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Dec 3, 2019
Israeli scientists find way to treat deadly pancreatic cancer in 14 days
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
The universe is filled with billions of galaxies and trillions of stars, along with nearly uncountable numbers of planets, moons, asteroids, comets and clouds of dust and gas – all swirling in the vastness of space.
But if we zoom in, what are the building blocks of these celestial bodies, and where did they come from?
Hydrogen is the most common element found in the universe, followed by helium; together, they make up nearly all ordinary matter. But this accounts for only a tiny slice of the universe — about 5%. All the rest is made of stuff that can’t be seen and can only be detected indirectly. [From Big Bang to Present: Snapshots of Our Universe Through Time].
In 2011 seven Danish students were revived after they fell into ice-cold water, and ‘died’.
Dec 3, 2019
Pyramid-sized asteroid to zoom past Earth on Friday, as scientists warn one day a space rock may hit
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks
Asteroids are coming?
The asteroid, dubbed 2019 WR3, has been directly observed some 74 times by NASA since it was spotted in the skies on November 27, so the space agency could calculate its size, speed and trajectory, and determine the threat level.
NASA now believes the space rock measures between 76 and 170 meters (249 and 557 feet) and is travelling at speeds of 27,036kph (16,799mph).
Big tech firms are investing in data centers as they compete for the $214 billion cloud computing market. WSJ explains what cloud computing is, why big tech is betting big on future contracts.
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Dec 3, 2019
Russia, China Launch ‘Historic’ Gas Pipeline
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: energy
Russia on December 2 is set to tap a potentially enormous new natural-gas market outside Europe when its state-run Gazprom opens the 3,000-kilometer Power of Siberia pipeline and starts feeding China with blue fuel.
Dec 3, 2019
Facebook’s new tool lets you transfer pictures to Google Photos
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Facebook has created a new tool that allows users to transfer photos straight into Google Photos. It will be available today in Ireland, and Facebook is rolling out this new feature to the rest of the world in the first half of 2020.
Dec 3, 2019
Scientists Spot Rare Minimoon Fireball Over Australia
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
In pouring over data from Australia’s Desert Fireball Network (DFN) — a network of cameras set up across Australia to capture images of minimoon fireballs, or minimoons entering Earth’s atmosphere and burning up — a group of researchers have identified what they think is a minimoon meteor, or fireball.
This is the second time that researchers have identified a TCO blazing through the atmosphere before hitting the ground. In finding the fireball, named DN160822_03, the researchers think that it exploded over the Australian desert on Aug. 22, 2016.
Related: Earth Has ‘Minimoons,’ and They May Solve Asteroid Mysteries.
