Alcubierre warp drive patent

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Mysterious New Warp Drive Patent Surfaces Online
The Debrief, 02 Mar 2021
After first publishing his groundbreaking 1994 warp drive concept in
the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity, Mexican Mathematician and
Physicist Miguel Alcubierre received significant positive and negative
feedback. Most applauded his solution, which did indeed appear to
create a working theory on how a warp drive might allow faster than
light travel without violating the laws of physics. In contrast, others
zeroed in on the incredible amount of energy needed to propel his
theoretical spacecraft.

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Dr Michael Ryan says Covid-19 is 'very much in control' as global infections
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High-Tech Scan Peeks Inside Sealed Letters From The Renaissance
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A signed, sealed but not delivered letter from 1697 has finally been read
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The US on Sun reported an all-time high of 306 cases of coronavirus
variants, with the majority concentrated in Florida, Michigan and TX, USA
Today ...

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Transparent ORENgE can apparently capture any light and convert it to clean
energy in a more efficient way than traditional solar panels.

Miami Says It Can Adapt to Rising Seas. Not Everyone Is Convinced.
The New York Times, 02 Mar 2021 17:08Z
Officials have a new plan to manage rising water. Succeed or fail, it will
very likely become a case study for other cities facing climate threats.
[Japan is starting to rue it's development of its multi-$bn 14m high 400 km
long seawall after the 2011 tsunami].

In a Momentous Discovery, Scientists Show Neanderthals Could Produce
Human-Like Speech
ScienceAlert, 01 Mar 2021 16:13Z
Our Neanderthal cousins had the capacity to both hear and produce the speech
sounds of modern humans, a new study has found.

Half a tr corals: World-first coral count prompts ...
phys.org, 01 Mar 2021 17:55Z
"In the Pacific, we estimate there are roughly half a tr corals," said
the study lead author, Dr. Andy Dietzel from the ARC Centre of Excellence
for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook ...

[Superbug!]
Poo-loving superbug grown to treat sewage water in Australian first
ABC News, 1 Mar 2021 at 8:06pm
They're the poo-loving superbugs that are greening Queensland's sewage
systems with their big appetite. Now a Brisbane wastewater plant has farmed
enough Anammox bugs to fill 10 swimming pools.

[Probing!]
'Great psychological pain': Japan asks China to stop performing anal swab
tests for COVID on its citizens
ABC News, 1 Mar 2021 at 9:45pm
Foreign govts are expressing concerns over anal testing as Beijing
claims the controversial practice is more accurate than nasal or mouth swabs.

Like 'jackhammers in a maternity ward': Concerns for whales amid causeway
demolition at Victor Harbor
ABC Radio Adelaide, 02 Mar 2021 01:34Z
Approval is granted to demolish and replace Victor Harbor's heritage
causeway despite concerns that construction works will drive the region's
whales away, which arrive to breed and calve between May and Nov annually.

A 1990s iMac Processor Powers NASA's Perseverance Rover
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As we watched NASA put a rover on Mars last month, it definitely seemed like
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When should you end a conversation? Probably sooner than you think
Science Magazine, 01 Mar 2021 21:03Z
While studying for his master's degree at the University of Oxford, Adam
Mastroianni confronted a fear common to many party goers: Would he get stuck
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: Vital Signs of the Planet
NASA, March 2021
Carbon Dioxide Concentration
Jan 2021 numbers are in: Earth's global average concentration of
atmospheric carbon dioxide was about 415 parts per mn, a 32% rise
since direct measurements began in 1958 and a 48% rise since
pre-industrial levels (1850).
Sea Level
Global average sea level continues to rise at a rate of 3.3 mm (0.13
inches) per year, which is like adding 2.5 times the water in Lake
Erie to the ocean every year, or about 25 times that amount per decade.
Ice Sheets
Greenland and Antarctica have been losing ice mass at a combined
average rate of 428 bn metric tons (BMT) per year since 2002.
(One BMT is about the weight of 14.7 bn people, or about twice
that of everyone alive today.)

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Meet the swirlon, a new kind of matter that bends the laws of physics
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Fish school, insects swarm and birds fly in murmurations. Now, new research
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Rolls-Royce develops its own electric plane in pivotal moment for aviation
The Telegraph, 01 Mar 2021 09:29Z

Argentinian titanosaur may be oldest yet: Study
Al Jazeera English, 01 Mar 2021 08:24Z
The 20-metre lizard, discovered in Argentina in 2014, roamed what is now
Patagonia some 140 mn years ago.

It's Not Just TX. The Entire Energy Grid Needs An Upgrade For Extreme Weather
NPR, 28 Feb 2021 12:42Z
The TX blackout is a reminder that climate-driven extreme weather
stresses the US's power system in many ways. Much is needed to harden the
grid for the ...

[Breaking Up Is Easy To Do!]
Iceberg bigger than New York City broke off Antarctica
CNN, 28 Feb 2021
A giant iceberg broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Fri, not
far from a British scientific outpost. The 490 square miles (1270 square #

Is the Brunt Ice Shelf on the brink?
phys.org, 12 Feb 2021
In early 2019, all eyes were fixed on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica,
where a massive iceberg, around the size of Greater London, appeared poised
to break off. ...