This luminous orb is the galaxy NGC 4621, better known as Messier 59. As this latter moniker indicates, the galaxy is listed in the famous catalog of deep-sky objects compiled by French comet-hunter Charles Messier in the 18th century. However, German astronomer Johann Gottfried Koehler is credited with discovering the galaxy just days before Messier added it to his collection in…
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Study provides new insights into stellar population and gas outflow in the central region of NGC 1068
A new study conducted by French astronomers has delivered new insights about central stellar population and gas outflow in the spiral galaxy NGC 1068. Results of the research, presented in a paper published May 22 on arXiv.org, could be essential in improving our knowledge about physical processes taking place in the inner region of this galaxy. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-insights-stellar-population-gas-outflow.html…
Heavily Processed Food Like Ready Meals and Ice Cream Linked To Early Death
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: People who eat large amounts of heavily processed foods, from breakfast cereals and ready meals to muffins and ice-cream, have a greater risk of heart attack, stroke and early death, according to two major studies. In the French NutriSante study, researchers at the University of Paris gathered details on the diets and…
Kindergarteners Stumbled Across This 5,600-Year-Old Burial Mound. Archaeologists Are Mystified.
Kindergartners can find some weird things at recess — like a 5,600-year-old buried mound full of ancient skeletons. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65578-kindergarteners-discover-creepy-french-burial-mound.html
Squished faces aren’t the only cause of bulldog breathing difficulties
A gene mutation present in English and French bulldogs may be partly responsible for their breathing problems Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2203499-squished-faces-arent-the-only-cause-of-bulldog-breathing-difficulties/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
US Will Not Sign Christchurch Call Against Online Extremism
The U.S. will not sign onto the “Christchurch call to action” against online extremism expected to be released Wednesday, citing concerns that the pact would violate free speech protections in the First Amendment, the Washington Post reports. From a report: The document, negotiated by New Zealand and French officials as a commitment to study and stop the spread of online extremism…
A 230-Year-Old Secret Code Is Inscribed on a Rock in France. Can You Decipher It?
Can you solve the riddle of the rock? Source: https://www.livescience.com/65473-french-rock-coded-in-mystery.html
Asteroid strike simulation blasts New York City
It seems like play, but they’re serious. Every year, at the Planetary Defense Conference, asteroid experts from around the globe run days-long simulations of asteroids headed for major cities. In 2019, it was New York City’s turn. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/2019-planetary-defense-conference-simulates-asteroid-strike-nyc…
Why the Area Around Notre Dame Is Now Coated with Toxic Levels of Lead
French officials warn that lead levels are sky-high around the burnt cathedral. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65451-notre-dame-sky-high-lead-levels.html
What the Theory?: Watch Short Introductions to Postmodernism, Semiotics, Phenomenology, Marxist Literary Criticism and More
Theory. The word alone can intimidate, and it can especially intimidate those of us outside the academic humanities. The rigor and complexity of scientific theory is forbidding enough, but cultural theory, with its thickets of multivalent meaning and thinkers with their cultishly devoted and territorial followings, has surely made many a hopeful learner turn back […]
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