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This $39 AI résumé builder may help you land a job
This $39 AI résumé builder may help you land a job
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2023-05-15 17:50
Part of the sun is broken and scientists are baffled
Part of the sun is broken and scientists are baffled
We don’t want to alarm anyone, but the sun is broken. A section of the sun has left the surface and begun circulating around the top of the star as if it were a huge polar vortex, and it’s not exactly clear why it’s happened. The observation was made possible thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, and its no surprise that it piqued the interests of scientists everywhere. Tamitha Skov is a space weather physicist who regularly shares updates on social media, and she seemed incredibly excited about the latest developments. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter “Talk about Polar Vortex! Material from a northern prominence just broke away from the main filament & is now circulating in a massive polar vortex around the north pole of our Star,” she wrote. “Implications for understanding the Sun's atmospheric dynamics above 55° here cannot be overstated!” Solar prominences consist of hydrogen and helium, and they extrude from the sun’s service releasing plasma. While there’s confusion around the cause of the phenomenon, it could be related to the reversal of the sun’s magnetic field, as well as the fact that something expected has been known to happen when the sun reaches a 55 degree latitude in every 11-year solar cycle. Solar physicist Scott McIntosh, who is the deputy director at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado told Space.com: "Once every solar cycle, it forms at the 55 degree latitude and it starts to march up to the solar poles. “It's very curious. There is a big 'why' question around it. Why does it only move toward the pole one time and then disappears and then comes back, magically, three or four years later in exactly the same region?" 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.
2023-08-30 22:59
Typhoon Doksuri shuts businesses, grounds flights in Taiwan
Typhoon Doksuri shuts businesses, grounds flights in Taiwan
By Yimou Lee and Ann Wang TAIPEI Southern Taiwan on Thursday shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled
2023-07-27 11:28
From zero to NIL: How student-athletes can manage name, image, likeness income
From zero to NIL: How student-athletes can manage name, image, likeness income
Today’s college student-athletes have an unprecedented opportunity to monetize their name, image and likeness thanks to a 2021 NCAA rule change that lifted restrictions on such activities
2023-06-21 20:53
Want a free 55-inch TV? The catch: nonstop ads, less privacy
Want a free 55-inch TV? The catch: nonstop ads, less privacy
Meet Telly, the startup company looking to give away free 55-inch televisions. There's a catch: a second screen attached to the bottom streams non-stop information and advertising based on the household's extensive personal data.
2023-05-17 23:19
Stocks Poised to Open Higher
Stocks Poised to Open Higher
Economists expect to see a gain of 200,000 nonfarm payrolls in the Labor Department's July jobs report coming out Friday, following a 209,000 increase in June.
2023-07-31 06:59
Save up to 25% on Google Pixel phones even after Prime Day
Save up to 25% on Google Pixel phones even after Prime Day
Our top picks BEST GOOGLE PIXEL 7A DEAL Google Pixel 7a (128 GB) (opens in
2023-07-15 01:56
Mystery signals coming from space might finally have been explained by ‘starquakes’
Mystery signals coming from space might finally have been explained by ‘starquakes’
Mysterious blasts coming from deep in space could be the result of “starquakes”, according to a new study. For years, scientists have been observing fast radio bursts, or FRBs, coming from distant parts of space. They are very intense, very short blasts of energy – and despite finding many of them, researchers still do not know where they are coming from or how they might be formed. Now, scientists have spotted that there is appears to be similarities between those FRBs and earthquakes. Researchers behind the new study suggest that the blasts could be the result of similar behaviour on neutron stars, known as starquakes. It is just one possible explanation for the unusual bursts, which have led to suggestions they could be anything from neutron stars colliding with black holes to alien technology. Most have settled on the belief that at least some of those FRBs come from neutron stars, however, which are formed when supergiant stars collapse into an incredibly dense, small object. In the new study, researchers looked at data from nearly 7,000 bursts, taken from three different sources that are sending out repeated FRBs, examining the time and energy that they emerged in. They then also looked at earthquake information taken from Japan, and data on solar flares, and looked to compare the three. There was little connection between FRBs and solar flares, the researchers found. But there was a striking similarity between the blasts and earthquakes. “The results show notable similarities between FRBs and earthquakes in the following ways: First, the probability of an aftershock occurring for a single event is 10-50%; second, the aftershock occurrence rate decreases with time, as a power of time; third, the aftershock rate is always constant even if the FRB-earthquake activity (mean rate) changes significantly; and fourth, there is no correlation between the energies of the main shock and its aftershock,” said Tomonori Totani from the University of Tokyo, one of the leaders of the study. The findings have led scientists to speculate that there is a solid crust on the outer surface of neutron stars. That crust then experiences starquakes in the same way the Earth’s surface does – and those quakes then let out powerful blasts of energy that make their way to us as FRBs. But researchers say they will need to further examine those FRBs to better understand the connection between the two – as well as to help give us information about quakes and other physical phenomena that are closer to home. “By studying starquakes on distant ultradense stars, which are completely different environments from Earth, we may gain new insights into earthquakes,” said Professor Totani. “The interior of a neutron star is the densest place in the universe, comparable to that of the interior of an atomic nucleus. “Starquakes in neutron stars have opened up the possibility of gaining new insights into very high-density matter and the fundamental laws of nuclear physics.” The research is described in a new paper, ‘Fast radio bursts trigger aftershocks resembling earthquakes, but not solar flares’, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
2023-10-11 23:26
As wildfires rage in Greece, tourists flee and locals shelter
As wildfires rage in Greece, tourists flee and locals shelter
By Fedja Grulovic RHODES, Greece (Reuters) -More than 2,000 holidaymakers were flown home on Monday, tour operators cancelled upcoming trips,
2023-07-25 02:56
Sidemen fans mock YouTube Allstars' Kai Cenat for mimicking IShowSpeed's signature move
Sidemen fans mock YouTube Allstars' Kai Cenat for mimicking IShowSpeed's signature move
Sidemen fans playfully teased Kai Cenat after a clip of his offside move went viral on social media
2023-09-10 20:56
Apple users told to make urgent update to keep iPhone, Mac and other devices safe
Apple users told to make urgent update to keep iPhone, Mac and other devices safe
Apple has issued an urgent update for most of its devices. Users of iPhones, Macs and iPads have been urged to install the new update – or to risk their devices being attacked by hackers. The update patches an security bug that could let cyber attackers break into Apple devices through their web browser. Exploiting it would allow for “arbitrary code execution”, the technical term for when attackers have full access to run any code they like on a device. The new updates are numbered iOS and iPadOS 17.1.2, and MacOS 14.1.2. There is also an update for the Safari browser that fixes the issue. All of Apple’s platforms that allow for web browsing appear to have been affected by the issue. As such, devices such as the Apple TV and Watch do not have the emergency update. Apple said that it was “aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited” with devices running early versions of iOS. It usually gives little detail about security issues to ensure they cannot be used by other hackers. The company does not “disclose, discuss, or confirm” issues at all until they are fixed. The latest problem was found by Clément Lecigne, from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, or TAG. TAG works to identify threats against Google and its users, and has in the past identified security issues that have been exploited by government hacking groups and other large-scale cyber attackers. Apple has been forced to push out a significant number of security updates this year. The two new bugs are the 19th and 20th such issues to be found this year, according to security website Bleeping Computer. Many of those issues fixed small security bugs that could nonetheless be exploited by spyware such as Pegasus and Predator, which have been known to be used by governments against journalists and activists. The company recently revealed some of the security work that goes into securing its devices against such hackers, and warned that the danger was becoming ever more present. Apple has also introduced new tools, such as “Lockdown Mode”, aimed specifically at users who are most at risk from such attacks. Read More Apple names its App Store apps of the year Police spread panic with warning over new iPhone feature Why Apple is working hard to break into its own iPhones
2023-12-01 22:15
Exclusive-Washington state plans to mandate Tesla's charging plug - official
Exclusive-Washington state plans to mandate Tesla's charging plug - official
By Jarrett Renshaw Washington state plans to require electric vehicle charging companies to include Tesla's plug if they
2023-06-24 02:20