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Drilling campaign reaches a depth of 808 meters in the Antarctic ice sheet
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-drilling-campaign-depth-meters-antarctic.amp
@Bix Republicans don't intend to write laws at all unless it removes money or will from the masses. Whatever methods that achieve that effect is what they're looking for.
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In a twist on GOP election denial, the Texas legislature intends to take over Democratic Houston Independent School District and sell off its assets to private "education" companies
If you're in Houston, please join the rally at HISD offices today
@phase @TheDarcBird Bummer, I was hoping they had created gravity of some kind. They actually created conditions that act like gravity, useful I'm sure, but not SciFi exciting.
In A Battle Between Monks And Vikings, The Monks Did Surprisingly Well | IFLScience
Mistaken fossil rewrites history of Indian subcontinent for second time
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-mistaken-fossil-rewrites-history-indian.amp
Wrongful death lawsuit upheld after 100-hour search to serve Rittenhouse -
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/wrongful-lawsuit-against-rittenhouse-and-police-upheld-2659347096
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From Equality NC:
North Carolina’s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill, SB49 was filed yesterday and was taken up in the Senate Education Committee, where it passed on a party line vote yesterday. SB49 bans accurate curriculum on gender identity and sexuality in grades K-4 and subjects queer and trans students to forced outing. It is now headed to Senate Healthcare today.
Massive, game-changing iron air battery farm coming to Minnesota - CBS Minnesota
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-iron-air-battery-farm-xcel-energy/
@GeorgeG I've heard that as well.
Here Are The 30 Most Powerful Images Of The Budapest International Photo Awards 2022
https://www.boredpanda.com/winners-of-2022-budapest-photo-awards/
Perseverance Rover Finishes Mars Sample Depot - ExtremeTech
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/342769-perseverance-rover-finishes-mars-sample-depot
@Dane Guessing not salt (ocean), but just about any other spice. I heard they used to pay the Roman legions in pepper.
Ancient Shipwreck Reveals Unprecedented Glimpse Into Medieval Royal Luxury | IFLScience
NASA's rotating detonation rocket engine posts record test results
https://newatlas.com/space/nasa-rotating-detonation-rocket-engine/
New semiconducting borophene paves the way for the lightest high-performance transistor
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-semiconducting-borophene-paves-lightest-high-performance.amp
A de-extinction company is trying to resurrect the dodo
Insect death ray invented by scientists so cockroaches can be killed in seconds with powerful laser beams
https://www.the-sun.com/tech/7264130/powerful-laser-beams-kill-roaches-flies-no-pesticides/amp/
Solid material that 'upconverts' visible light photons to UV light photons could change how we utilize sunlight
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-solid-material-upconverts-visible-photons.amp
@Dashdrum The Onion is way better than people give them credit for.