Gizmodo: NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Would Get Us to Mars in 2 Months
Cows Are Just an Environmental Disaster
The environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that climate technology is increasingly catching up to the world’s enormous need for clean energy and with a few changes, a more sustainable future is in sight.
The Guardian: We asked 380 top climate scientists what they felt about the future...
NYT: How Changing Ocean Temperatures Could Upend Life on Earth
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- Herbst: 1. November bis Ende Feber.
- Frühling: ein paar Tage Anfang März. Wenn anwendbar.
- Hochsommer: 1. April bis Ende Oktober.
ScienceAlert: Light Waves Brought to a Stop in a Crystal Promises New Ways to Control Photons
ESA: Zoom into the Horsehead Nebula
This video takes the viewer on a journey through space to reveal a new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, the Horsehead Nebula.
Nature: ‘Shut up and calculate’: how Einstein lost the battle to explain quantum reality
By suppressing questions they considered too ‘philosophical’, post-war physicists created an unquestioning orthodoxy that influences science to this day.
Physics World: Europe plans to build 100-qubit quantum computer by 2026
Researchers at the Dutch quantum institute QuTech in Delft have announced plans to build Europe’s first 100-quantum bit (qubit) quantum computer. When complete in 2026, the device will be made publicly available, providing scientists with a tool for quantum calculations and simulations.
NASA: NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
Initiative zur Abschaffung der Zeitumstellung: Ewige „Sommer“-Zeit? Ein Irrsinn.
Der Standard: Wie Mensch und Tier auf die Zeitumstellung reagieren
Wissenschafter halten eine permanente Normalzeit für die bessere Lösung als dauerhafte Sommerzeit, die weniger gut zu den natürlichen Wachrhythmen passe.
Boingboing: Class on Weird Al's music to be offered at Vermont university
Phys.org: New research suggests that our universe has no dark matter
Futurism: MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical
"Overnight, it basically changed the cost per watt of a fusion reactor by a factor of almost 40 in one day," Dennis Whyte, former director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor of engineering, said in a release. "Now fusion has a chance."
ORF: Erster Februar ohne Frost in Wien
Erstmals seit Messbeginn hat es in einem Februar in Wien keinen Tag unter null Grad Celsius gegeben. In der Landwirtschaft kann dieses frühe, warme Wetter zu Problemen führen. Es drohen Ernteausfälle.