This month, the US reported 5 million cases of coronavirus, and the domestic outbreak is already quietly close to 6 million. How did this unimaginable catastrophe get so far out of control? The sad truth, scientists say, is that we probably had no idea how widespread and pervasive COVID-19 infections …
Read More »Morning briefing: Mets season suddenly on hiatus
Good morning, fans of Mets! As you probably already know, two Mets (a position player and a staff member) have tested positive for COVID-19, so there is no Mets baseball for at least a few more days. The opener of the Mets series against the Yankees slated for tonight has …
Read More »Meghan Markle, Prince Harry never intended to live in California full time: report
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry never intended to live in California full time: report Meghan Markle and Prince Harry moved into their forever home in Santa Barbara last week. While the former royals may have been happy to move into their new home, they had never imagined living full-time in California. …
Read More »Betelgeuse is dimmed again
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to ignoring Betelgeuse, the red giant star began to reappear. After its first round of dimming, and then clear, Betelgeuse has now once again started dimming again. Moreover, this new dimming is consistent with the current cycle of Betelgeuse variation …
Read More »For the first time, physicists have been monitoring the interaction of time crystals
The existence of time crystals – a particularly fascinating state of matter – was confirmed only a few short years ago, but physicists have already made a pretty big breakthrough: they have induced an interaction and observed between two time crystals. In a superfluid helium-3, crystals exchange quasi-particles twice without …
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