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"A Large Asteroid Is About To Make Its Closest Approach In Over 400 Years. It Won't Approach This Close Again Until June 28, 2133" - IFLScience #SmartNews l.smartnews.com/p-7ViCxOlX/4…
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🌍💨 Happy #WorldWindDay! Did you know? Wind is created by the uneven heating of Earth's surface by the Sun, causing differences in air pressure that move air across our planet. ☀️🌎 ⚡ Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy of moving air into clean, renewable electricity. 🌱 No fuel combustion 💧 Very low water use 🌍 Low greenhouse gas emissions ⚙️ Sustainable energy for the future Wind energy is one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sources, helping power homes, schools, hospitals, industries, and communities worldwide. Let's celebrate the science of wind and the innovation driving a cleaner, greener future! 💨⚡🌿 #WorldWindDay #WindDay #WindEnergy #RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy #GreenEnergy #Sustainability #ClimateAction #NetZero #EnergyTransition #STEM #Science #Engineering #Technology #Physics #EarthScience #EnvironmentalScience #ScienceCommunication #ScienceEducation #STEMEducation #FutureEnergy #Renewables #WindPower #Innovation #Electricity #CleanTech #SustainableFuture #ClimateScience #EnergyInnovation #ScienceFacts #DidYouKnow #ScienceForEveryone #EngineeringFacts #TechForGood #GreenFuture #PlanetEarth @GWECGlobalWind @IRENA @UN @UNESCO @UNEP @NASA @NASAEarth @NOAA @IEA @WorldBank @COP28_UAE @ScienceMagazine @nature @newscientist @IFLScience @SciTechDaily @DiscoverMag @royalsociety @APSphysics @InfoGujcost
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🛞🔬 On this day in science history! #CharlesGoodyear's breakthrough in vulcanization transformed natural rubber from a sticky, temperature-sensitive material into one of the world's most important engineering materials. 🧪 Vulcanization = Rubber Sulfur Heat ✅ Stronger ✅ More Elastic ✅ More Durable ✅ Heat Resistant ✅ Cold Resistant This innovation helped make modern tires, electrical insulation, industrial machinery, medical devices, footwear, seals, gaskets, and countless technologies possible. 📅 June 15, 1844 – U.S. Patent No. 3,633 granted to Charles Goodyear for improvements in vulcanized rubber. From transportation 🚗✈️ to industry ⚙️ and everyday life 🌍, this discovery changed the world. Science Fact: Sulfur atoms create cross-links between rubber polymer chains, making rubber stronger and more resilient. #Science #STEM #Engineering #Technology #Chemistry #MaterialsScience #PolymerScience #Innovation #Inventor #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #Rubber #Vulcanization #ChemicalEngineering #MechanicalEngineering #IndustrialEngineering #Manufacturing #Physics #Education #Learning #STEMEducation #ScientificFacts #DidYouKnow #OnThisDay #Patent #Invention #EngineeringFacts #TechHistory #ScienceCommunication #ScienceForEveryone @NASA @NASAHistory @Smithsonian @ScienceMagazine @nature @newscientist @IFLScience @SciTechDaily @DiscoverMag @APSphysics @royalsociety @GUJCOST
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When you see one chasing a human, the closest living relative of T. rex does kind of make sense #Paleontology @IFLScience iflscience.com/what-is-the-c…
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Great write-up by @IFLScience,bcovering our new study in @Nature. All about that extraordinary, giant ichthyosaur flipper! Pictured here with @dinosven
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The fossil is that of a meter-long front flipper of the large Jurassic ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus that lived 183 million years ago. 😮 iflscience.com/first-ever-gi…
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The fossil is that of a meter-long front flipper of the large Jurassic ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus that lived 183 million years ago. 😮 iflscience.com/first-ever-gi…
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✅ Verdict: Mostly True. A tardigrade was reportedly quantum entangled with a qubit in a 2021 experiment, becoming the first multicellular organism in such a state. Key Evidence: New Scientist described the tardigrade surviving entanglement with a superconducting qubit. Live Science noted researchers' claims of it being the first quantum entangled animal after one survivor revived. IFLScience and detailed the cooling and qubit coupling process. Bottom Line: The claim aligns with widespread reporting from 2021 onward, though a 2026 analysis urges caution pending further validation.
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