I have attached the agenda for the approaching Education and learning Deans for Justice and Fairness (EDJE) meeting. Below is a link to the EDJE organization. It is an honor to sit on the EDJE Steering Committee and in this potential I invite you to be a part of this vital function. […]
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We Just Got Closer to Pinpointing a Major Moment in Earth’s Evolutionary History
For the vast vast majority of animals on Earth, breath is synonymous with daily life. But for the initial 2 billion years of our planet’s existence, oxygen was in scarce supply. That won’t necessarily mean Earth was lifeless for all that time, but that existence was rarer, and vastly diverse […]
Long-Awaited Muon Physics Experiment Nears Moment of Truth
Following a two-decade wait around that included a extensive wrestle for funding and a move midway across a continent, a rebooted experiment on the muon—a particle very similar to the electron but heavier and unstable—is about to unveil its final results. Physicists have large hopes that its latest measurement of […]
NASA’s Ingenuity–the First Ever Off-World Helicopter–Is Set for a ‘Wright Brothers Moment’ on Mars
The SUV-sized Perseverance rover because of to launch to Mars this 7 days has a sidekick: a svelte 4-pound helicopter with 4-foot-prolonged rotor blades that weigh as light as feathers. It will endeavor to make the to start with run flight on a different world, a likely sport-changer for deep-house […]
With virus, US higher education may face existential moment
Credit: CC0 Public Domain When Jamie Bolker started teaching composition at MacMurray College in January, she felt she’d won the lottery. After sending out more than 140 resumes, she had a tenure-track position in English. Last month, though, Bolker delivered a dire Twitter announcement: “Welp. MacMurray College is permanently closing […]
Amazing Video Footage Reveals The Moment Two Separate Droplets Coalesce Into One
Scientists have utilized super large-pace cameras to seize the moment liquid droplets combine jointly, offering a distinctive, preternatural glimpse of fluid dynamics the human eye can’t observe on its own. Using an experimental set up involving two synchronised large-pace cameras – just one capturing from the facet, and the […]