Pierre Guerin14 hours agoJuly 8 … 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultaneously?earthsky.org - EarthSky VoicesYou might have seen this fascinating tidbit circulating the internet: For a moment each year, on July 8, 99% of the world’s population gets sunlight. …
Pierre Guerin3 days agoPhysicists spellbound by deepening mystery of muon particle’s magnetism3quarksdaily.com - S. Abbas RazaDavide Castelvecchi in Nature:Last year, an experiment suggested that the elementary particle had inexplicably strong magnetism, possibly breaking a …
Pierre Guerin2 days ago5 Things You Might Not Know About Volcanoesdiscovermagazine.com - Allison FuttermanVolcanoes are continuously shaping our world, even if their eruptions can be extremely dangerous. There are an estimated 1,500 active volcanoes on the …
Pierre Guerin2 days ago95% of your behavior is primate behaviorbigthink.com - Frans de WaalFrans de Waal has studied the behavior of primates for five decades. Some of his many important observations center around the evolution of morality …
Pierre Guerin2 days agoTen years on from the Higgs boson, what is next for physics?verified_publisherThe Economist“I was actually shaking,” said Mitesh Patel, a particle physicist at Imperial College, London, as he describes the moment he saw the results. “I …
Pierre Guerin3 days agoHow does the Higgs boson impact everyday life?CERNOn the surface, it may seem that the Higgs boson does not affect everyday life. Not directly, anyway: it is a short-lived particle that does not make …