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A space junk disaster is a real possibility — here's how the US government is...
China's school-bus-size Tiangong-1 modular space station is expected to fall to Earth in a fiery blaze on or around Easter Sunday.The US government is tracking the orbit of Tiangong-1 and about 23,000...
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'His name will live in the annals of science:' Friends and family gather for...
The funeral for British physicist Stephen Hawking was held on Saturday in Cambridge. Hawking died at the age of 76 on March 14 after living for decades with a degenerative disease. Hawking's ashes...
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Scientists are solving the alien origins of Europium, a strange metal found...
Neutron stars that crash together in space forge valuable metals like silver, gold, and platinum.Some heavy periodic elements may be created almost exclusively by such cosmic crashes.Europium, one of...
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15 Albert Einstein quotes that reveal the mind of a true genius
Albert Einstein died on this day 63 years ago, but he remains one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. His contributions to human knowledge are unparalleled.The physicist conducted groundbreaking...
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Putin's nuclear 'doomsday machine' could trigger 300-foot tsunamis — but the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently said Russia was developing a nuclear-powered torpedo that could detonate a "massive"nuclear weapon.Such a device might create a 300-foot tsunami if exploded in...
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Stephen Hawking's final research was just published, and it could help us...
Stephen Hawking's final paper was just published in the Journal of High Energy Physics.The paper predicts there are not infinite parallel universes in the multiverse, but instead a limited number.These...
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Scientists say the Ewoks in 'Star Wars' should have suffered a gruesome fate...
There is something gravely wrong with the ultimate fate of the Death Star, a moon-size weapon in the "Star Wars" movies, and physicists think you should know about it.The Death Star meets its final...
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Each year the government asks 10 simple questions to test the public's...
Every two years, the National Science Foundation is required to tell the president how the US is doing in regard to science and engineering."As economies worldwide grow increasingly knowledge-intensive...
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Trippy photos show how beautiful water can look when it's blasted with sound
After a long work day, most of us happily collapse into a couch and binge-watch our favorite show.But Linden Gledhill, a Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical biochemist, retreats to his basement lab....
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The shower curtain keeps sticking to you because of the 'Bernoulli Effect' –...
Having your shower curtain stick to you can be a pesky nuisance.The reason behind this annoying phenomenon is the "Bernoulli Effect".The physics behind this effect also explains, in part, how airplanes...
View ArticleThe fascinating way helium changes your voice
Inhaling helium and talking like Daffy Duck is a classic party trick. But not many know how helium works. Helium is much lighter than air, so sound waves move much faster through the gas. This...
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The longest total lunar eclipse in a century is about to happen — here's how...
A total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, will happen overnight on July 27.The eclipse will be colored orange-red due to sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere and bouncing off the moon.The eclipse is...
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15 Stephen Hawking quotes that reveal how a genius thinks
Stephen Hawking has died peacefully at home at the age of 76.The world-renowned physicist was told he would only have two years to live when diagnosed motor neuron disease, a rare form of ALS, aged...
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A brief history of Stephen Hawking's time on planet Earth in one chart
Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist who pioneered new understandings of black holes, the universe, and how much one person can achieve.Hawking died early in the morning on March 14, 2018 — Pi...
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Stephen Hawking was my real-life Time Lord: Remembering the genius who...
Stephen Hawking died in his home in Cambridge at age 76 on March 14, 2018.The physicist pioneered new ways of understanding black holes and the universe.His popular-science books — especially "A Brief...
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One of the last TV shows starring Stephen Hawking is now streaming for free —...
Stephen Hawking died at age 76 on Wednesday.The world-renowned physicist worked on an Emmy Award-winning TV show called "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places" before he passed away.In the show, Hawking...
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15 of the most remarkable and memorable things Stephen Hawking ever said
Stephen Hawking died early in the morning on March 14, 2018 — Pi Day and Albert Einstein's birthday— but left behind one of the most incredible legacies for a human being on Earth.Hawking was a...
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Stephen Hawking submitted a final scientific paper 2 weeks before he died —...
Stephen Hawking is named as coauthor on a paper submitted March 4 — 10 days before he died.It sets out a way of testing whether other universes are real.Its mathematical theories could be tested with a...
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The 2018 spring equinox has arrived — here's what it is and how it works
The vernal or spring equinox of 2018 happens Tuesday, March 20.Earth's rotation does not cause equinoxes.Equinoxes occur when Earth's tilted axis is perpendicular to the sun's rays.During an equinox at...
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