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‘We Need to Instill a Respect for the Work of Human Hands’

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‘We Need to Instill a Respect for the Work of Human Hands’ Times Insider http://ift.tt/2gxEbKx Factories and Manufacturing, Labor and Jobs, Sexual Harassment, Space and Astronomy, Wolves October 20, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- MARIE TESSIER and TALYA MINSBERG Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Factories and Manufacturing, Labor and Jobs, Sexual Harassment, Space and Astronomy, Wolves Our top 10 comments of the week: Readers discussed lost factory jobs in Indiana, sexual harassment and adorable wolf pups.

Detecting a Kilonova Explosion

Detecting a Kilonova Explosion Science http://ift.tt/2xK78KM Space and Astronomy, Physics October 16, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- DENNIS OVERBYE, JONATHAN CORUM and JASON DRAKEFORD Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Space and Astronomy, Physics For the first time, astronomers have seen and heard a pair of neutron stars collide in a crucible of cosmic alchemy.

LIGO Detects Fierce Collision of Neutron Stars for the First Time

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LIGO Detects Fierce Collision of Neutron Stars for the First Time Science http://ift.tt/2zsbp2A Space and Astronomy, Stars and Galaxies October 16, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- DENNIS OVERBYE Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Space and Astronomy, Stars and Galaxies Seen and heard, the fireball is a stunning breakthrough into kilonovas, bursts of energy believed to produce metals like gold and uranium in the universe.