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May 2024

Meet Sparkles!

Spot is meeting another strange dog and making friends through the power of dance. Source: Boston Dynamics

Sleep resets brain connections – but only for first few hours

The researchers say their findings, published in Nature, provide insight into the role of sleep, but still leave an open question around what function the latter half of a night’s sleep serves. The researchers say the study supports the Synaptic Homeostasis... Continue Reading →

NASA Next-Generation Solar Sail Boom Technology Ready for Launch

Sailing through space might sound like something out of science fiction, but the concept is no longer limited to books or the big screen. A next-generation solar sail technology – known as the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System – will launch aboard... Continue Reading →

Irodov’s Problem – GIF animation

Problem:Irodov, problem 1.52., it says that acceleration is constant in magnitude and pointing permanently towards the center of the wheel. `vrai ou faux? A wheel rolls on a horizontal surface without slipping. Also rolling is the acceleration vector (red). It... Continue Reading →

Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP-43b

A mere 280 light-years from Earth, tidally locked, Jupiter-sized exoplanet WASP-43b orbits its parent star once every 0.8 Earth days. That puts it about 2 million kilometers (less than 1/25th the orbital distance of Mercury) from a small, cool sun.... Continue Reading →

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