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Environment
Hurricanes: Unprecedented extremes or new normal?
Hurricane Helen in the Gulf of Mexico on September 25th. Credit: NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite When Hurricane Helen struck the Southeast in late September, it quickly became one of the deadliest hurricanes in the United States in the past 50 years, second only to Hurricane Katrina. At least 228 people died as a result of the storm. Helene was also one…
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Other Sciences
A report summarizing the results of an unprecedented 10-year gambling investigation in Massachusetts.
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have released a comprehensive 194-page report evaluating a decade of research into the social and economic impacts of the introduction of casino gambling in Massachusetts. SEIGMA (Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts) from Amherst College in Massachusetts is considered to be the most comprehensive study of casino…
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Space & Cosmos
Space Force’s X-37B performs ‘unprecedented maneuver’ in orbit
An X-37B orbital test vehicle travels down the flight line at the AstroTech facility on March 30, 2010 in Titusville, Florida. Credit: USAF The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has been shrouded in mystery since its first flight in 2011. Designed by Boeing and operated by the United States Space Force (USSF), this remotely operated, reusable space plane is designed…
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Physics
Scientists achieve unprecedented control of active substances
Spontaneous flow of 3D active nematics confined within droplets. Credit: Physical Review X (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.14.041002 An international research team led by Brandeis University has made significant advances in the field of active matter physics, as detailed in a study published this week in Physical Review X. This pioneering work provides the first experimental validation of important theoretical predictions regarding…
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