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Physicists are always looking for eureka moments – but we should be careful with headline-grabbing announcements, says physicist Carlo Rovelli
Last modified on Tue 2 Mar 2021 00.11 EST The Guardian and the Observer have gained 33 nominations for the National Press Awards, with shortlist places for reporters, feature writers and commentators from across the two publications. Coronavirus was a dominant theme among the shortlisted entries, with Matthew Weaver’s story on Dominic Cummings’ lockdown breach nominated for the prestigious scoop of the year category. There were also nominations for the Guardian’s health editor, Sarah Boseley, its science editor, Ian Sample, and its social affairs correspondent, Robert Booth, as well as ...
I know it has been a helluva week....but since I am one of the few bloggers with an eye on space I need to report the stuff happening. Was that a message? On December 18, 2020, Ian Sample of the Guardian published a report about a tantalizing radio signal at 982.002MHz that was detected within…
Scientific American Did We Receive a Message from a Planet Orbiting the Nearest Star? A radio blip, seemingly from Proxima Centauri, where an Earth-size planet world orbits in the habitable zone, is tantalizing—but it’s probably not a signal from aliens Advertisement On December 18, 2020, Ian Sample of the Guardian published a report about a tantalizing radio signal at 982.002MHz that was detected within the Breakthrough Listen project by the Parkes telescope in Australia from the nearest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri. This infrared star hosts an Earth-size planet, Proxima b, in its ...
Last modified on Tue 15 Dec 2020 06.38 EST Good morning. The US attorney general and Trump ally, William Barr, has resigned, weeks after he contradicted the president over claims of voter fraud. Barr revealed that the justice department had not found any evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, and speculation that he might leave the White House began almost immediately afterwards. Barr is the latest senior official to leave the White House after challenging president’s alternate reality; the top US cybersecurity expert, Christopher Krebs, was “terminated” last month for...