Exotic hint: the PandaX-II detector being assembled. (Courtesy: PandaX collaboration) New data from the PandaX-II particle detector in China leave open the possibility that the XENON1T experiment in Italy has found evidence of new physics. In June 2020 researchers working on XENON1T announced the detection of around 50 events above background levels and concluded that
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Joe Biden can end the man-made contribution to global warming completely, says Howard Bloom, founder and chair of the Space Development Steering Committee.   President Biden can end that man-made contribution by harvesting solar power in space and transmitting it to earth, a process called space solar power.   President Biden has committed to reviving
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Los Angeles, February 9, 2021 – In its pledge to connect fans with their favorite celebrities, FanVestor, the owner of global crowdfunding fan investment and commerce platform fanvestor.com, has opened FanVestor Studio in Woodland Hills, California and unveiled plans to develop a dynamic slate of programming, featuring video podcasts that relate to the company’s vision. The company recently completed the
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The seacoast at Mykonos / Photo by the author In Andros, I Watch a Goat Run to and away from My Father’s Hands He opens his eyes. His eyes                  the color of its gray coat, his chest                                    dressed in a single gold cross, marking faith in a god he’s seen                  and never met—pressing it against
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On Oct. 21, 2020, the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow (PROSWIFT) Act was signed into law. This act culminates a multiyear bipartisan effort championed by Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), and Reps. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) and Mo Brooks (R-Ala.). It directs government agencies (including
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GDA via AP Images Fox Corporation is asking a New York state court to drop a $2.7 billion defamation suit brought against it by voting technology firm Smartmatic, saying its broadcasts after the Nov. 3 election were protected under the Constitution’s First Amendment. Smartmatic, which supplied voting systems used in Los Angeles County, brought its
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Spc. Katherine Deskins of the Nevada Army National Guard administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to Federal Emergency Management Agency Urban Search and Rescue Personnel Director Dennis West on the first day of Clark County’s pilot vaccination program at Cashman Center on January 14, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images The Federal
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Max Mumby/IndigoGetty Images The UK has a new royal baby! Buckingham Palace just confirmed the happy news that Princess Eugenie gave birth to her son this morning at the Portland Hospital in London. “Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie was safely delivered of a son today, 9th February 2021, at 0855hrs at The Portland Hospital. Jack
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