Shaul Hitzig

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[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@HananyaNaftali Let's see the end result of this.

[Science Art Empire @Siccuma]

Mars is the other Earth that ran out of air.

Half the diameter. Almost the same length of day. A year nearly twice as long. Gravity 0.38 g. Then the difference that kills the comparison: the atmosphere is a wisp. About 6 mbar. Mostly carbon dioxide. You could not breathe it. You could not stand in it without a suit.

Diameter: ~6,779 km
Distance: 1.52 AU · ~228 million km
Day: 24 h 37 min
Year: 687 Earth days
Mean temperature: ~–63°C
Moons: Phobos and Deimos
No global magnetic field left
Water ice at the poles. Dry channels on the ground.

Known since antiquity. First mapped in detail by Mariner 9 in 1971–72. First soft landing: Viking 1, 20 July 1976.

The rust is iron. The white cap is ice. The long scar is Valles Marineris. The air that would have made it a twin is gone.

#Mars

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@konstructivizm Another kind of star. It's so yellowish that the usual.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@DrugChannels If the concern is that regulation isn't translating into better outcomes, measure the outcomes.Are patients paying less?Are pharmacies staying viable?Are benefits working better?That's the issues that needs to be tackled not just putting all the blame to PBMs who helps negotiate.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@SciNatureNews There's a lot of conspiracy that they are being hidden by the government.

[Night Sky Now @NightSkyNow]

A NASA ENGINEER CLAIMS HE MAY HAVE FOUND A FORCE THAT CAN PUSH WITHOUT FUEL

What if a spacecraft could produce thrust without burning fuel, firing an engine, or throwing anything into space?

That sounds impossible. Yet former NASA engineer Dr. Charles Buhler and his team at Exodus Propulsion Technologies say they may have found something that challenges our understanding of how propulsion works.

Their experiments involve carefully controlled electric fields. According to Buhler, the device appears to produce a force that can generate thrust without the traditional need to expel propellant. The team believes the effect could even be powerful enough to help overcome Earth’s gravity.

If that claim survives independent testing, the consequences would be enormous. Rockets might no longer need to carry such huge amounts of fuel simply to move through space. A propulsion system based on this principle could potentially make spacecraft lighter, extend mission lifetimes, and open new possibilities for exploring the Solar System.

A true propellantless drive would raise serious questions about momentum and Newton’s laws of motion. Physics has seen extraordinary propulsion claims before. The famous EmDrive, for example, was once promoted as a possible “reactionless” engine, but later experiments found that the apparent thrust could be explained by experimental effects rather than a new form of propulsion.

That is why Buhler’s claim remains just that — a claim.

His experience in electrostatics and his background at NASA make the work interesting enough to deserve careful investigation, but a discovery this extraordinary will require rigorous experiments, peer review, and independent laboratories reproducing the effect.

For now, the question remains unanswered:

Have researchers discovered a completely new way to produce thrust — or are we seeing another experimental effect that only appears to break the rules?

If the force is real, it could become one of the most important propulsion discoveries in modern spaceflight. If it isn’t, the experiments may still teach scientists something valuable about electricity, forces, and the limits of our technology.

Source: Orf, D. (2026), Popular Mechanics, “This Engineer Says He’s Found a Way to Overcome Earth’s Gravity.”

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@NextScience Don't belittle your eyes.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@DrugChannels A copay maximizer isn't automatically proof that a health plan is acting against patients. But if these programs are being used, people deserve a clear explanation of how their assistance and out of pocket costs will work.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@HuntersOfNazis Your decisions make it.

[Chabad.org @Chabad]

What is a mitzvah?

An act of uniting heaven and earth.

But heaven is spiritual and earth is material. To make spirit and matter one is impossible!

A creature of earth cannot make earth heaven. And a heavenly being cannot bring heaven to earth.

But for you, it is not impossible.

This mitzvah that I am commanding you today is not impossible for you. It’s not even distant. It’s very close to you, in your mouth and in your heart to do it. (Deut. 30:11)It is close to you because the Torah was given to you both written and orally. (Rashi)

Because within you breathes the Creator of both heaven and earth.

So that when you speak the words of His written Torah, you bring heaven down to earth.

And when you explain the words of His oral Torah, you bring earth up to heaven.

Indeed, you accomplish the impossible every day.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@NextScience You'll realize once you read some articles.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@GidLukens The people most affected are often the ones with the fewest alternatives. We need to be paying attention to what these coverage losses mean for access to care and prescriptions.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@VividProwess Proouuuud

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@VividProwess You will always be remembered.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@HananyaNaftali Now this is history.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@ginny_crisp I still wanted my benefits. I’d probably compare both before paying. Saving at the counter isn’t much of a win if it throws off the rest of your benefits.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@Chabad And never forget to look back

[Latest in Cosmos @latestincosmos]

🚨: Earth is tilting toward its next ice age in 10,000 years, new research reveals.

Be ready!

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@NightSkyToday For what? I'm curious on the reason why.

[Shaul Hitzig @HitzigShaul]

@WTOP A cap can bring immediate relief, especially for people who take insulin on a daily basis. But sustainable affordability also means addressing the underlying costs of the drugs, not just shifting more of the cost around.