Iron screws and other so-called ferromagnetic materials are made up of atoms with electrons that act like little magnets. Normally, the orientations of the magnets are aligned within one region of the material but are not ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 28, 2024
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Human beings first disturbed moon dust on Sept. 13, 1959, when the USSR's unmanned spacecraft Luna 2 alighted on the lunar surface. In the following decades, more than a hundred other spacecraft have touched the moon—both ...
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2023
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Football star and TV celebrity Michael Strahan caught a ride to space with Jeff Bezos' rocket-launching company Saturday, sharing the trip with the daughter of America's first astronaut.
Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2021
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Fifty years later, it remains the most impressive bunker shot in the history of golf, mainly because of the location.
Space Exploration
Feb 5, 2021
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Researchers in Florida using a new approach to combating a destructive invasion by enormous pythons have captured one of the biggest ever, a 17-foot-long (5.2 meters) specimen large enough to eat a deer, they said.
Ecology
Apr 8, 2019
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Plastic pollution in the world's oceans has become a global environmental crisis. Many people have seen images that seem to capture it, such as beaches carpeted with plastic trash or a seahorse gripping a cotton swab with ...
Environment
Jan 21, 2019
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(Phys.org)—The official Rules of Golf, which are continually being revised and updated as new equipment emerges, have close ties to mathematics. In many cases, math is used to place limitations on golf equipment, such as ...
Golfers are a devoted lot. Taking time out of your week to spend half a day outdoors chasing a ball around is a commitment.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 6, 2015
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Golfers could get tailored golf balls with more precise separation control for the best performance, new research suggests.
General Physics
Jul 23, 2014
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There is a story about how the modern golf ball, with its dimpled surface, came to be: In the mid-1800s, it is said, new golf balls were smooth, but became dimpled over time as impacts left permanent dents. Smooth new balls ...
General Physics
Jun 24, 2014
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