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Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8th – Greek scientists travel to the US for the phenomenon
The total eclipse will be visible to millions of people in areas of North America, Mexico & Canada – The darkness may last up to four minutes.
Surprising facts & beliefs about eclipses from the Medieval & Renaissance eras
Celestial events like eclipses were used to predict the future, including the weather
Daily aspirin shown to drive down diabetes risk in older adults
The humble aspirin has certainly seen its star rise and fall a few times in the medical research community
Blind people can hear, feel total solar eclipse
While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event.
Sound and touch devices will be available at public gatherings on April 8, when a total solar eclipse crosses North America, the moon blotting out the sun for a few minutes.
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Get ready for the age of the superconductor…maybe
The new superconducting material called LK-99 retains its properties at room temperature & ambient atmospheric pressure
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Seven taxi drivers arrested over dozens of offenses
Following police checks in Athens earlier this week, seven taxi drivers were arrested over a collective 186 total offenses, police said on Thursday.
Four of the drivers were found to possess counterfeit taxi licenses, two were caught to have collected higher fares than allowed, and one was found to have interfered with the receipt issuing device, preventing it from operating.
New earthquake hits Croatia
The epicenter of the earthquake, which was registered at 5:07 a.m., was in the area of Metkovi, 5 kilometers southwest of Neum, at a depth of 6 kilometers, the EMSC announced.
Yesterday, the Seismological Service of Croatia recorded a weak earthquake of magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale in the sea off the coast of Peljeac, southeast of uljan.
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Earthquake in Plovdiv
A weak earthquake was felt last night in Plovdiv.
The earth shook with a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter scale, according to data from the seismological center of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
There are no reports of injured people or material damage.
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Earthquake registered in Serbia
It had a magnitude of 1.7 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake happened tonight at 1:17 p.m.
It was at a depth of 9 kilometers.
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Hunting spacetime fluctuations could unite Einstein and quantum physics
So far, the most accurate model describing gravity is still Einstein’s theory of general relativity