When arranged in just the right ways, two-dimensional materials can display unusual and valuable quantum effects such as superconductivity and exotic types of magnetism. Understanding why these effects arise, and how to control them, remains one…
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Analysts question Germany’s request for defensive and inspector satellites
LONDON — The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is looking to purchase satellites capable of jamming other spacecraft and inspecting objects in space, and it wants to do so on tight deadlines.
But experts are skeptical whether Germany…
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6 Times Einstein Missed the Mark, but Still Changed Physics
Albert Einstein is undeniably one of the greatest names in physics. But Einstein, for all his contributions to the physics of spacetime, was a human being confined to his own time in history. While that makes his predictions all the more…
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Instagram is going PG-13. Will that make a difference for teens?
Depending on who you are, Instagram might now seem a bit more PG-13. That’s by design.
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What caused Amazon Web Services to go down? An expert explains
From Reddit and Snapchat to Delta and Zoom, more than a thousand websites around the globe were knocked offline early Monday—and continued to have problems into the afternoon—after a major outage at Amazon Web Services, the single largest…
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New $1.3B lawsuit accuses Johnson & Johnson of hiding baby powder cancer risk
More than 3,000 people in Britain have sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming its baby powder caused cancer, according to court filings.
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Landscape of anticipatory action for health in a changing climate
Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme weather events, food insecurity, and disease outbreaks, placing growing economic and systemic strain on health systems. To address the health impacts of climate change, humanitarians are…
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Is your manager grumpy in the mornings? Poor sleep can lead to abusive and unethical behavior
You arrive at work, coffee in hand, ready to tackle the day. But your manager seems off, curt in meetings, impatient with questions, and unusually sharp in tone.
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Dog-like predator tracks in Mallorca reveal the origins of mammals
An international research team has uncovered 270-million-year-old fossil tracks belonging to a dog-like predator considered one of the earliest mammal ancestors on the island of Mallorca.
Led by Eudald Mujal, PhD, an expert in…
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