President TrumpDonald John Trump South Korea criticizes Bolton’s book as ‘distorting reality’ of nuclear talks Democrats face tough questions with Bolton protesters trying to tear down Andrew Jackson statue near White House MORE He referred to the coronavirus as the “kung flu” Tuesday during his address to youth in Phoenix, …
Read More »This is what the sunsets would look like on other planets
Cosmic sunset Gerónimo Villanueva, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has created impressive simulations of what sunsets would look like on a variety of planets. The animation shows what you would see through a super wide fisheye lens that points to the sky from …
Read More »Asia stocks peak four months in stubborn optimism
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose to a four-month high on Wednesday as investors remained stubbornly optimistic about prospects for a reopening of the world economy, even as coronavirus cases seemed to accelerate to new peaks. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, after the outbreak of coronavirus …
Read More »Judge denies request for Charles Booker’s campaign to keep Kentucky ballot box open
A Kentucky judge rejected a request by the Senate campaign for State Representative Charles Booker (D) to keep the polls open in Jefferson County until 9 pm The judge noted that the court had already ordered that people who were at the polling place before 6:30 pm be allowed to …
Read More »Biomechanical analysis and computer simulations reveal Venus flytrap capture mechanisms
Venus flytrap with prey. Credit: Plant Biomechanics Group The Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) only needs 100 milliseconds to catch its prey. Once their leaves, which have been transformed into traps, have closed, the insects can no longer escape. Using biomechanical experiments and virtual flytraps of Venus, a team from the …
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