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Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn’t fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A new study suggests it may instead be fueled by ancient pockets of magma that are pushed upward through cracks created by shifting tectonic plates. If confirmed, Etna couldContinue Reading

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Texas Tech University System is facing a federal lawsuit over policies that faculty groups say silence discussions about LGBTQ+ identities, race and Black history while limiting professors’ academic freedom. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in El Paso, challenges two directives issued by Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton thatContinue Reading

Nvidia launches a new type of ‘card’ that anyone can afford

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Nvidia just unveiled its “GeForce Trading Cards: Series 1,” a free series of collectable cards celebrating the company’s history in PC gaming. The series includes 14 different cards featuring artwork and designs from historical graphics cards, classic tech demos, and iconic games that have shaped the GeForce brand over the decades…Continue Reading

Launching from 2 continents: Germany’s Isar Aerospace leases Canadian pad for $150 million

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German company Isar Aerospace is expanding its operations overseas after signing an agreement with Canada’s Maritime Launch Services for use of its Spaceport Nova Scotia. The deal allows Isar to design and operate the pad infrastructure based on the company’s needs, in order to launch its Spectrum rocket. In return, Maritime Launch Services (MLS) willContinue Reading

NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS, thanks to an upgrade to a mini-fridge-sized quantum lab

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A new upgrade to the International Space Station’s (ISS) quantum laboratory is enabling NASA to probe the behavior of atoms further than ever before, the space agency has announced. Combining the ISS’s newly upgraded “Cold Atom Laboratory” with the near zero-gravity of low Earth orbit, scientists are attempting to understand the properties of so-called “ultracold”Continue Reading

Protesting 50-Year-Old Death Penalty Decision

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On July 2, 1976, the United States Supreme Court decided Gregg v. Georgia, ruling that capital punishment does not violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. For 36 of the 5src summers since, a group of death penalty abolitionists has gathered to protest that decision…Continue Reading