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19 hours ago · Because energy transport in the Sun is a process that involves photons in thermodynamic equilibrium with matter, the time scale of energy transport in the Sun is longer, on the order of 30,000,000 years. This is the time it would take the Sun to return to a stable state if the rate of energy generation in its core were suddenly changed.
19 hours ago · The global average sea level has risen about 250 millimetres (9.8 in) since 1880. [1] Sea surface height change from 1992 to 2019 – NASA. The visualization is based on data collected from the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 satellites. Blue regions are where sea level has gone down, and orange/red regions are where sea level has ...
19 hours ago · It's 1pm - here's what you need to know this lunchtime. Both Labour and the Conservatives have been out on the campaign trail, launching their "battle buses" for the rest of this six-week race.
19 hours ago · The usual English proper name for Earth's natural satellite is simply Moon, with a capital M. The noun moon is derived from Old English mōna, which (like all its Germanic cognates) stems from Proto-Germanic *mēnōn, which in turn comes from Proto-Indo-European *mēnsis "month" (from earlier *mēnōt, genitive *mēneses) which may be related to the verb "measure" (of time).
19 hours ago · Subjects were observed to express either anger or amusement depending on whether another person in the situation (a confederate) displayed that emotion. Hence, the combination of the appraisal of the situation (cognitive) and the participants' reception of adrenalin or a placebo together determined the response.
19 hours ago · The Indians won a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox to determine the team to represent the AL in the World Series; it was the first time the team had won the pennant since the 1920 season.: 201 Feller started Game One of the 1948 World Series against the NL-champion Boston Braves.
19 hours ago · Vienna [9] [10] (German: Wien [viːn] ⓘ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. [11] [12] Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, [13] representing nearly one-third of the ...
