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Guide to the classics: Ruth Park’s Harp in the South is a story about Aboriginal Country

Ruth Park’s novel The Harp in the South (1948) is a classic of Australian fiction. Just as television viewers in recent decades would recognise “Ramsay Street” as the fictional centre of Australia’s longest-running television soap opera Neighbours, earlier generations of readers would have recognised with affection “Twelve-and-a-half Plymouth Street”: the…

The Conversation

Samples from asteroid could be key to secrets of building blocks of life – Nasa

The space agency has showed off some of the material collected from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid for the first time.

The Independent UK

NASA Just Unveiled the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Samples to the Public — Here’s a First Look

The public got its first look at samples NASA took from asteroid Bennu.

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Nasa opens up pieces of a distant asteroid transported back to Earth

Dark, dusty sample is the biggest ever taken from an asteroid and could reveal where life came from

The Independent UK

The afterglow of an explosive collision between giant planets may have been detected in a far-off star system

The afterglow of a massive collision between two giant planets may have been detected for the first time. The wreckage of the collision could eventually cool and form an entirely new planet. If the observation is confirmed, it provides an amazing opportunity to watch the birth of a new world…

The Conversation

Here's what's driving the record autumn heat (it's not just carbon emissions)

Climate scientists have detected a striking jump in global temperatures during 2023. September was 1.75°C above Earth’s pre-industrial average temperature and a whole half-degree celsius warmer than the previous hottest September.

The Conversation

Afterglow of cataclysmic collision between two planets seen for first time

Collision of two ice giant planets produced hot, spinning object potentially hundreds of times the size of Earth

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Five SRM professors on Stanford list of ‘World’s Top 2% Scientists’

Five SRM Univ.-AP professors featured in Stanford's 'World's Top 2% Scientists' list for 2023. Congrats to Karthik Rajendran (energy, biotechnology), Rangabhashiyam Selvasembian (earth, environmental sciences), Randhir Kumar, Kshira Sagar Sahoo & Divya Chaturvedi (ICT) for their research achievements. Last year, Univ. faculty also made the list.

The Hindu

Comets 101 − everything you need to know about the snow cones of space

When you hear the word comet, you might imagine a bright streak moving across the sky. You may have a family member who saw a comet before you were born, or you may have seen one yourself when comet Nishimura passed by Earth in September 2023. But what are these…

The Conversation

How to Watch the 2023 Ring of Fire Eclipse

Here's how people across North America can see the annular eclipse on October 14, 2023.

Inverse

This next NASA mission to an asteroid is seriously metal

A NASA mission called Psyche is about to launch on a mission out to an unusual asteroid that's scientists believe is largely composed of metal.

WEKU

Look! The Euclid Spacecraft Accidentally Drew a Doodle in Space

Euclid's mission is to explore the dark universe, but an error resulted in a beautiful image of lassos across the stars.

Inverse

Afghanistan hit by another large earthquake days after quake killed more than 2,400 people

New quake rocks western province of Herat after thousands killed on Saturday

Evening Standard

Wednesday briefing: Is Britain about to get invaded by bedbugs?

In today’s newsletter: With Paris under siege by these tiny, blood-sucking terrors, many on the other side of the Channel are wondering if they’re next – and what can be done

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Afghanistan hit by second strong quake days after first killed more than 2,000

Another strong earthquake shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages.

Salon

Space weather disrupts bird migration

Some birds rely on magnetic fields to fly — and a new study unpacks how that makes them vulnerable to space weather

WEKU

Hughes Van Ellis, who asked for justice over Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at age 102

"Please do not let me leave this earth without justice," Hughes Van Ellis said in 2021, the centennial of the racist violence that destroyed a thriving community once known as Black Wall Street.

The Conversation

Even temporary global warming above 2℃ will affect life in the oceans for centuries

There is growing consensus that our planet is likely to pass the 1.5℃ warming threshold. Research even suggests global warming will temporarily exceed the 2℃ threshold, if atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) peaks at levels beyond what was anticipated.

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The Independent UK

'Ring of fire' solar eclipse will slice across Americas on Saturday with millions along path

Tens of millions in the Americas are getting front-row seats for a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun

The Conversation

Hotter, drier summers will make European craft beers less 'hoppy' – new study

September 2023 was the warmest ever recorded according to the EU Climate Service, with Earth’s average surface air temperature peaking at 16.38°C. The average global temperature was also at least 1.5°C higher than pre-industrial levels on about a third of days in 2023, according to another recent report.

The Independent UK

Tories prepared to scorch the earth to get at Labour, Starmer warns

The Labour leader told the Party’s annual conference that he will fight against any decisions the Prime Minister makes to ‘open up divides’.

Inverse

Scientists Just Found Evidence of the Most Powerful Solar Storm Ever

Some 14,300 a massive solar storm impacted Earth, and it could happen again.

The Independent UK

Afghans still hope to find survivors from quake that killed over 2,000 in western Herat province

Afghan rescuers and villagers are still digging through rubble in western Herat province, three days after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the region left more than 2,000 dead

Inverse

Tonight Is Your Last Change To Glimpse the Draconid Meteor Shower

The Draconids peaked on the evening of October 8, some stragglers will likely streak across the sky on Monday.

RideApart

Earth Eagle KL4500 Electric Motorcycle Breaks Cover In China

The Earth Eagle KL4500 is an interesting new electric scrambler from China. It features a unique single-sided inverted front suspension design.

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