The Latest Breaking News from JANUS

From Florida to Alaska, workers are facing legal efforts to weaken their power by targeting union certification and dues

A new report shows there has been a surge in efforts to organize labor unions in the state while overall public approval of labor unions nationally is the highest in nearly six decades.

Welcome to the Wednesday, August 9, Brew. 

Bardic inspiration.

While routinely scanning the sky for the burnt-out remnants of dying stars, scientists stumbled upon a strange cosmic signal.

Astronomers Discover Two-Faced Star: Hydrogen on One Side, Helium on the Other

The white dwarf, nicknamed Janus, has one side helium, one side hydrogen.

Space-age thermal cloak for electric cars extends battery life without energy use

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The plant-eating, raptor-like dinosaur lived during a time of great transition around 99 million years ago and was named after the Roman god Janus.

Opioid drugs such as morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: The kindly face delivers pain relief to millions of sufferers, while the grim face drives an opioid abuse and overdose crisis that claimed nearly 70,000 lives in the U.S. in 2020 alone.