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The Secret to Planet Formation Might Be Hiding in the Fulton Gap
There are over 2,300 exoplanets that have been discovered, but there seems to be a gap in the data. Why is this and what can it tell us about our universe? Read More: Weird Worlds? Yes — by the Trillion https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/blog/1555… “It’s been dubbed the Fulton gap, after Benjamin Fulton, lead author on a paper describing it. The Kepler data show that planets of a certain size-range are rare – those between 1.5 and 2 times the size of Earth.” As Planet Discoveries Pile Up, a Gap Appears in the Pattern https://www.quantamagazine.org/as-pla… “Dragomir said the radius gap points to possible rules both about how planets are formed, and what happens…
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Giant Flow Batteries Could Power Your City In The Future
China is building vanadium redox flow batteries to power its cities in the future, but what exactly are they and how do they work? Diamond Nuclear Batteries Are Forever… Sort Of- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj7z8… Read More: The Better Batteries That Will Power Your Phone — and a Green Future https://news.usc.edu/trojan-family/ba… ““One of the major problems with lithium-ion batteries is that lithium is not an abundant material, so it’s just not sustainable” says Sri Narayan, professor of chemistry at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and a scientific co-director at the USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute. “In fact, if you look into the distant future, we could run out of…
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Is ISIS Moving Its Capital Closer To Europe?
Subscribe! http://skr.cm/SubscribeToSeeker Could ISIS be moving its capital from Syria to Libya? Evidence points to this possible shift. —————————- Check out more Seeker Daily! How ISIS Brainwashes Child Soldiers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gaxF… —————————- Lissette’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizzette Join the Seeker community! Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeekerNetwork/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seeker… Instagram: http://instagram.com/seekernetwork/ Tumblr: http://seekernetwork.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100537624… iOS app: http://seekernetwork.com/ios Android app: http://seekernetwork.com/android —————————- Sources: ISIS is preparing a ‘backup’ capital in case its major center in Syria falls Business Insider – http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-s… “While ISIS (also known as the Islamic State) has other affiliates throughout Africa and the Middle East that have pledged their allegiance to its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the group’s branch in Sirte is the only one that ISIS central leadership directly controls.” Islamic State…
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Who Is The U.S. Supporting In The Syrian Civil War? – Seeker Daily
A great video from Seeker Daily regarding the Syrian Civil War. Subscribe! http://skr.cm/SubscribeToSeeker Check out more TestTube! What Are The Biggest Rebel Groups Fighting In Syria? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZopZ_… —————————- Join the Seeker community! Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeekerNetwork/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seeker… Instagram: http://instagram.com/seekernetwork/ Tumblr: http://seekernetwork.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100537624… iOS app: http://seekernetwork.com/ios Android app: http://seekernetwork.com/android —————————- Sources: Guide to the Syrian Rebels BBC News – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-… ‘Many of the groups are small and operate on a local level, but a number have emerged as powerful forces with affiliates across the country or formed alliances with other groups that share a similar agenda.’ US freezing of Syrian rebel training scheme shows western disarray The Guardian – http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015… ‘The US decision to “pause” its troubled $500m programme…
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What Is Life Really Like In Syria?
Syrian migrants are risking everything to flee their homeland. Just how bad is life in Syria? —————————- Check out more TestTube! Can Iraq And Syria Survive As Countries? —————————- Lissette’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizzette Join the Seeker community! Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeekerNetwork/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seeker… Instagram: http://instagram.com/seekernetwork/ Tumblr: http://seekernetwork.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100537624… iOS app: http://seekernetwork.com/ios Android app: http://seekernetwork.com/android —————————- Sources: Danger and death are never far away as the Syrian capital tries to cling to normal life The Guardian – http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015… ‘A mood of fatalism and fear prevails in Damascus, where residents admit their hearts have grown hardened to violence. But defiant partying is one way some forget daily reality. On top of everything else, last week Damascus suffered its worst dust storm in decades.’ …
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Why Catalonia Wants Independence From Spain
Subscribe! http://skr.cm/SubscribeToSeeker More than a million people rallied for Catalonia’s independence from Spain. What does this mean for the future of Spain? —————————- Check out more TestTube! How Powerful is Spain? Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPFKc… —————————- Lissette’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizzette Join the Seeker community! Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeekerNetwork/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seeker… Instagram: http://instagram.com/seekernetwork/ Tumblr: http://seekernetwork.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100537624… iOS app: http://seekernetwork.com/ios Android app: http://seekernetwork.com/android —————————- Sources: Obama Signals Opposition to Catalan Independence Push Bloomberg Business – http://www.bloomberg.com/news/article… ‘He follows German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron in speaking out against the Catalan secession process as voters in the region prepare for a Sept. 27 ballot that Catalan President Artur Mas has framed as a de facto referendum on independence. The Spanish government insists the…
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Why People Consider Hurricane Katrina An ‘Act Of God’ – Seeker Daily
Subscribe! http://skr.cm/SubscribeToSeeker When it comes to natural disasters, there are those who see the event as extreme weather and those who believe that it is an act of God. —————————- Check out more Seeker! Have Storms Gotten Worse Since Hurricane Katrina? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3AO1… —————————- Julia’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/julia_SCI Join the Seeker community! Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeekerNetwork/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seeker… Instagram: http://instagram.com/seekernetwork/ Tumblr: http://seekernetwork.tumblr.com/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100537624… iOS app: http://seekernetwork.com/ios Android app: http://seekernetwork.com/android —————————- Sources: Beware the Politics of Seeing Religious ‘Meaning’ in Disasters The Wire – http://thewire.in/2015/05/21/beware-t… “While many of these expressions appear to be unscientific and even distasteful, especially in the aftermath of devastations such as the Kathmandu earthquake, the fact remains that religion has always played an important role in assigning ‘meanings’ to disasters.”…
