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Volcanic Craters in the Libyan Desert - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoIN the last few weeks, reports of the occurrence of volcanic craters in the Libyan desert have appeared in the daily Press. It seems wise, therefore, to define the discoveries ...
Units in Aeronautics - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoThe slug does not lead to any evasion of Newton's laws any more than the poundal which was introduced by Prof. James Thomson. All such terms are useful so long as they are precisely ...
Opinion | Donald Trump, Man of Destiny
New York Times· 13 hours agoEvery act of political violence yields instant reactions that can’t be supported by the available facts. A single assassination attempt by a loner with a...
Why consciousness may have evolved to benefit society rather than individuals
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoIndeed, it is precisely because of the value we place on these experiences that intuitive accounts...
The Measurement of Very High Temperature - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoIN 1914 Lummer1 described some experiments on an arc burning in a gas at high pressure. It seemed desirable, therefore, to repeat and extend the experiments and determine the temperature more ...
Joe Biden is like a flickering lightbulb: nobody can be sure the light will not go out
The Irish Times· 3 days agoOn Tuesday evening in the Mellon Auditorium in Washington DC, US president Joe Biden invites North...
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : Recent Acquisitions - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoW. R. SHEBBIN has presented to the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, his valuable collection of bog-mosses (Sphagnum). The material occupies two standard-sized cabinets, and the specimens ...
Iodine as a Base Forming Element - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoAN important memoir is contributed to the current issue of the Berichte of the German Chemical Society, by Prof. Victor Meyer and Dr. Hartmann. A new substance of a some-what surprising nature ...
Tubi’s CEO credits being promoted to Vimeo’s top job at just 33 years old for being totally at ease...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance UK· 4 days agoPlus, that experience is precisely why Sud’s at ease in her current gig as Tubi’s CEO, which she...
Measurement of Mass - Nature
Nature· 4 days agoThe only satisfactory method of explaining what is meant by the mass of a body, is to define it as a constant belonging to the body, which expresses the proportion between ...