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Today in History: May 31, the Johnstown Flood kills more than 2000
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoToday is Friday, May 31, the 152nd day of 2024. On May 31, 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam collapsed, sending 20 million tons of water rushing ...
Proof-of-concept quantum repeaters bring quantum networks a big step closer
Network World· 3 days agoSecure quantum networks that use existing fiber to transmit entangled protons are a step closer to...
Gay cyclist found kindness on round-the-world journey - Outsports
Outsports· 13 hours agoAndrew Mortensen raised $20,000 for the Trevor Project on his journeys, where people often told him...
Procurement: Domination
Strategy Page· 5 days agoFor the last five years (2013-17) the top exporters were the United States (34 percent of total arms exports), Russia (22 percent), France (6.7 percent), Germany (5.8 percent ...
mRNA Vaccines vs. the Pandemic
The North Coast Journal· 23 hours agoAbout 13 billion doses of mRNA vaccines against the virus have now been given in 184 countries, including 600 million in the U.S. alone. While some 7...
Scale Valued at Nearly $14 Billion With Amazon Funding
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Scale AI Inc., a startup that helps top tech companies improve the data used to build...
Investigating the impact of spatial dependence and heterogeneity on airport relationships: Empirical...
Nature· 3 days agoThis study employs the Moran’s I statistic (Anselin, 1988; Moran, 1950) as a preliminary diagnostic tool to detect the spatial correlation of China’s airports. Specifically ...
Gamers Are Becoming Less Interested in Games With Deep Strategy, Study Finds - IGN
IGN Videogames· 1 day agoVideo games with deep levels of strategy are becoming increasingly unappealing, according to a new...
Enhanced quantum coherence of plasmonic resonances with a chiral exceptional points - Communications...
Nature· 2 days agoThe advent of non-Hermitian optics carries new possibilities in manipulating optical response, offering alternative ways to enhance the quantum coherence of plasmonic resonances. Based on a ...
Three years after the US exit, Afghanistan still needs our help
The Hill· 6 days agoNumerous other crises in the world are overshadowing the one in Afghanistan. As we approach World...