Claims that Earth’s days will soon last 25 hours are going viral. Science says Earth’s rotation is slowing—but not anytime soon enough to affect human life.

Scientists for decades have wondered: Could Earth’s immense rotational energy be harnessed to generate electricity? The idea seemed promising—our planet spins through its own magnetic field, which, in theory, should induce an electric charge. But past attempts to capture this energy failed, dismissed by conventional physics as an impossible dream.Continue Reading

Back in 2001, British electrical engineer Roger Shawyer introduced something that made physicists do a double take—the EmDrive, a so-called “impossible drive.” Why impossible? Because it claimed to work without any propellant, seemingly flipping Newton and Einstein by defying the conservation of momentum. Unsurprisingly, scientists weren’t buying it. For twoContinue Reading

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COTABATO CITY — Two influential groups—one a regional political powerhouse independent of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)—have thrown their weight behind the leadership of newly appointed Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulrauf Macacua, signaling a wave of political unity in the autonomous region. Macacua, the former leader of the MILF’s Bangsamoro IslamicContinue Reading