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A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck southwest of Signal Hill shortly after midnight on October 9, 2026, jolting parts of Long Beach. Here are the preliminary
Nuclear power can run an AI data center, but a reactor’s nameplate rating is only the beginning. This research paper models what 100 MW, 500
Elastocaloric cooling can refrigerate by repeatedly stressing and relaxing shape-memory alloys such as nickel-titanium. Recent prototypes have reached sub-zero temperatures, kilowatt-scale cooling power and dramatically
Yes, freezing salt water can separate much of the salt from the ice. The problem is what comes next: trapped brine, ice separation, washing, melting
A real 1983 Army intelligence memo describes the universe as a torus-like “cosmic egg,” with matter flowing from a white hole toward a black hole
There is no single minimum level for the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The commonly cited 300 million, 252.4 million and 70 million barrel thresholds refer
Humans cannot have an open-ended conversation with a plant, but scientists can already detect plant electrical signals, classify some stresses with AI and translate biological
Physicist Lene Hau really did slow a light pulse to about 38 mph. But she did not change the universal speed of light, and “stopping”
Popcorn really does have different shapes, and they are not simply random. Genetics, kernel structure, moisture, growing conditions and the physics of popping all help
We have meteorites from Mars and the Moon. Earth can also eject rocks into space—but no Earth-origin meteorite is yet broadly accepted as confirmed. NWA
