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October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO!

4 Min Read October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO! An artist’s impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars. Credits: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific September 2025 marks ten years since the first direct detection of gravitational waves as predicted by Albert Einstein’s 1916 theory of

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Meta Acquires 1 GW of Solar Power

Meta has signed three agreements in the U.S. to purchase 1 gigawatt of solar energy. This initiative aims to power its data centers and reduce its carbon footprint. Artificial Intelligence (AI) | TechCrunch

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Hidden weakness makes prostate cancer self-destruct

Researchers have discovered that prostate cancer depends on two key enzymes, PDIA1 and PDIA5, to survive and resist therapy. When blocked, these enzymes cause the androgen receptor to collapse, killing cancer cells and enhancing the effects of drugs like enzalutamide. They also disrupt the cancer’s energy system, striking it on multiple fronts. This breakthrough could

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Clearing brain plaques isn’t enough to heal Alzheimer’s

Japanese researchers found that lecanemab, an amyloid-clearing drug for Alzheimer’s, does not improve the brain’s waste clearance system in the short term. This implies that nerve damage and impaired clearance occur early and are difficult to reverse. Their findings underscore that tackling amyloid alone may not be enough to restore brain function, urging a broader

Technology

How probes directed towards the Sun detect space tornadoes

How solar probes detect space tornadoes Have you ever thought that space could have its own “tornadoes”? Well, it does! And while you probably don’t picture them like those that wreak havoc across the American plains, these space tornadoes can be just as terrifying – especially if we ignore them. Fortunately, we now have a

Science, Technology

CERN and the Birth of the Internet

How Science Sparked a Digital Revolution When people think of CERN, they often picture particle collisions, the Higgs boson, or the massive Large Hadron Collider buried beneath Geneva.Few realize, however, that one of the most transformative inventions of modern history — the World Wide Web — was born in those very same laboratories. The internet

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Can CERN Create a Black Hole?

Myths and Reality Behind One of Science’s Most Controversial Questions When the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN was first switched on in 2008, panic spread across the internet and the tabloids.Headlines screamed: “Scientists might create a black hole that will swallow the Earth!” It sounded like something straight out of a science-fiction movie —

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How CERN Discovered the “God Particle”

The Story of the Higgs Boson — The Particle That Changed Physics Forever On July 4, 2012, the scientific world held its breath. Inside a packed auditorium at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, researchers announced they had finally discovered the long-sought particle that had eluded scientists for decades — the Higgs

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