
Jen Christiansen
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2 weeks ago |
scientificamerican.com | Clara Moskowitz |Jen Christiansen |Daniel Huffman
The beginning of June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the six-month period when strong storms can brew in the ocean and then wreak havoc on land. Among the hazardous consequences of hurricanes are storm surges, in which water rapidly rises above the normal tide level on shore. These dangerous events can cause flooding and pick up and displace homes and other structures.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
scientificamerican.com | Clara Moskowitz |Jen Christiansen
Humans are pretty good at guessing whether a towering stack of dishes in the sink will topple over or where a pool ball will go when a cue hits it. We evolved this kind of physical reasoning to navigate our changing and sometimes dangerous environments. But a new study highlights one area of intuitive physics that’s deceptively difficult: judging how strong a knot is. Take a look at these four knots, which may look similar but are all distinct.
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Oct 5, 2024 |
spektrum.de | Jen Christiansen |Sarah Lewin Frasier
News Lesedauer ca. 1 Minute DruckenTeilenInfografik: Die verborgenen Muster der NobelpreiseZwischen Entdeckungen und ihrer Würdigung mit einem Nobelpreis vergeht oft viel Zeit. Die Preisvergaben aus mehr als 100 Jahren offenbaren faszinierende Zusammenhänge. Ein detaillierter Blick in drei Grafiken.
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Sep 24, 2024 |
scientificamerican.com | Jen Christiansen
Most scientists can never receive a Nobel Prize, arguably the most prestigious award in science. Only physicists, chemists, and specialists in physiology or medicine are eligible for the honor—which comes with a gold medal, a diploma and currently up to 11 million Swedish kronor (about $1.07 million). Multimillionaire Alfred Nobel established the prize pot—and those categories—in 1895 via his last will and testament.
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Sep 17, 2024 |
scientificamerican.com | Sarah Lewin Frasier |Jen Christiansen
Meteorologist Syukuro Manabe shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work modeling gases’ movement through a column of atmospheric air—in the 1960s. His 60-year-old research had proved foundational for the computer models that scientists use today to interpret and predict our changing climate.
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