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MATCHDAY: Pochettino's struggling Chelsea faces another test at Fulham
MATCHDAY: Pochettino's struggling Chelsea faces another test at Fulham
Struggling Chelsea plays at Fulham and is looking for only its second win in the Premier League this season on Monday
2023-10-02 06:37
California governor signs law requiring gender-neutral bathrooms in schools by 2026
California governor signs law requiring gender-neutral bathrooms in schools by 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring K-12 schools to provide gender-neutral bathrooms by July 2026.
2023-09-26 09:56
Chelsea receive huge Kendry Paez update ahead of January transfer window
Chelsea receive huge Kendry Paez update ahead of January transfer window
Kendry Paez has received his visa to travel to Chelsea ahead of the January transfer window.
2023-12-01 22:00
Biden says antisemitism has 'risen to record levels,' takes a dig at Trump
Biden says antisemitism has 'risen to record levels,' takes a dig at Trump
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden told top American rabbis on Thursday that he felt antisemitism
2023-09-15 07:08
Wall Street Journal, New York Times among Pulitzer winners
Wall Street Journal, New York Times among Pulitzer winners
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Associated Press won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, including the distinguished public service
1970-01-01 08:00
Federal judge blocks much of Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Federal judge blocks much of Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors
A federal judge is blocking much of Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors from taking effect as scheduled July 1
2023-06-17 05:24
Pat McAfee Video Game Announced
Pat McAfee Video Game Announced
The Pat McAfee Show is set to release a brand-new mobile video game tomorrow.
1970-01-01 08:00
Nintendo Direct won't be livestreamed out of respect for Queen Elizabeth
Nintendo Direct won't be livestreamed out of respect for Queen Elizabeth
Nintendo UK has announced its latest Direct event will not be livestreamed in the UK due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth.
1970-01-01 08:00
Fire breaks out at Dow Louisiana facility
Fire breaks out at Dow Louisiana facility
A fire broke out at Dow's Plaquemine chemical facility in Louisiana, the U.S. chemical maker said in a
2023-07-15 13:20
Chile's economy stagnant in most optimistic scenario for 2023, says cenbank
Chile's economy stagnant in most optimistic scenario for 2023, says cenbank
SANTIAGO Chile's central bank on Wednesday lowered the top end of its estimate for the country's economic performance
2023-09-06 20:46
Instacart soars 40% in its trading debut
Instacart soars 40% in its trading debut
Instacart started trading Tuesday, opening at $42 per share and propelling the grocery-delivery company to a market valuation of just over $11 billion.
2023-09-20 01:09
Mysterious yellow glass found in Libyan desert 'caused by meteorite', say scientists
Mysterious yellow glass found in Libyan desert 'caused by meteorite', say scientists
A meteorite which smashed into earth 29m years ago may be behind a strange yellow glass found in a certain part of the desert in southeast Libya and southwestern Egypt, according to researchers. The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over about 72,000 square kilometres across the two countries, and is the only place where the mysterious yellow material is found on Earth. Researchers first described it in a 1933 scientific paper, calling it Libyan desert glass. Mineral collectors have long valued it for its beauty and mysterious qualities – and it was even found in a pendant in Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb. The origin of the glass has been a mystery for centuries, but researchers writing in the journal De Gruyter used new advanced microscopy technology to get answers. Elizaveta Kovaleva, a lecturer at the University of the Western Cape, wrote that the glass was caused by “the impact of a meteorite on the Earth's surface”. Writing in The Conversation, she said: “Space collisions are a primary process in the solar system, as planets and their natural satellites accreted via the asteroids and planet embryos (also called planetesimals) colliding with each other. These impacts helped our planet to assemble, too.” She said: “We studied the samples with a state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopy technique, which allows us to see tiny particles of material – 20,000 times smaller than the thickness of a paper sheet. “Using this super-high magnification technique, we found small minerals in this glass: different types of zirconium oxide (ZrO₂).” One of the types of this mineral found in the glass can only form at temperatures between 2,250 celsius and 2,700 celsius. Toasty. Kovaleva said: “Such conditions can only be obtained in the Earth's crust by a meteorite impact or the explosion of an atomic bomb.” However, she wrote, there are just as many questions as there are answers. The nearest known meteorite craters are too far away and too small to be the cause of that much glass all concentrated in one part of the world. “So, while we've solved part of the mystery, more questions remain. Where is the parental crater? How big is it – and where is it? Could it have been eroded, deformed or covered by sand?” Safe to say, the scientists will keep on looking until they have the answers. How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Sign up to our free indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-12-01 01:48