In the past, when summer nights grew cold, the lake released the day’s accumulated heat, causing surface water to become denser and sink. This phenomenon drives the shallow mixing that occurs in summer. As nights have warmed, however, this process has weakened, and mixing has slowed. Counterintuitively, as the layer of surface water has become… Continue reading Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.
Germany’s €35 Billion Bet on Military Space Capability
Speaking at the recent Berlin Space Congress, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius warned: “Our Achilles’ heel lies in space.” His statement pointed to an uncomfortable truth—modern societies are dependent on space, yet poorly protected against attacks beyond Earth’s atmosphere. In the 21st century, almost every aspect of our lives, from smartphones to online banking to… Continue reading Germany’s €35 Billion Bet on Military Space Capability
Howard Hunt & the JFK Assassination
Podcast: Download MYS391: After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, theories abounded and some accused CIA agent E. Howard Hunt. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the 1985 lawsuit by Hunt against some of his accusers and what was revealed in the courtroom about the CIA’s possible role. Get all new episodes automatically and… Continue reading Howard Hunt & the JFK Assassination
New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities
They started by re-proving Hardt and Simon’s decades-old result in eight dimensions, this time using a different method they hoped to test out. First, they assumed the opposite of what they wanted to show: that when you slightly perturb the wire frame that defines your surface, a singularity (a single point) always persists. Each time… Continue reading New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities
Turning the Tide on NEET: Global Lessons to Empower UK Youth
The Keep Britain Working Review published in early November is the latest expression of widespread concerns over the levels of economic inactivity in the UK. For years this challenge has hit young people particularly hard. Recent data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed that 948,000 young people aged 16–24 classed as not in… Continue reading Turning the Tide on NEET: Global Lessons to Empower UK Youth
Can Fighting Racism Help Prevent Alzheimer’s? Scientists Think So
This article is part of “Innovations In: Alzheimer’s Disease” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Eisai. About four years ago Clifford Harper, then 85, announced to his wife that he was quitting alcohol. Harper wasn’t a heavy drinker but enjoyed a good Japanese whiskey. It was the first of… Continue reading Can Fighting Racism Help Prevent Alzheimer’s? Scientists Think So
Could Home Sensors Ease Pressures in Social Care?
The social care system in England is under great strain, with rising demand, budget cuts and a shrinking workforce (PDF). In the last decade several technology-enabled care initiatives have been trialled to help overcome some of these pressures, with a key focus on helping people live independently, at home, for longer. One of these initiatives… Continue reading Could Home Sensors Ease Pressures in Social Care?
To Have Machines Make Math Proofs, Turn Them Into a Puzzle
First things first: What is SAT? It uses something called a propositional formula, which you can imagine as a very big sudoku board. In every cell, you only have two options: only one or zero, standing for true or false. You also have the rules, or constraints, about how many zeros or ones can be… Continue reading To Have Machines Make Math Proofs, Turn Them Into a Puzzle
The Rise of Latino America
In a recent focus group we held with 11 U.S. and foreign-born Latinos in Riverside, California, most of the participants expressed grave concerns about the breakup of hard-working and law-abiding families in what one participant called ICE’s “war” against Latinos. And yet, when asked if they were optimistic about the future, all 11 enthusiastically said “yes.” … Continue reading The Rise of Latino America
Fast Fashion Must Go Out of Style
People in the U.S. throw away at least 17 million tons of textiles every year—about 100 pounds of clothing per person. At the same time, unsold blouses, jackets, and other fashion-industry leftovers end up in dumps such as the one in Chile’s Atacama Desert, so vast as to be visible from space. Many of these… Continue reading Fast Fashion Must Go Out of Style