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Science
For alpha male baboons, being a feminine man comes at a price.
An alpha male baboon closely monitors a fertile female in southern Kenya’s Amboseli Basin. Credit: Susan Alberts, Duke University When you think of the type of alpha male, several things come to mind. They are the ones who have the decision-making power to grab all the girls. But, at least in the case of baboons, the mighty and powerful alpha…
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Space & Cosmos
Relativistic electron beam could propel spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, study suggests
Diagram of the electron beam statite used in the study. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2407.09414 Getting a spaceship to another star is a tremendous challenge. But that doesn’t stop people from working on it. The most prominent groups currently doing so are Breakthrough Starshot and Tau Zero Foundation, both of which focus on very specific types of propulsion beam power.…
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