The World Cup ball is a piece of space tech.
NASA studied soccer balls aboard the ISS in microgravity to learn how the sensors now embedded in match balls shift their mass — and change how they fly.
The physics of orbit is quietly shaping the beautiful game.
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Desalination has always had a dirty secret: toxic leftover brine.
A new solar-powered system changes that — using laser-textured metal panels that evaporate seawater while automatically moving the salt aside.
Clean drinking water, without the environmental cost.
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When mountain lions started frequenting a small preserve near San Francisco, something unexpected happened.
Deer activity dropped. Plants recovered. Other predators shifted their behavior.
Proof that powerful ecological "trophic cascades" aren't limited to remote wilderness
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Schrödinger's cat just got company.
First proposed in 1935, the famous thought experiment is the classic explanation of quantum superposition.
A new study shows it's only the beginning of how strange the quantum world really gets.
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@MatthewUSAF@SarHandicrapper@acnewsitics Yeah but I can step outside my front door and see reality. You know they say don't believe everything on the internet right?
Since the 1970s, people worldwide have reported hearing a low, unexplained drone.
No one could explain it.
Scientists may have finally found the source — and it's not what most people expected.
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Scientists just created atomic clocks so precise they measure time at the nuclear level.
Old atomic clocks tracked electrons orbiting atoms. New ones use the nucleus itself — unlocking timekeeping precision we've never had before.
Time just got a lot more interesting. ⏱️⚛️
Engineers are building a 26-kilometer highway 390 meters beneath the North Sea.
The pressure: 500+ pounds per square inch. Only fabulous engineering keeps you from being crushed. ⚙️🌊