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Extreme weather: Investing in better infrastructure is ‘highly profitable’

With the proliferation of extreme weather events, are our infrastructures robust enough and well-designed to withstand extreme weather? TVA Nouvelles asked an expert. • Read more: Are you covered by your insurance for extreme weather events? • Read more: Weather Unleashed in Quebec: Extreme events like Thursday’s will continue to increase in intensity and become more frequent • Read more: …

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An Earth day lasted just 19.5 hours for a billion years

A slow, steady day on Earth has been interrupted by the pull of the moon for more than a billion years, according to a study by University of Toronto scientists. The reason? The atmospheric tide caused by the Sun balanced the impact of the Moon, from about two billion years ago to 600 million years ago. This event has stabilized …

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A map of a dark object shows “hidden bridges” between galaxies

Eine Karte der dunklen Materie zeigt "versteckte Brücken" zwischen Galaxien

The new map of the dark matter in the universe reveals more light in many previously unknown fiber structures connecting galaxies to each other. Created by an international team of astronomers from the state of Penn using machine learning, this map can enable studies of the nature of dark matter, history, and the future of our universe. What a dark …

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Fusion reactor, new record for Chinese artificial sun

Chinese scientists have set a new world record by reaching a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius in 101 seconds in a recent experiment. A basic step towards the test operation of the fusion furnace. Fusion Reactor (Adobe Stock) Breakthrough announced Cong Xianzu, ResearcherChinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Plasma Physics, Responsible for the test conducted a Heffi, The …

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Planet TIC 172900988b TESS is found around ancient binary stars

Planet TIC 172900988b TESS Ditemukan Di Sekitar Bintang Biner Kuno

Illustracy Planet DIC 172900988 b. Photo: Ist / Net A planet slightly larger than Jupiter in the binary system TIC 172900988b has been identified. The team of astronomers then carried out its mission using NASA’s Space Telescope Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TES). Jupiter is about three times the mass of this planet. Then the planet orbits its star farther than …

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Mysteriously hidden 800 stars ask astronomers

Des étoiles peuvent-elles simplement disparaître sans laisser de trace ? C’est la question que pose le projet Vanishing and Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations (Vasco). © Tryfonov, Adobe Stock

They appear on photographic plates from the 1950s, but seem to have mysteriously disappeared. These are the stars that the Vasco project is looking for. He identified 800 candidates. Behind one of them may be a rare natural phenomenon or … an advanced alien civilization. You will be interested [EN VIDÉO] Does light pollution turn off the stars? In a …

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Nuclear fusion: Advances in magnetic prison

Le tokamak KSTAR en Corée du Sud, vu de l

Unlike nuclear fission, it breaks a heavier nucleus to form two lighter, fusions, a process that heals the hearts of the stars, combining the two light nuclei to form a heavier one. Repeating the conditions that lead to fusion is a challenge because these reactions take place under extreme pressures and temperatures, reaching hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius. Under …

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Morocco wins gold at Pan-African Mathematical Olympiad

Morocco wins gold at Pan-African Mathematical Olympiad

The Moroccan team won the gold medal of the 28th edition of the Pan-African Mathematical Olympiad, which is being held remotely by Tunisia on May 23 and 24, the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research announced on Thursday. The Moroccan team, which has six students (3 girls and 3 boys), has a total of …

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Spring 2021 Review: Freshness, abundant irrigation following drought

Spring 2021 Review: Freshness, abundant irrigation following drought

By Cyril DuchessMeteorologistUpdated on 05/25/21, updated on 05/27/21 at 4:25 pm. The meteorological spring (March-April-May) ends on May 31. So it’s time to take a full weather report for the last three months. You can leave the rotten spring feeling given in this dark and cold month of May. However, April and May are characterized by dry and sunny climates, …

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