Jennifer Ouellette
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Take A Day Off Between CrossFit Workouts, Study Says
Yeah, we know, your CrossFit gym has completely changed your life, you’ve never looked/felt better, and all other exercise programs pale in comparison. But you may want to ease off the intensive workouts now and then. All that over-exertion can actually impair your immune system, according to a new study just published in Frontiers in…
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Imposter Supernova Has Erupted At Least Three Times
The star system Eta Carinae has puzzled astronomers for centuries because of its oddly variable brightness — as bright as a supernova explosion at one point in the 19th century. Now astronomers from the University of Arizona have determined that there were at least two earlier explosions in the star’s long history, making this a…
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Watch The Cosmic Evolution Of The Universe In This Stunning Short Film
In Infinitude, abstract, geometrical shapes condense into stars, which explode into supernovae, sending an asteroid careening through space towards a nascent Earth. The mixed media short film is the creation of Canadian filmmaker Scott Portingale.
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New Analysis Confirms Why The Skagit River Bridge Collapsed
In May 2013, a bridge spanning the Skagit River along Interstate 5 in Washington state catastrophically collapsed, after an oversized trailer clipped one of the bridge’s cross beams. A new analysis by engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign confirms the many factors that contributed to the collapse, and offers recommendations for how…