Imagine a spaceship driven not by engines, but by compressing the spacetime in front of it. That’s the realm of science fiction, right? Well, not entirely. Physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of “warp drives” for decades, and a new study published in the Open Journal of Astrophysics takes things a step further—simulating the gravitational waves such a drive might emit if it broke down.
New study simulates gravitational waves from failing warp drive
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Political posts on social media that most frequently referenced ancient history tended to be more extreme, hostile and overwhelmingly negative in tone than average, finds a new study by researchers from UCL and the University [...]
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Most school shootings don’t just happen out of nowhere—there are typically warning signs.This post was originally published on this site
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Is authoritarian populism finally being rejected by citizens around the world?This post was originally published on this site
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Brazil’s recent ban of X may seem antithetical to Americans’ notion of the First Amendment and the idea of the internet as a “marketplace of ideas” where the good ultimately overshadows the bad and the [...]
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The time frame defining “protracted displacement” by the United Nations may need to be significantly shortened, according to a new study on internally displaced persons (IDPs) which suggests earlier support is needed for affected communities.This [...]
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Venezuela has been ruled by dictators for nearly a quarter of a century, first under Hugo Chavez, and now under his protege, Nicolas Maduro. Their regimes have suppressed free speech, throttled the economy, committed untold [...]
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In her 2016 bestselling book “Strangers in Their Own Land,” UC Berkeley sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild proposed that everyone has a “deep story”—a narrative about one’s life and the world that’s based more on emotion [...]
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Tens of millions of women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa will experience catastrophic levels of intimate partner violence because the world is failing to make progress on the climate crisis, according to new projections by [...]
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In Congress this term, 25% of senators and 28% of representatives are women, near record highs for both houses, but far below equal representation with men. As Kamala Harris runs for president, will being a [...]
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A new study provides extensive documentation of the “IPV-to-Prison Pipeline”—the pathways through which women who are survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) find themselves serving long prison sentences for acts of survival.This post was originally [...]
