Although the sunspots are not yet visible (they will…
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How best to implement digital transformation amid pandemic
Let’s refresh our understanding of digital transformation: core shifts that fundamentally change how businesses generate value for business owners, stakeholders, suppliers and customers by implementing digital technologies and the internet…
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SpaceX, NASA delay milestone mission over lightning fears
After a day of suspense, SpaceX's landmark launch to the International Space Station -- the first crewed mission to blast off from US soil in almost a decade -- was scrubbed Wednesday due to fears of a lightning strike.
With NASA…
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A crowd-scanning laser camera to fight the coronavirus
French startup Outsight has developed a groundbreaking autonomous laser capable of managing crowd flow. According to its designers, the new device makes it possible to track individuals and monitor the behavior of large numbers of people so…
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Collision of galaxies may have spurred our solar system’s formation
A violent event on a colossal scale - the crash of two galaxies - may have paved the way for our solar system's birth.
A star-formation binge in the Milky Way spanning the time when the solar system was born more than 4.5 billion years ago…
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IAS Chosen To Provide Brand Safety Across the LinkedIn Audience Network
Marketers will now have an additional layer of brand protection to confidently deliver messages platform-wide.
Integral Ad Science (IAS), the global leader in digital ad verification, announced today the first platform-wide agreement with…
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Siberian heatwave, early Greenland ice melt worry researchers
A Siberian heatwave and an early melting season in Greenland are worrying developments as summer approaches in the Arctic, researchers said Friday.
The start of the melting season in Greenland -- defined as when the melting extends over…
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NASA gives go-ahead for first crewed SpaceX flight on May 27
NASA gave the green light on Friday to next week's launch of two astronauts aboard a SpaceX vessel -- the first crewed space flight from US soil in nine years and a crucial step towards ending American dependence on Russian rockets.
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Inspired by Cheetah Biomechanics, Researchers Build World-Record Fast Soft Robots
Inspired by the biomechanics of cheetahs, researchers have developed a new type of soft robot that is capable of moving more quickly on solid surfaces or in the water than previous generations of soft robots. The new soft robotics are also…
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