Oppenheimer Almost Discovered Black Holes Before He Became 'Destroyer of Worlds'

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July 20, 2023

Black Holes Oppenheimer Almost Discovered Black Holes Before He Became 'Destroyer of Worlds' Before leading the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer co-authored a paper explaining that the most massive stars must eventually become what we would now call a black hole By Meghan Bartels

Archaeology Ancient 'Unknown' Script Is Finally Deciphered Researchers have decoded more than half of the characters in the so-called Kushan script by comparing them with inscriptions in a known ancient language called Bactrian By Sascha Pare,LiveScience

Climate Change Phoenix Roasts in Record-Breaking 110-Plus-Degree Heat, with No End in Sight The Phoenix area has withered for a month under triple-digit temperatures that experts say will become more common with climate change By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Astrophysics Stunning, Hours-Long Solar Flare Unleashes Plasma Blob A trio of solar flares from a departing sunspot include one major flare that lasted several hours By Meghan Bartels

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Climate Change Climate Change Threatens U.S. Nuclear Strike Capability A new report says flooding and heat waves exacerbated by climate change could complicate U.S. nuclear launches By Minho Kim,E&E News

Psychology How Culture Affects the 'Marshmallow Test' A classic test of self-control can carry complex cultural biases By Yuko Munakata

Paleontology Mammals Preyed on Much Larger Dinosaurs, a Stunning New Fossil Reveals An extraordinary fossil captures the moment when a hungry mammal attacked a dinosaur By Jack Tamisiea

Diet A Meatless Diet Is Better for You--And the Planet Vegetarian and especially vegan diets can promote better health, help mitigate climate change and reduce inhumane factory farming By Sarah C. Hull

Oceans What's Happening in the Ocean, and Why It Matters to You and Me With unprecedented marine heat waves sweeping the globe, we need better solutions for ocean sustainability By Katharine Hayhoe

Cosmology Time Flowed Five Times Slower Shortly after the Big Bang Voracious black holes feeding on matter in the early universe display the curious spacetime phenomenon known as time dilation By Lucy Tu

Agriculture Robotic Bees Could Support Vertical Farms Today and Astronauts Tomorrow The buzzy industry of robotic pollinators is setting its sights on indoor farms for urban—and extraterrestrial—environments By Molly Glick

Cognition What That Jazz Beat Tells Us About Hearing And The Brain Very small delays in swing jazz point to our evolution as a supremely auditory species. By Joseph Polidoro | 12:40

BRING SCIENCE HOME Candy Lightning Find candy that packs a flash--and learn what causes this bright reaction. Credit: George Retseck Did you know that instances of miniature lightning can occur in your mouth when you bite on a hard candy? Would it not be fascinating if you could observe these light flashes? Lifesavers Wint O Green Mints might just be the tool we need to observe this science! Crush them, observe and detect what makes the flashes visible. How many sparks can you see?

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