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Introductory track: Covenant - Ritual Noise [youtube.com/watch?v=dnlGEQ1NUsk]
Science & Futurism
* "Achieving Extreme Light Intensities using Optically Curved Relativistic Plasma Mirrors" (2019-09-03, Henri Vincenti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, American Physical Society, journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.105001) [archive.is/jvVsX]: This Letter proposes a realistic implementation of the curved relativistic mirror concept to reach unprecedented light intensities in experiments. The scheme is based on relativistic plasma mirrors that are optically curved by laser radiation pressure. Its validity is supported by cutting-edge three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations and a theoretical model, which show that intensities above could be reached with a 3 PetaWatt (PW) laser. Its very high robustness to laser and plasma imperfections is shown to surpass all previous schemes and should enable its implementation on existing PW laser facilities.
* "Trampoline mirror may push laser pulse through fabric of the Universe; Simply changing a mirror may allow physicists to poke a hole in the Universe" (2019-09-14, arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/trampoline-mirror-may-push-laser-pulse-through-fabric-of-the-universe/) [archive.is/LezTH]
* "New Lasers May Be Powerful Enough to Drill a Hole in Reality" (2019-09-17, futurism.com/the-byte/lasers-drill-hole-reality) [is.gd/di0ec8]:
Paper Cutter -
The prestigious academic physics journal Physical Review Letters published a paper this week about cutting-edge laser tech — and, if bloggers are to be believed, it could have juicy ramifications.
The paper itself is dry and technical, but the prominent tech blog Ars Technica‘s interpretation of its findings is anything but. According to Ars, in fact, the tech it describes could pulse a laser “through fabric of the Universe.”
Plasma Mirror -
A key problem with super-powerful lasers, according to Ars’ explanation, is that they tend to shred anything you use to focus the beam.
The idea behind the paper, by a researcher at the Université Paris-Saclay, is that you could use a mirror made out of plasma — you know, the ultra-hot stuff the Sun is made out of — to focus the beam.
From Beyond -
And if they can pull that off, according to Ars — we should point out again that this all sounds very hypothetical — the laser could tear into “the very fabric of space and time.”
“Will it work in reality? I think so,” wrote Ars writer Chris Lee. “Then, of course, they can all stare in wonder at the hole they made.”
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Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]
* "Physicists claim to have found NEW force of nature which may unravel one of the universe’s greatest MYSTERIES" (2019-11-20, rt.com/news/473879-physicists-discover-fifth-force-nature/) [archive.is/nD17j]
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* "Listen to Alien-Like Howl of Earth’s Magnetic Field in Unique Solar Storm Recording; The ‘song’, created by waves generated when Earth’s magnetic field reacts to solar interference, was recorded by European Space Agency Cluster II mission probes" (2019-11-19, sputniknews.com/science/201911191077352267-listen-to-alien-like-howl-of-earths-magnetic-field-in-unique-solar-storm-recording/) [archive.is/lifpC]
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* "NASA discovers alien SUGAR on board two fallen meteorites indicating possible origin of LIFE on Earth" (2019-11-20, rt.com/news/473870-nasa-building-blocks-life-meteor/) [archive.is/hn329]
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* "NASA completes 1st global geologic map of Titan" (2019-11-18, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/19/c_138566911.htm) [archive.is/eETtS]
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Life in the Jovian dwarf-planetary system?
* "NASA Study Confirms Water Vapour Above Jupiter’s Moon Europa Fuelling Hopes of Possible Life; 40 years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first close-up images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, with subsequent missions to the outer solar system amassing enough fascinating information to make it a high-priority target in NASA’s search for life" (2019-11-19, sputniknews.com/science/201911191077350301-nasa-study-confirms-water-vapour-above-jupiters-moon-europa-fuelling-hopes-of-possible-life/) [archive.is/FSv2e]
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NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.
* "NASA tracking THREE asteroids headed this way, two spotted just 2 days ago" (2019-11-19, rt.com/news/473768-nasa-tracking-three-asteroids-earth/) [archive.is/6lLSV]
* "Rare ‘unicorn’ meteor shower set to be sparked by mysterious comet" (2019-11-20, rt.com/news/473917-rare-unicorn-meteor-shower/) [archive.is/T61gr]
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Ancient News
* "Atlantis is Calling: Top 8 Sunken Cities and Watery Landmarks That Actually Exist; While some towns and cities ended up flooded as a result of human activity, such as the creation of dams and reservoirs, others rest beneath the waves after being struck by natural disasters" (2019-11-19, sputniknews.com/viral/201911191077352355-atlantis-is-calling-top-8-sunken-cities-and-watery-landmarks-that-actually-exist/) [archive.is/RCKK7]
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* "Hasankeyf approaching doomsday; The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive has issued a statement saying that Hasankeyf and Tigris Valley are 'approaching doomsday' " (2019-11-18, anfenglishmobile.com/culture/hasankeyf-approaching-doomsday-39428) [archive.is/fFlAa]
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* "This olive tree in Bethlehem has stood for 5,000 years - and this man is defending it; The ancient tree near Jerusalem has been through it all, and one man insists he will stay by its side" (2019-11-11, middleeasteye.net/discover/tree-trust-meet-man-guarding-palestines-oldest-olive-tree) [archive.is/GX3jd]
- image caption: The ancient tree belongs to Salah Abu Ali's family, and lies in Al-Walaja village in Bethlehem, southwest of occupied Jerusalem.
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* "Bible Scholars Claim Discovered ‘Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions’ Reveal Biblical Mount Sinai’s Location" (2019-11-19, sputniknews.com/science/201911191077351357-bible-scholars-claim-discovered-ancient-hebrew-inscriptions-reveal-biblical-mount-sinais-location/) [archive.is/uQrMA]
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* "Online Map Leads Archaeologist to Maya Discovery; Lidar has transformed the study of ancient civilizations, but maps made with the technology are expensive. Takeshi Inomata found a great one for free" (2019-10-08, nytimes.com/2019/10/08/science/archaeology-lidar-maya.html) [archive.is/OHwK2]
- image caption: La Carmelita, a Maya site discovered by Takeshi Inomata, an archaeologist at the University of Arizona, as it appeared in a low-resolution, publicly available lidar map (at left) and in a subsequent, high-resolution scan (at right). Attribution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía/Nacional Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
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* "Native American Mounds; Louisiana boasts some of the most significant Native American earthen monuments in North America and ranks second only to Mississippi in the number of mound sites" (64parishes.org/entry/native-american-mounds) [is.gd/liI0XW]
* "Artifact Identification: SOUTHEASTERN CEREMONIAL COMPLEX" (peachstatearchaeologicalsociety.org/index.php/artifact-identification/21-southeastern-ceremonial-complex) [archive.is/CXH0O]
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* "Bronze Age Sword Found at Secret New Site in Czech Republic" (2019-11-18, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/bronze-age-sword-0012877) [archive.is/kesxT]
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* "Hundreds of ancient tombs found in north China" (2019-11-19, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/19/c_138567229.htm) [archive.is/cXEpM]
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Science & Futurism
* "Achieving Extreme Light Intensities using Optically Curved Relativistic Plasma Mirrors" (2019-09-03, Henri Vincenti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, American Physical Society, journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.105001) [archive.is/jvVsX]: This Letter proposes a realistic implementation of the curved relativistic mirror concept to reach unprecedented light intensities in experiments. The scheme is based on relativistic plasma mirrors that are optically curved by laser radiation pressure. Its validity is supported by cutting-edge three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations and a theoretical model, which show that intensities above could be reached with a 3 PetaWatt (PW) laser. Its very high robustness to laser and plasma imperfections is shown to surpass all previous schemes and should enable its implementation on existing PW laser facilities.
* "Trampoline mirror may push laser pulse through fabric of the Universe; Simply changing a mirror may allow physicists to poke a hole in the Universe" (2019-09-14, arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/trampoline-mirror-may-push-laser-pulse-through-fabric-of-the-universe/) [archive.is/LezTH]
* "New Lasers May Be Powerful Enough to Drill a Hole in Reality" (2019-09-17, futurism.com/the-byte/lasers-drill-hole-reality) [is.gd/di0ec8]:
Paper Cutter -
The prestigious academic physics journal Physical Review Letters published a paper this week about cutting-edge laser tech — and, if bloggers are to be believed, it could have juicy ramifications.
The paper itself is dry and technical, but the prominent tech blog Ars Technica‘s interpretation of its findings is anything but. According to Ars, in fact, the tech it describes could pulse a laser “through fabric of the Universe.”
Plasma Mirror -
A key problem with super-powerful lasers, according to Ars’ explanation, is that they tend to shred anything you use to focus the beam.
The idea behind the paper, by a researcher at the Université Paris-Saclay, is that you could use a mirror made out of plasma — you know, the ultra-hot stuff the Sun is made out of — to focus the beam.
From Beyond -
And if they can pull that off, according to Ars — we should point out again that this all sounds very hypothetical — the laser could tear into “the very fabric of space and time.”
“Will it work in reality? I think so,” wrote Ars writer Chris Lee. “Then, of course, they can all stare in wonder at the hole they made.”
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Space News
"NASA Administrator: Alien Life Is More Likely Than We Thought" (2019, futurism.com) [archive.is/d6n46]
* "Physicists claim to have found NEW force of nature which may unravel one of the universe’s greatest MYSTERIES" (2019-11-20, rt.com/news/473879-physicists-discover-fifth-force-nature/) [archive.is/nD17j]
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* "Listen to Alien-Like Howl of Earth’s Magnetic Field in Unique Solar Storm Recording; The ‘song’, created by waves generated when Earth’s magnetic field reacts to solar interference, was recorded by European Space Agency Cluster II mission probes" (2019-11-19, sputniknews.com/science/201911191077352267-listen-to-alien-like-howl-of-earths-magnetic-field-in-unique-solar-storm-recording/) [archive.is/lifpC]
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* "NASA discovers alien SUGAR on board two fallen meteorites indicating possible origin of LIFE on Earth" (2019-11-20, rt.com/news/473870-nasa-building-blocks-life-meteor/) [archive.is/hn329]
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* "NASA completes 1st global geologic map of Titan" (2019-11-18, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/19/c_138566911.htm) [archive.is/eETtS]
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Life in the Jovian dwarf-planetary system?
* "NASA Study Confirms Water Vapour Above Jupiter’s Moon Europa Fuelling Hopes of Possible Life; 40 years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first close-up images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, with subsequent missions to the outer solar system amassing enough fascinating information to make it a high-priority target in NASA’s search for life" (2019-11-19, sputniknews.com/science/201911191077350301-nasa-study-confirms-water-vapour-above-jupiters-moon-europa-fuelling-hopes-of-possible-life/) [archive.is/FSv2e]
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NEO Watch
B612 Foundation [b612foundation.org] to protect Earth from asteroid impacts.
* "NASA tracking THREE asteroids headed this way, two spotted just 2 days ago" (2019-11-19, rt.com/news/473768-nasa-tracking-three-asteroids-earth/) [archive.is/6lLSV]
* "Rare ‘unicorn’ meteor shower set to be sparked by mysterious comet" (2019-11-20, rt.com/news/473917-rare-unicorn-meteor-shower/) [archive.is/T61gr]
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Ancient News
* "Atlantis is Calling: Top 8 Sunken Cities and Watery Landmarks That Actually Exist; While some towns and cities ended up flooded as a result of human activity, such as the creation of dams and reservoirs, others rest beneath the waves after being struck by natural disasters" (2019-11-19, sputniknews.com/viral/201911191077352355-atlantis-is-calling-top-8-sunken-cities-and-watery-landmarks-that-actually-exist/) [archive.is/RCKK7]
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* "Hasankeyf approaching doomsday; The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive has issued a statement saying that Hasankeyf and Tigris Valley are 'approaching doomsday' " (2019-11-18, anfenglishmobile.com/culture/hasankeyf-approaching-doomsday-39428) [archive.is/fFlAa]
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* "This olive tree in Bethlehem has stood for 5,000 years - and this man is defending it; The ancient tree near Jerusalem has been through it all, and one man insists he will stay by its side" (2019-11-11, middleeasteye.net/discover/tree-trust-meet-man-guarding-palestines-oldest-olive-tree) [archive.is/GX3jd]
- image caption: The ancient tree belongs to Salah Abu Ali's family, and lies in Al-Walaja village in Bethlehem, southwest of occupied Jerusalem.
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* "Bible Scholars Claim Discovered ‘Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions’ Reveal Biblical Mount Sinai’s Location" (2019-11-19, sputniknews.com/science/201911191077351357-bible-scholars-claim-discovered-ancient-hebrew-inscriptions-reveal-biblical-mount-sinais-location/) [archive.is/uQrMA]
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* "Online Map Leads Archaeologist to Maya Discovery; Lidar has transformed the study of ancient civilizations, but maps made with the technology are expensive. Takeshi Inomata found a great one for free" (2019-10-08, nytimes.com/2019/10/08/science/archaeology-lidar-maya.html) [archive.is/OHwK2]
- image caption: La Carmelita, a Maya site discovered by Takeshi Inomata, an archaeologist at the University of Arizona, as it appeared in a low-resolution, publicly available lidar map (at left) and in a subsequent, high-resolution scan (at right). Attribution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía/Nacional Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
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* "Native American Mounds; Louisiana boasts some of the most significant Native American earthen monuments in North America and ranks second only to Mississippi in the number of mound sites" (64parishes.org/entry/native-american-mounds) [is.gd/liI0XW]
* "Artifact Identification: SOUTHEASTERN CEREMONIAL COMPLEX" (peachstatearchaeologicalsociety.org/index.php/artifact-identification/21-southeastern-ceremonial-complex) [archive.is/CXH0O]
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* "Bronze Age Sword Found at Secret New Site in Czech Republic" (2019-11-18, ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/bronze-age-sword-0012877) [archive.is/kesxT]
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* "Hundreds of ancient tombs found in north China" (2019-11-19, xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/19/c_138567229.htm) [archive.is/cXEpM]
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* " 'Neither Fake Nor Simulation': New Documentary Poised to Shed Light on Legendary Biblical Relic; The documentary’s author noted that the images of the buried relic were obtained by “sending electric signals underground via cables”, and that there’s still plenty of work to be done" (2019-11-19, sputniknews.com/society/201911191077350576-neither-fake-nor-simulation-new-documentary-poised-to-shed-light-on-legendary-biblical-relic/) [archive.is/yzSXn]
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Curiata
* "These Photos Make Molecular Structures Look Like Psychedelic Art" (2019-11-06, futurism.com/the-byte/photos-molecular-structures-psychedelic-art) [is.gd/4Soj7C] [begin excerpt]: Electron microscopes are great at producing high-resolution images of a material’s atomic structure — if the material is hard, that is. Unfortunately, the devices’ electron beams can destroy softer materials, so scientists typically rely on X-rays, which can’t reach atomic resolution, to image those.
But scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have published a pair of studies in the journals Nature Communications and Nature Materials showing how a technique called 4D-STEM allowed them to use electron microscopy to image soft materials without destroying them.
And the images resulting from their research are downright gorgeous. [end excerpt]
* "Diffraction imaging of nanocrystalline structures in organic semiconductor molecular thin films" (2019-06-03, nature.com/articles/s41563-019-0387-3) [archive.is/PGbxJ]
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