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Rotational superradiance detected for the first time in a water vortex flow which may mimic the effect of some kind of black holes (rotating black holes).From the paper’s abstract:We observed that waves propagating on the surface of water can be amplified after being scattered by a draining vortex. The maximum amplification measured was 14% ± 8%, obtained for 3.70 Hz waves, in a 6.25-cm-deep fluid, consistent with the superradiant scattering caused by rapid rotation. We expect our experimental findings to be relevant to black-hole physics, since shallow water waves scattering on a draining fluid constitute an analogue of a black hole, as...

Science’s Path From Myth to Multiverse(Steven Weinberg interviewed by Quanta Magazine).In his latest book, To Explain The World - The Discovery of Modern Science, the Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg (co-discoverer of Electroweak interaction a substantial part of the Standard Model) explores how science made the modern world, and where it might take us from here.Actually I didn’t read the book yet, though I’ll do sooner than later, but I recommend to read this interview that includes some very interesting insights about modern physics, cosmology, particle physics, string theory… i.e all those aspects that he does not touch on the...

Purple lashes and pizza are NOT mutually exclusive. You learn something new every day! I finally made pizza 🍕 for the very first time using raw pizza dough, which I got from Trader Joe’s, and lemme tell ya — I’m not going to be winning any Beautiful Pizzas of Instagram Awards anytime soon. My goodness, that’s a hideous crust… Allegedly, El Hub knows how to make pizza dough from scratch (allegedly). Although I’ve yet to witness this phenomenon in person, he still poked fun at me for the raggedy edges. I tried to make it cute, though! I really did!...

So. Effing. Good. Last month, while battling a nasty cold, I came to the conclusion that Fresh Seaberry Moisturizing Face Oil really does live up to the hype (4.5 stars with more than ONE THOUSAND reviews on sephora.com). You know when you’re blowing your nose so often that the skin around your nostrils gets rubbed raw, and it’s dry, and it hurts? Mine gets so sensitive to the touch that even splashing water on my face hurts. My usual heavyduty face moisturizers weren’t doing the job done, so, out of desperation (and perhaps loopy from the cold meds), I tracked...

Heya, friend. How’s it going? I miss you. Hope you’re doing well. I’m chugging along…albeit slowly and not very productively. I’m in the midst of a midweek malaise, perhaps tied to the fact that it’s cloudy and drizzling. 🙁 It’s as if I’ve completely forgotten how to function normally or something! I hope to regain the gift of gab again soon, but while I continue to quietly work through it, please enjoy this bevy o’ lip swatches… MAC Sweet Assortment: Retro Matte/Shiny Pretty Things (a $69.50 limited edition holiday set) This is a limited edition holiday set (one of many)...