What Lit the Lamps That Let Humanity Measure the Universe
Type Ia supernovas are astronomers’ best tools for measuring cosmic distances. In a first, researchers recreated one on a supercomputer to learn how they form.
| Date: | Mar. 19, 2023 8:00 AM ET |
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Guide to the 'Yellowstone' universe: Where to watch the hit cable show, spinoffs and more
Welcome to Taylor Sheridan's "Yellowstone" universe. Here's how (and where) to start watching.
Mar. 28, 2023 - Home - CBSNews.com - Top stories -
‘Our universe was lost for ever’: what happens when a tech glitch erases your memories?
Photos, emails, playlists: our phones and computers have become hosts for our pasts. What happens when the backups fail?No matter how much our computers assure us they’re backing everything up to a hard drive in the sky, memory failure remains a ...
Mar. 28, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
Marisol Malaret, First Puerto Rican Miss Universe, Dies at 73
Edging out Miss USA, Ms. Malaret — who was also the first winner from the Caribbean — brokered her fame to become a television host and magazine editor back home.
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Marisol Malaret, First Puerto Rican Miss Universe, Dies at 73
Edging out Miss USA, Ms. Malaret — who was also the first winner from the Caribbean — brokered her fame to become a television host and magazine editor back home.
Mar. 23, 2023 - NYT > Top Stories - Top stories -
Nexon heads into NFTs with MapleStory Universe and Polygon deal
Nexon announced that its MapleStory Universe virtual world ecosystem will enable players and creators to develop NFTs.
Mar. 21, 2023 - VentureBeat - Tech -
CCP Games raises $40M for new triple-A Web3 game in the Eve universe
CCP Games has raised $40 million in funding to make a new triple-A blockchain game set in the Eve Online universe.
Mar. 21, 2023 - VentureBeat - Tech -
Ted Lasso season three review – still so charming it brings order to our crumbling universe
The squad is back for a third and rumoured final time, so sit back and enjoy the magnificently comforting comedy while you still can. Go team!For many, mental shelter during the long months of lockdown was found under a canopy slung between two ...
Mar. 15, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
The Decline of Liberal Arts and Humanities
Students discuss higher education and their choice of major.
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Evidence that Libyan EU-backed forces committed crimes against humanity, U.N.-backed probe alleges
U.N.-backed human rights experts said Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity have been committed against Libyans and migrants in Libya, including women being forced into sexual slavery.
Mar. 27, 2023 - NBC News Politics - Politics -
UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya
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Yuval Harari on Threats to Humanity Posed by A.I.
In games like chess, no human can hope to beat a computer. What happens when the same thing occurs in art, politics or religion?
Mar. 24, 2023 - NYT > Top Stories - Top stories -
U.N. investigators say repression in Belarus, Russia’s ally, could amount to crimes against humanity.
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UN warns of ‘draining humanity’s lifeblood’ amid worsening water scarcity
Secretary general urges countries to tackle ‘vampiric overconsumption’, water guzzling industries and climate crisis The United Nations opened its first water conference in almost half a century in New York on Wednesday, with a plea for countries ...
Mar. 22, 2023 - The Guardian - World - United Nations -
Yellowstone’s Obsidian Cliff: Humanity’s Tool Shed for the Last 11,500 Years
X-ray technology has allowed researchers a glimpse at the reaches of the Yellowstone landmark’s prized stone and its importance to Indigenous people.
Mar. 21, 2023 - NYT > Science - Science -
U.N. report warns "humanity is on thin ice" and must act to avert climate catastrophe
The world must take action to "defuse the climate time bomb," the United Nations secretary-general said as the U.N. released its latest report. "Prime Time" host John Dickerson discusses the warning with Mark Hertsgaard, co-founder and executive ...
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World’s top climate scientists issue ‘survival guide for humanity,’ call for major course correction
The latest report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provides world leaders with a gold-standard summation of modern climate science.
Mar. 20, 2023 - US Top News and Analysis - Business -
Biden to award first batch of arts and humanities medals
Bruce Springsteen, Mindy Kaling and Gladys Knight are among the artists being honored by President Biden with the National Medal of Arts on Tuesday.
Mar. 20, 2023 - Home - CBSNews.com - Top stories - Joe Biden -
Iran rights violations amount to crime against humanity, says UN expert
Remarks by Javaid Rehman come as EU and UK impose fresh sanctions on Iranian individualsA UN human rights expert has said the scale and gravity of Iran’s violations of human rights amount to a crime against humanity.The remarks on Monday by the UN ...
Mar. 20, 2023 - The Guardian - World - Iran -
UN report says 'humanity is on thin ice' climate change report, warns weather will worsen
The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases a new and devastating report on the danger climate change has on the world.
Mar. 20, 2023 - GANNETT Syndication Service - Top stories - Climate -
'Humanity is on thin ice': UN releases alarming report on greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to increase, exacerbating the challenge world leaders face in preventing the impacts of climate change to get worse.
Mar. 20, 2023 - ABC News: Top Stories - Top stories -
The IPCC’s 2023 Climate Report Has Dire Warnings About Humanity’s Future
The planet is on track for catastrophic warming unless countries take extreme action, according to the IPCC’s latest climate report.
Mar. 20, 2023 - Wired - Tech - Climate -
UPDATE 2-Iran violations may amount to crimes against humanity - UN expert
Mar. 20, 2023 - Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines - World - United Nations -
‘A wake-up call’: total weight of wild mammals less than 10% of humanity’s
From elephants to tigers, study reveals scale of damage to wildlife caused by transformation of wildernesses and human activity The total weight of Earth’s wild land mammals – from elephants to bisons and from deer to tigers – is now less than 10% ...
Mar. 18, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
My mother, the troll: ‘I think she lost sight of the McCanns’ humanity’
When Ben Leyland’s mum said she was in trouble, he had no idea she was about to be exposed for sending hundreds of abusive tweets about Madeleine McCann’s parents – or of the tragic end to her story“There was this entire part of Mum that I never ...
Mar. 18, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
Green lights fire under Warriors: 'Willed us' to win
Draymond Green provided the sparks the Warriors needed to come back from 20 points down against the Pelicans on Tuesday night, picking up his 17th technical foul and later ending up in a scrum.
2 hours ago - www.espn.com - TOP - Sports - NBA
