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phys_breaking_feedNew research led by Royal Holloway reveals for the first time why Europe could gain more than an extra month of summer days by 2100 using climate data from the last millennia.
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Mapping the OH MegaMaser emission in an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy
Nov. 19th, 2025 09:54 amphys_breaking_feedUsing high-resolution 1665/1667 MHz OH line and continuum spectrum observational data from the European VLBI Network and the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network, Antneh Gashaye, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has mapped the OH MegaMaser emission in the ultra-luminous infrared galaxy IRAS 15250+3609, and revealed the nature and structure of the OH MegaMaser emission in the galaxy.
phys_breaking_feedResearch has revealed how minute structural modifications in advanced perovskite materials critically influence their light-emission properties.
Lateral roots help plants adapt to low boron by expanding nutrient search
Nov. 19th, 2025 09:20 amphys_breaking_feedWhat makes plants tolerant to nutrient fluctuations? An international research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and involving the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has conducted a study on the micronutrient boron. The researchers analyzed 185 gene data sets from the model plant Arabidopsis. Their goal is to then be able to transfer the findings to the important crop plant rapeseed.
JUNO experiment delivers first physics results two months after completion
Nov. 19th, 2025 09:10 amphys_breaking_feedThe Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has successfully completed the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) and released its first physics results.
phys_breaking_feedPhysicists at the University of Osaka have unveiled a breakthrough theoretical framework that uncovers the hidden physical rule behind one of the most powerful compression methods in laser fusion science—the stacked-shock implosion.
Pika research finds troubling signs for the iconic Rocky Mountain animal
Nov. 19th, 2025 08:39 amphys_breaking_feedA new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder carries a warning for one of the Rocky Mountains' most iconic animals—the American pika (Ochotona princeps), a small and fuzzy creature that often greets hikers in Colorado with loud squeaks.
Errorist returns
Nov. 19th, 2025 01:02 pmlanguagelog_feedIn the comments on "Final prepositions again", AntC alerts us to Elle Cordova's latest, part III in the Grammarian Saga: "Grammarian vs Errorist showdown at the secret L'error".
Part I was: "Grammarian vs Errorist – a supervillain showdown"
And Part II: "The Errorist strikes again!"
For some background on the negatively-evaluated version of the term grammarian, see here.
Y1 is an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy, ALMA observations reveal
Nov. 19th, 2025 08:00 amphys_breaking_feedUsing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has inspected a distant galaxy designated MACS0416_Y1. Results of the observations, presented Nov. 11 on the arXiv pre-print server, indicate that MACS0416_Y1 is an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy.
Decapitated fossil fish with guts still intact reveal ancient predatory habits
Nov. 19th, 2025 07:30 amphys_breaking_feedIn a study appearing in Fossil Record, researchers Martin Ebert and Martina Kölbl-Ebert analyzed the remains of a unique fossil type: the decapitated head of Aspidorhynchus, with its gastrointestinal tract (guts) still attached. These extraordinary fossils are likely unique in the fossil record, revealing not only what these ancient predators ate but also how they were decapitated.
Interesting Links for 19-11-2025
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andrewducker- 1. Schizophrenia might make you like cats!
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- 2. What it's like being pregnant on a remote Scottish island
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- 3. The UK Boiler Upgrade Scheme has been expanded to include air-to-air heat pumps, and can do cooling as well as heating
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- 4. Top writers ruled out of NZ book awards due to AI covers
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- 5. Strange Structures Found Lurking in The Blood of People With Long COVID
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- 6. On the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's shadow fleet
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Study maps the time and energy patterns of electron pairs in ultrafast pulses
Nov. 19th, 2025 06:30 amphys_breaking_feedThe ability to precisely study and manipulate electrons in electron microscopes could open new possibilities for the development of both ultrafast imaging techniques and quantum technologies.
Auction of famed CIA cipher shaken after archive reveals code
Nov. 19th, 2025 05:41 amphys_breaking_feedIt is one of the world's most famous unsolved codes whose answer could sell for a fortune—but two US friends say they have already found the secret hidden by "Kryptos."
New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect after nearly two centuries
Nov. 19th, 2025 05:00 amphys_breaking_feedResearchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that the magnetic component of light plays a direct role in the Faraday effect, overturning a 180-year-old assumption that only its electric field mattered.
People in isolated cities in Africa suffer more violence against civilians, study reveals
Nov. 19th, 2025 05:00 amphys_breaking_feedCities are often seen as hotspots of violence, with the assumption that larger cities are inherently more violent than smaller ones. This "universal law" of urban scaling has long shaped scientific thinking. But new research led by Complexity Science Hub (CSH) researcher Rafael Prieto-Curiel challenges this assumption. Published in Nature Communications, the study shows that it is not simply city size, but a city's level of isolation, that plays a crucial role in determining violence in Africa.
'Trained' bacteriophages expand treatment options for antibiotic-resistant infections
Nov. 19th, 2025 05:00 amphys_breaking_feedAntibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing challenges to global public health as harmful microbes evolve to evade these medications.
Choosing Health Insurance: Preventive Care [US, healthcare, Patreon]
Nov. 19th, 2025 05:52 amsidereaCanonical link: https://siderea.dreamwidth.org/1886696.html
Hey, Americans and other people stuck in the American healthcare system. It's open enrollment on the state exchanges, and possibly through your employer, so I wanted to give you a little heads up about preventive care and shopping for a health insurance plan.
I've noticed from time to time various health insurance companies advertising themselves to consumers by boasting that their health plans focus on covering preventive care. Maybe they lay a spiel on you about how they believe in keeping you healthy rather than trying to fix problems after they happen. Maybe they point out in big letters "PREVENTIVE CARE 100% FREE" or "NO CO-PAYS FOR PREVENTIVE CARE".
When you come across a health insurance product advertised this way, promoted for its coverage of preventive health, I propose you should think of that as a bad thing.
Why? Do I think preventive medicine is a bad thing? Yes, actually, but that's a topic for another post. For purposes of this post, no, preventive medicine is great.
It's just that it's illegal for them not to cover preventive care 100% with no copays or other cost-sharing.
Yeah, thanks to the Obamacare law, the ACA, it's literally illegal for a health plan to be sold on the exchanges if it doesn't cover preventive care 100% with no cost-sharing, and while there are rare exceptions, it's also basically illegal for an employer to offer a health plan that doesn't cover preventive care.
They can't not, and neither can any of their competitors.
( So any health plan that's bragging on covering preventive care?.... Read more [2,270 words] )
This post brought to you by the 220 readers who funded my writing it – thank you all so much! You can see who they are at my Patreon page. If you're not one of them, and would be willing to chip in so I can write more things like this, please do so there.
Please leave comments on the Comment Catcher comment, instead of the main body of the post – unless you are commenting to get a copy of the post sent to you in email through the notification system, then go ahead and comment on it directly. Thanks!
Hey, Americans and other people stuck in the American healthcare system. It's open enrollment on the state exchanges, and possibly through your employer, so I wanted to give you a little heads up about preventive care and shopping for a health insurance plan.
I've noticed from time to time various health insurance companies advertising themselves to consumers by boasting that their health plans focus on covering preventive care. Maybe they lay a spiel on you about how they believe in keeping you healthy rather than trying to fix problems after they happen. Maybe they point out in big letters "PREVENTIVE CARE 100% FREE" or "NO CO-PAYS FOR PREVENTIVE CARE".
When you come across a health insurance product advertised this way, promoted for its coverage of preventive health, I propose you should think of that as a bad thing.
Why? Do I think preventive medicine is a bad thing? Yes, actually, but that's a topic for another post. For purposes of this post, no, preventive medicine is great.
It's just that it's illegal for them not to cover preventive care 100% with no copays or other cost-sharing.
Yeah, thanks to the Obamacare law, the ACA, it's literally illegal for a health plan to be sold on the exchanges if it doesn't cover preventive care 100% with no cost-sharing, and while there are rare exceptions, it's also basically illegal for an employer to offer a health plan that doesn't cover preventive care.
They can't not, and neither can any of their competitors.
( So any health plan that's bragging on covering preventive care?.... Read more [2,270 words] )
This post brought to you by the 220 readers who funded my writing it – thank you all so much! You can see who they are at my Patreon page. If you're not one of them, and would be willing to chip in so I can write more things like this, please do so there.
Please leave comments on the Comment Catcher comment, instead of the main body of the post – unless you are commenting to get a copy of the post sent to you in email through the notification system, then go ahead and comment on it directly. Thanks!
6-7
Nov. 19th, 2025 09:34 amlanguagelog_feed
"Dictionary.com’s 2025 Word of the Year Is…"
Each year, Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year and short-listed nominees capture pivotal moments in language and culture. These words serve as a linguistic time capsule, reflecting social trends and global events that defined the year. The Word of the Year isn’t just about popular usage; it reveals the stories we tell about ourselves and how we’ve changed over the year. And for these reasons, Dictionary.com’s 2025 Word of the Year is 67.
Macquarie Dictionary's WOTY shortlist also included six-seven; Sam Altman is apparently planning to name his next AI model GPT-6-7; and a news search will give you plenty of other relevant stories, from basketball scores to "6-7 in the Bible".
The best explanation that I've seen for the origin and progress of this phrase comes from the local Philadelphia NPR station — Dillon Dodson, "For those still out of the loop, here is what ‘6-7’ means", WHYY News 11/17/2025:
The youthful phenomenon, in which kids say “6-7” and move their open-palmed hands up and down for no apparent reason, was recently named word of the year by Dictionary.com. Its origins trace to a song by a Philly rapper with gun-referencing lyrics, but the pop culture use of “6-7” is more playful — even becoming the focus of a recent episode of “South Park,” and companies such as McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Domino’s have offered promotions inspired by the two numbers.
As the saying has gone global, many people still don’t understand it — or that it’s most likely Philadelphia-based.
So what does “6-7” mean? And why has it become so prevalent? Here’s an explainer.
Go on and read the whole thing — which is even more complex and ambiguous than pop-culture etymologies usually are.
Update — Adding to the etymological complexity and ambiguity, Brian in the comments points us to Wikipedia's article "At sixes and sevens", which hasn't yet caught up with Skrilla…