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Researcher: Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history

With U.S. voters across the political spectrum strongly concerned about border security, presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been trying to one-up each other on who can reduce migration at the nation's southern border fastest.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorg5 hr. 4 min. ago

Kristallnacht"s legacy still haunts Hamburg, even as city rebuilds former synagogue burned in Nazi pogrom

Johanna Neumann was 8 when she witnessed a mob of local citizens and Nazis vandalizing the Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg. They were "shouting and throwing stones at the marvelous glass windows," as she later said in an oral history interview. Other.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News5 hr. 5 min. ago

How project governance helps navigate public-private "coopetition" tensions

The Ariane 6 project, Europe's new space launcher, is in the headlines as the European Space Agency (ESA) and ArianeGroup push for its first launch in 2024. This high-profile initiative has faced delays, but it remains a cornerstone of European ambit.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News5 hr. 5 min. ago

How Native Americans guarded their societies against tyranny

When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely to fail......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News5 hr. 5 min. ago

If you have to watch one Disney+ movie this November, stream this one

This inspirational 1999 movie is an underrated masterpiece from one of the great directors in the history of cinema. Here's why you should stream it on Disney+......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News5 hr. 13 min. ago

Australia needs a bold national bushfire strategy, researcher says

Australia's escalating bushfire crisis calls for an urgent, comprehensive national reset, according to a new report, "Pathways for Sustainable Coexistence with Wildfires.".....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News9 hr. 13 min. ago

Still kickin" since the "70s: NASA"s Voyager mission keeps exploring

NASA's Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it's making history as it conducts new science. But how are two spacecraft from the '70s not just surviving, but thriving farther out in space than any other spacecraft has been before?.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News9 hr. 13 min. ago

Valencia floods: Warming climate is making once-rare weather more common and more destructive, says researcher

In the last few days, a seasonal weather system known in Spain as the "cold drop" or DANA (an acronym of "depresión aislada en niveles altos": isolated depression at high levels) has caused heavy rain and flooding across Spain's Mediterranean coast.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News9 hr. 13 min. ago

Portal to the past: Geologist identifies metamorphic rock as a crucial feature of the ancient Earth"s carbon cycle

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31. During the Proterozoic Eon—2.5 billion years to 543 million years ago—the sun was still a young star, much dimmer than today,.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Webb confirms a longstanding galaxy model

Perhaps the greatest tool astronomers have is the ability to look backward in time. Since starlight takes time to reach us, astronomers can observe the history of the cosmos by capturing the light of distant galaxies......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Handling the hype: Researcher seeks to improve science communication

Being a scientist has its challenges. Knowing how to communicate your scientific research in a socially responsible manner can be even more difficult. Thankfully, one researcher at Michigan State University and colleagues at several other universitie.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Apophis: A new European space mission could get up close with a large asteroid that"s set to brush by Earth

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses),.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Computer modeling research reveals the changing history of a global ice sheet

Imagine that a massive ice sheet covered Canada and oozed down over a large part of the northern United States, like icing spilling down the side of a cake. That was the situation somewhere between 19,000 and 26,000 years ago. The ice sheet covered l.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

US agency closes probe into 411,000 Ford vehicles due to loss of power

US agency closes probe into 411,000 Ford vehicles due to loss of power.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

A physicist and his cat "reveal" the equation of cat motion

In the social media age, there is little doubt about who is the star of the animal kingdom. Cats rule the screens just as their cousins, the lions, rule the savanna. Thanks to Erwin Schrödinger, this feline also has a place of honor in the history o.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

23 Years of the iPod: How Elite Obsolete Electronics keeps the music playing

There’s probably enough material to produce a book about the importance of the iPod to Apple’s history (and revenue). Yet, the company said goodbye to the brand in 2022 as it finally discontinued the last edition of the iPod Touch. There is a sma.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia, killing at least 10 people

Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

You can now search through your chat history with ChatGPT on the web

OpenAI makes ChatGPT history searchable......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsNov 3rd, 2024

Chinese space station crew returns after six months in orbit

A three-person Chinese crew returned to Earth early Monday after more than six months aboard the Tiangong space station, state news agency Xinhua reported......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 3rd, 2024

Ancient mud reveals Australia"s burning history over the past 130,000 years—and a way forward in current fire crisis

Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in half, according to our new study published in Science of fossil pollen trapped in ancient mud......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 3rd, 2024

What’s new on Paramount+ in November 2024

Landman, The Agency, The Dead Don't Hurt, The Social Network, The Hurt Locker, Taxi Driver, and more are all coming to Paramount+ in November 2024......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024