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The Atmospheric Heat Engine Efficiency on the QTP in Summer
The atmospheric heat engine efficiency from May to September varied between 1.2% and 1.5. In June, the highest value was 1.468% (2001), the lowest value is 1.064% (2018), and the average value was 1134%. The researchers also revealed the spatial and temporal variations of the AHEE on the QTP in the past two decades.
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Dundalk's Home-Foot Preview
Dundalk fell just short of the Western Tech & Environmental Science Wolverines by a score of 10-8 on Friday. On the mound, Isabella Alban tossed seven innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off six hits. Juliahna Thomas stole two bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
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Netflix Review: 3 Body Problem
Netflix’s epic science fiction series 3 Body Problem is now streaming. The show flows back and forth from 1960s China to the present day. It features many stars from that show, including John Bradley.
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Sleep Research - Mapping the Dark by Kenneth Miller
It's estimated we spend a third of our lives sleeping and for most of us, that’s around eight hours a day being horizontal. It’s remarkable to consider that just a century ago, the scientific community showed little interest in this vital function. Scientists and scientists struggled to gain recognition and credibility.
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Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy Wins by a Run
Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy won by a run and slipped past Academy for Academic Excellence Knights 7-6. Garrett Morrison put in work while hitting and pitching. Micah Moyer was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
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College of Saint Rose Science Fair
The College of Saint Rose hosted a science fair for the last time on Friday. Nearly 150 students from the Albany City School District showcased their projects during the Joseph Henry Science Fair.
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New Experiences Rewire the Brain - Are We Different?
We consider the “COVID brain” from the perspective of both neuroscience and the arts. We go to Cavendish, Vermont to hear the remarkable story of Phineas Gage, whose traumatic brain injury changed the history of neuroscience. After months of isolation, the COVID-19 lockdown is rewiring your brain.
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NMMNHS News: Solar Eclipse Day in New Mexico
The Land of Enchantment isn’t in the path of totality for the solar eclipse April 8, so the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) is hosting a series of events designed to help visitors better understand and view the partial eclipse. The eclipse won’t be total in New Mexico, but it will be clearly visible with between 65% and 90% of the sun covered across the state.
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California Academy of Sciences is Raising Sea Stars whose population was devastated during an ocean heat wave
California Academy of Sciences is raising sea stars, whose population was devastated during an ocean heat wave. Scientists are taking on the challenge in the face of a dangerous environmental threat along our own coastline. They are essentially a giant starfish nursery, feeding and raising tiny larvae too small for the eye to see.
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A Boreal Owl Sings in the Dark
In search of a mate, the male boreal owl sings his haunting little song almost constantly for all hours of darkness now at the spring equinox. In the far north, where night will soon be in short supply, nocturnal animals like flying squirrels need to go about their business in daylight. The genus name Funereus means dark, deathlike, funereal.
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