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The Onega Petroglyphs: Depictions of sky beings from 6,000 BC?

The Onega petroglyphs are rock engravings located on the east coast of Lake Onega in the northwest of Russia. According to reports, the thousands of petroglyphs date back to around 5,000—6,000 BC.

Experts have identified around 1,200 petroglyphs scattered in an area of 20 km, including several capes, such as Besov Nos, which features […]

A message to the gods? Massive Geoglyphs around the world that can only be seen from above

Geoglyphs are figures and/or symbols built on hillsides or plains, using different techniques like adding stones with dark tones of volcanic origin as a mosaic, to contrast on a lighter background characteristic of deserts, or removing the surface layer of the ground, usually darker due to oxidation, to make the lighter background visible.

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Dash cam: U-haul flees in reverse during wild Wis. pursuit

Video released by the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office shows officers using spike strips and performing a PIT maneuver before the occupants surrendered

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More than 100 rounds fired at Va. cruiser in ambush attack

The James City County PD officers standing outside were unable to see where the shots were coming from; neither was struck by gunfire, but one was treated for other injuries

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New York City Council member arrested, accused of biting police officer

The incident occurred during a chaotic protest over the construction of a new homeless shelter in the council member’s district

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High-speed camera for molecules: Entangled photons enable Raman spectroscopy

In recent years, two cutting-edge technologies have rapidly gained momentum: quantum entangled light sources and ultrafast stimulated Raman spectroscopy.

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A new approach to accelerate the discovery of quantum materials

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and several collaborating institutions have successfully demonstrated an innovative approach to find breakthrough materials for quantum applications. The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.

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Physicists develop new theorems to describe the energy landscape formed when quantum particles gather together

An international team of physicists, centered at Trinity, has proven new theorems in quantum mechanics that describe the “energy landscapes” of collections of quantum particles.

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Small steps for electrons—big steps for the future? Ultrafast microscope reveals electron pathways in solar cells

In the search for more efficient and sustainable energy generation methods, a class of materials called metal halide perovskites have shown great promise. In the few years since their discovery, novel solar cells based on these materials have already achieved efficiencies comparable to commercial silicon solar cells.

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Paving the way to extremely fast, compact computer memory

For decades, scientists have been studying a group of unusual materials called multiferroics that could be useful for a range of applications including computer memory, chemical sensors and quantum computers.

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Video: Man fleeing Texas officers attempts to carjack bystander’s vehicle before OIS

The suspect led Fort Worth PD officers on a pursuit before his vehicle was disabled by spike strips; he then tried to take another vehicle by threatening a bystander with a gun

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BWC: Man threatens bystander with 2 knives, leading to OIS blocks away from RNC

Columbus, Ohio Police Department officers in Milwaukee to aid in RNC security shot the man after seeing him move toward an unarmed man while raising the knives

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Astronomers detect dozens of new pulsating white dwarfs

Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have detected 32 new bright pulsating DA white dwarfs of the ZZ Ceti subclass. The finding was reported in a research paper published July 9 on the pre-print server arXiv.

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AI method radically speeds predictions of materials’ thermal properties

It is estimated that about 70% of the energy generated worldwide ends up as waste heat.

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Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX, X headquarters from California to Texas

Billionaire Elon Musk says he’s moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California.

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