GPS technology attached to emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) has reinforced the role the world’s second largest extant bird plays in dispersing seeds in the environment as well as indicate they have started moving with purpose rather than wandering aimlessly.

New Calculation Refines Comparison of Matter With Antimatter

Brookhaven National Laboratory / Phys.org / Sept. 16, 2020

“The need for a difference between matter and antimatter is built into the modern theory of the cosmos,” said Norman Christ of Columbia University.

“Our current understanding is that the present universe was created with nearly equal amounts of matter and antimatter. Except for the tiny effects being studied here, matter and antimatter should be identical in every way, beyond conventional choices such as assigning negative charge to one particle and positive charge to its anti-particle. Some difference in how these two types of particles operate must have tipped the balance to favor matter over antimatter,” he said.

“Any differences in matter and antimatter that have been observed to date are far too weak to explain the predominance of matter found in our current universe,” he continued.

. . . although no one specifically asked him to . . .

“Finding a significant discrepancy between an experimental observation and predictions based on the Standard Model would potentially point the way to new mechanisms of particle interactions that lie beyond our current understanding—and which we hope to find to help to explain this imbalance.”

Solar Storm Forecasts for Earth Improved With Help From the Public

University of Reading / Phys.org / Sept. 18, 2020

Solar storm analysis carried out by an army of citizen scientists has helped researchers devise a new and more accurate way of forecasting when Earth will be hit by harmful space weather.

“Darth! Be sure to wear your helmet and grab your space umbrella. It looks like we’re in for some bad space weather!”