Secret CIA office retrieving UFOs: report

Secret CIA office retrieving UFOs: report

(NewsNation) — According to a new report from the Daily Mail, a secret CIA office spent two decades recovering UFOs from around the world and has materials from at least nine of them in its possession. The report follows shocking claims that Pentagon whistleblower David Grusch first made on NewsNation in June. “This mirrors the … Read more

Astronomers detect seismic ripples in ancient galactic disk

Astronomers detect seismic ripples in ancient galactic disk

A new snapshot of an ancient, far-off galaxy could help scientists understand how it formed and the origins of our own Milky Way. At more than 12 billion years old, BRI 1335-0417 is the oldest and furthest known spiral galaxy in our universe. Lead author Dr Takafumi Tsukui said a state-of-the-art telescope called ALMA allowed … Read more

Ancient stars could make elements with more than 260 protons

Ancient stars could make elements with more than 260 protons

R-process nucleosynthesis. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The first stars of the universe were monstrous beasts. Comprised only of hydrogen and helium, they could be 300 times more massive than the sun. Within them, the first of the heavier elements were formed, then cast off into the cosmos at the end of their short lives. … Read more

PPE bought via ‘VIP lane’ was on average 80% more expensive, documents reveal | Coronavirus

PPE bought via ‘VIP lane’ was on average 80% more expensive, documents reveal | Coronavirus

PPE was on average 80% more expensive when the government bought it from firms referred through a special “VIP lane” by Conservative ministers, MPs and officials, new information has revealed. The Good Law Project, which has long been investigating PPE deals during the Covid pandemic, said internal government documents showed that the unit price paid … Read more

The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up

The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up

In September, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink announced the much-anticipated news that it would start recruiting volunteers for a clinical trial to test its device. Known as a brain-computer interface, or BCI, it collects electrical activity from neurons and interprets those signals into commands to control an external device. While Musk has said he ultimately … Read more

West Ham v Manchester United LIVE: Willy Kambwala given debut – Premier League score and goal updates

West Ham v Manchester United LIVE: Willy Kambwala given debut – Premier League score and goal updates

Willy Kambwala warms up before kick-off at the London Stadium (Manchester United via Getty Images) Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter West Ham will leapfrog Manchester United in the Premier League table if they can beat Erik … Read more

Organic compounds in asteroids formed in colder regions of space

Astronomers detect seismic ripples in ancient galactic disk

Analysis of organic compounds — calledpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — extracted from the Ryugu asteroid and Murchison meteorite has foundthat certainPAHs likely formed in the cold areas of space between stars rather than in hot regions near stars as was previously thought. The findings open new possibilities for studying life beyond Earth and the chemistry … Read more

High-sensitivity visualization of ultrafast carrier diffusion by wide-field holographic microscopy

High-sensitivity visualization of ultrafast carrier diffusion by wide-field holographic microscopy

Sketch of the imaging and holographic part of the transient holographic microscope, including the trains of pulses to illustrate the signal modulation approach. The array of diffraction limited excitation spots is created by imaging a pinhole array at the sample position, enabling simultaneous acquisition of transient data around 100 excitation spots. Credit: Ultrafast Science (2023). … Read more