Beverly Cleary, the famous children’s author whose memories were shared with millions by the likes of her Oregon childhood Remona and Bezos Kibi and Henry Huggins, has died. She was 104 years old. Cleary’s publisher HarperClins announced Friday that the author died Thursday in Northern California, where she had lived …
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If you’re looking to increase the amount of fat in your next workout, consider drinking coffee half an hour before you start – a new study suggests it can make a significant difference in fat burning, especially the day after. Researchers have found that 3 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram …
Read More »First flight to Mars? Ingenuity prepares for helicopter takeoff
In 1903, Ville Rville and Wilbur Wright flew a 12-second, 120-foot plane in the air, now known as the first powered flight on Earth. Now, 118 years later, the first managed-controlled attempt to fly to another planet is about to take place. According to NASA, the ingenuity – a four-pound …
Read More »Scientists thrilled to observe first milliseconds of gold crystal formation
We now know how gold crystals begin to form on an atomic basis. For the first time, scientists observed – and filmed! – The first milliseconds of gold crystal formation and found that it is more complex than previous research suggested. Instead of a single, irreversible transition, the atoms come …
Read More »NASA says infamous asteroid Apophys has been a threat to Earth for at least 100 years
The infamous Apocalypse space rock or its near-dangerous state – after recent observations of asteroids close to Earth – has been divided for at least the next 100 years. Astronomers have been keeping an eye on Apophys since its discovery in 2004, after initial estimates based on more early orbits …
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