Scientists Supersize Quantum Effects with Entangled Drum Duet

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May 06, 2021

Physics Scientists Supersize Quantum Effects with Entangled Drum Duet Two teams have demonstrated new degrees of quantum measurements in micron-sized metal drums By Daniel Garisto

Space Falling Uncontrolled from Space, Giant Chinese Rocket Highlights Risk of Orbital Debris The Long March 5b rocket’s core stage could plummet to Earth as early as May 9 By Leonard David,SPACE.com

Environment China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Exceed Those of All Other Developed Countries Combined An ongoing buildout of coal-fired power plants is one big reason By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Biology Bird Brawlers Love Spectators--Other Avian Species Are Welcome at Ringside Tufted titmice scuffle more vigorously in front of a crowd—even if some of the onlookers are woodpeckers By Rachel Nuwer

Space SpaceX Sticks the Landing in Latest Starship Test Flight After multiple explosive endings to previous high-altitude tests, a prototype rocket for voyages to the Moon and Mars finally touched down safely By Mike Wall,SPACE.com

Policy & Ethics COVID's Outsized Impact on Asian Americans Is Being Ignored Along with Pacific Islanders, they suffer from disproportionately high death rates and hospitalizations and low testing—but their suffering remains invisible By Amy Yee

Behavior & Society The Pursuit of Resilience By Andrea Gawrylewski

Space Watching the Universe Expand in Real Time Within a decade or two, we could observe the cosmic expansion, not as a series of snapshots but as a very slow-motion film By Avi Loeb

Mental Health Major Depressive Disorders Have an Enormous Economic Impact Their prevalence has more than tripled during the pandemic, but the trends were already troubling long before it arrived By Paul E. Greenberg

Public Health Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic The public health measures that slow the spread of the novel coronavirus work really well on influenza By Katie Peek

Environment People May Have Used Fire to Clear Forests More Than 80,000 Years Ago Bushland around northern Lake Malawi in Africa might be the legacy of people burning forests tens of thousands of years earlier By Katarina Zimmer​

Climate Meet Biden's Climate Voice on Capitol Hill Louisa Terrell has the tough job of moving Biden’s infrastructure package through Congress By Scott Waldman,E&E News

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Quantum Internet Is Emerging, One Experiment at a Time Breakthrough demonstrations using defective diamonds, high-flying drones, laser-bathed crystals and other exotica suggest practical, unhackable quantum networks are within reach By Anil Ananthaswamy | June 2019

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