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Alaska's 1,578-foot tsunami was second largest ever recorded https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/06/alaska-tsunami-highest-record-largest-history/89961944007/

Several days ago, an outbreak of Hantavirus was reported aboard cruise ship MV Hondius, which apparently set sail from Argentina. Ref: https://apnews.com/article/hantavirus-ship-cape-verde-mv-hondius-footage-c6b3db5ab10fefbd9ece0b036e47188b Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a...

AI in materials design PNNL optimizes waste vitrification formulas with the help of AI One will have to read the articles in Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

I was thinking of the point at which soft matter physics principles would apply to metals, or more particularly alloys, as they approach their respective melting points. Before they achieve melting, they more or less flow, or are easily deformed, like a viscous fluid, as opposed to alloys at or...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_matter I'm wondering how this applies to metal, or more particularly, to alloys with a homologous temperature of 0.8 or greater. I discovered the subject matter when it was called to my attention. ESPResSo++: A modern multiscale simulation package for soft...

What is one's understanding of 'good quantum numbers'? Was this subject covered in class? What is the significance of 'commuting with the Hamiltonian'? See the following discussion: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Atomic/lcoup.html As in from +1/2 to -1/2, or vice versa?

United Airlines Flight Clips Light Pole, Strikes Bakery Truck on New Jersey Turnpike While Landing at Newark Airport https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/united-airlines-flight-clips-light-111458999.html :oops: o_O...

Other than a comment: Standard 5% Fuel, there is insufficient detail on their system. Deployable's website implies some relationship with INL, TAMU, and others. https://www.deployable.energy/ https://www.deployable.energy/technology 4.95% enriched UO₂ fuel, helium coolant, and non-exotic...

I agree; I was thinking more of the AI tool, capability and constraints. However, there is the human factor as well. What surprises me is the online backup, which should have been restricted. We did redundant backups at work, and at least one backup was on a removable hard-drive that was...

Not exactly a desirable accomplishment: ‘It took nine seconds’: Claude AI agent deletes a company’s entire database. Oops! https://www.yahoo.com/tech/ai/claude/articles/took-nine-seconds-claude-ai-101315417.html Not exactly a desirable initiative. AS = Artificial Stupidity?

Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins | Blues Rock Cover (Blues Rock Imagine) variation on Phil Collins, Another Day in Paradise

Military Vehicle Flipped on I-90 Near Spokane Wednesday, and Nobody Is Claiming It https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/military-vehicle-flipped-90-near-180006148.html Somebody must have signed it out, or someone stole it from a military base?

Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic known for ‘We Just Disagree’ and ‘Feelin’ Alright,’ dies at 79 https://apnews.com/article/dave-mason-dead-obit-traffic-rock-244eb6fd1ca3a213db899b196e8538c2 Dave Mason - We Just Disagree Joe Cocker - Feelin' Alright (lyrics by Dave Mason), I remember this...

Off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Japan https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sri7/executive M 7.4 - 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan 2026-04-20 07:53:00 (UTC) 39.953°N 143.046°E 35.0 km depth Earlier estimates states Mag 7.5, and some news organization reported Mag 7.7 Major...

https://www.radiantnuclear.com/blog/diu/ https://www.valaratomics.com/ward-250 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/two-us-military-bases-getting-nuclear-microreactors-ps-041426 There is a separate program for Eielson Air Force Base...