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Les solstices et Γ©quinoxes tombent le 21 du mois, vrai ou faux ? REDIFF

17 September 2026 at 06:00
C'est vrai que les solstices et équinoxes tombent forcément le 21 du mois ?On sait qu'ils ont lieu aux alentours de cette date, alors pour aller plus vite on parle toujours du 21 comme référence. Mais est-ce ces évènements saisonniers sont vraiment toujours placés ce jour-là dans notre...

Tracking visits to public points of interest can inform community health measures

17 September 2026 at 02:20
It's not so much where people live, but where they frequently spend their time, that can provide useful information for predicting community health measures. A team led by geographers in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences found that adding place visitation dataβ€”geographic data points collected from millions of anonymous cellphone users with GPS-enabled devicesβ€”to a population health model increased the model's predictive performance by an average of 7.5%.

Simple messaging can help restore trust in US elections

16 September 2026 at 23:20
Election officials can build public trust in procedures and resultsβ€”even among suspicious voters who fear partisan manipulationβ€”by creating videos that factually explain their security safeguards in simple terms. These are the findings of studies co-authored by a UC Riverside scholar, offering strategies for election officials to respond to false claims and conspiracy theories about election fraud and security, as well as suspicions that arise when mail-in ballot counting delays results.

Snow, monsoons and oceans shift Earth's center of mass each year, satellite tracking shows

16 September 2026 at 21:30
Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet's center of mass back and forth by fractions of an inch relative to its geometric center. NASA scientists are on the case, tracking the oscillations because Earth's center of mass is a crucial reference point for satellite navigation and elevation measurements.

Engineers solve puzzle of Arctic sea ice movement

16 September 2026 at 20:40
Arctic sea ice moves and spreads in ways that wind alone cannot explain. A new UC Riverside-led study finds that collisions between individual pieces of ice provide a surprisingly simple explanation for these movements, potentially offering scientists a better way to predict where sea ice will travel as the Arctic warms.

Beach-burrowing beasties may shovel more sand than any other animal on Earth

16 September 2026 at 14:00
At just an inch (2.5 centimeters) long, the sand hoppers skipping across California's Isla Vista Beach at dawn don't exactly look like a force of nature. But a new study reveals that these shrimp-like creatures might be doing more to shape the landscape in which they live than any other animal on Earth.

Beach-burrowing beasties may shovel more sand than any other animal on Earth

16 September 2026 at 14:00
At just an inch (2.5 centimeters) long, the sand hoppers skipping across California's Isla Vista Beach at dawn don't exactly look like a force of nature. But a new study reveals that these shrimp-like creatures might be doing more to shape the landscape in which they live than any other animal on Earth.

The Mediterranean is getting warmer and saltier at an ever-faster paceβ€”even thousands of meters below the surface

16 September 2026 at 14:00
Across its basins and thousands of meters down, the Mediterranean Sea is getting warmer and saltier. Now, a new study finds it is also doing so at an increasingly rapid pace. The speedup is largest in the central and eastern Mediterranean and strongest of all in the Adriatic, where it reaches all the way to the sea floor.

The Mediterranean is getting warmer and saltier at an ever-faster paceβ€”even thousands of meters below the surface

16 September 2026 at 14:00
Across its basins and thousands of meters down, the Mediterranean Sea is getting warmer and saltier. Now, a new study finds it is also doing so at an increasingly rapid pace. The speedup is largest in the central and eastern Mediterranean and strongest of all in the Adriatic, where it reaches all the way to the sea floor.

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