We’ve all been there: you’re blazing through a crossword grid when suddenly, everything grinds to a halt. You’re stuck! You’ve looked twice or more at every clue you could possibly know, but nothing’s happening. So now what? Some solvers are reluctant to “cheat” by peeking at an answer or two, but here’s a fun way to approach it: give yourself one free letter. Back in the […]
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The Dragonfly 44 galaxy has been a thorn in the scientific community’s side ever since it was found to consist almost entirely of dark matter in 2016. New research has allowed for a collective sigh relief, however. The galaxy, located some 330 million light-years away in the Coma Cluster, contains 1,000 times fewer stars than the Milky Way, making it extremely dim. Four years ago, astronomer […]
39 years ago, archaeologists discovered a Viking burial in the tiny village of Gerdrup, located north of the Danish city of Roskilde. The grave contained the remains of a man and a woman and for almost four decades, researchers tried to find out who they were and why they were buried together. Danish archaeologists have uncovered a new piece of a Viking grave puzzle, The Copenhagen […]
It’s one of the most baffling problems in astrophysics. If the solar surface is 5,500℃, how can the solar atmosphere (the corona) be between 1 million and 10 million degrees C? For the first time, scientists have observed nanojets, bright thin lights traveling perpendicular to the magnetic field lines of the Sun that are the telltale signature of nanoflares: localized, rapid heating events of the corona. […]
Although dark matter makes up most of the universe, scientists still cannot explain the very nature of it, relying only on studying its gravitational effects on normal matter. In a recent study at Cornell University, researchers have drawn attention to the possible existence of “stupendously large black holes”, or SLABs, which could be the size of 100 billion suns, or bigger, which could potentially provide further findings […]
President Donald Trump has offered federal assistance to the mayors of cities dealing with violent “antigovernment” protests, saying he can “solve [the] problem fast” if they can’t properly police their own communities. “These riots are an antigovernment movement from the Left that are all in Democrat run cities,” the president tweeted on Sunday. “The mayors have got to let their police do what they know how […]
Former US president Barack Obama said the Trump administration had turned the presidency into a “reality show” in his speech to the Democratic convention, holding up Joe Biden as a panacea for all of the country’s troubles. Addressing the third night of his party’s national convention on Wednesday, the ex-POTUS took an uncharacteristically harsh tone on President Donald Trump, saying he hadn’t “grown into the job […]
Over seven months after the novel coronavirus went global, the United States still isn’t testing enough people. Nor is the U.S. delivering results quickly enough to provide meaningful disease surveillance. But virologists Dave O’Connor and Chris Mason had a simple idea for loosening up the testing logjam: pack vans with $5,000 worth of testing equipment and drive them around key locations in badly-hit communities with low […]
Buckingham Palace declared victory Tuesday in a 45 year battle over whether the queen ordered a radical Australian prime minister to be fired. Secret letters from 1975, which have been made public for the first time, showed that the monarch was not tipped off directly before the controversial sacking. Republicans were swift to argue, however, that the documents prove she was “aware of what was happening […]
Jon Stewart’s latest press tour has been a lot more entertaining and enlightening than his deeply disappointing new movie Irresistible. And Thursday night’s sit-down with Showtime’s Desus & Mero was no exception. Until this week, Desus Nice and The Kid Mero had been on hiatus for more than a month, which means they missed out on covering the police killing of George Floyd and the height […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107757/59/1077575970_0:28:1228:718_1200x675_80_0_0_4397ce32dca67e95c7909efb32835036.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202006161079629957-scientists-solve-a-half-century-old-mystery-surrounding-pulsars-intense-beams/ Pulsars are neutron stars that rotate at an extreme speed. When the first pulsar was observed by two British astronomers in 1967, scientists hypothesised that beams of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the celestial body could come from an alien race that was trying to send a signal to humans. An international team of scientists claims to have solved a […]
The scrolls are considered one of the most important archaeological discoveries ever made. The 25,000 fragments contain copies of certain books from the Hebrew Bible as well as astronomical texts, calendars, community rules, and even the whereabouts of hidden treasure. The main problem is that they are disintegrated… A team of scientists from Tel Aviv University says that DNA testing could provide an answer to a […]
Iranian newspaper Sobhe Sadiq interviews Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor Question: Protests over police brutality and the death of George Floyd continue to rage across the US. What do you think about the protests? I sympathize with people who are angry about the murder of George Floyd and other abuses by American police. Abusive police are a serious problem here in the USA, epecially in black […]
Mining reward halvings are a hot topic in the crypto markets, as they alter a cryptocurrency’s supply and often have a significant impact on prices. Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency by market value, underwent its third halving on May 11, which reduced the reward per block mined to 6.25 bitcoin from 12.5. Bitcoin offshoots bitcoin cash and bitcoin SV also witnessed halvings in April. Next in line […]