Credit: Christian R. RohlederScientists have detected mysterious radio signals coming from deep within the Antarctic ice, and they don’t know what’s causing them. Researchers at Penn State used a special cosmic particle detector—a device that picks up tiny particles from space—to find these unusual signals. According to a press release, these signals “defy the current understanding of particle physics,” meaning they don’t match what scientists currently know about how particles behave. The detector, which is part of a project called the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), is an unusual setup—it’s actually hanging from a cluster of high-altitude balloons. Normally, ANITA detects particles that come from space and bounce off the Earth’s surface. But this time, the signals seemed to be coming from below the ice, which was unexpected and confusing. Stephanie Wissel, a physics and astronomy professor at Penn State who worked on the ANITA team, explained that they were originally searching for tiny, hard-to-detect particles called neutrinos when they found these strange radio waves instead. “The radio waves that we detected were at really steep angles,” Wissel said in the press release, “like 30 degrees below the surface of the ice.” The findings were published in the journal Physical Review Letters, but the researchers admitted they still don’t have a clear explanation. “We still don’t actually have an explanation for what those anomalies are,” Wissel said, “but what we do know is that they’re most likely not representing neutrinos.” Neutrinos are tiny particles that pass through almost everything without interacting—meaning they rarely bump into other particles. They come from powerful cosmic events like exploding stars (supernovae) or particle accelerators. Even though trillions of neutrinos pass through us every second, they’re extremely hard to detect because they barely leave a trace. “You have a billion neutrinos passing through your thumbnail at any moment, but neutrinos don’t really interact,” Wissel explained. “So, this is the double-edged sword problem. If we detect them, it means they have traveled all this way without interacting with anything else. We could be detecting a neutrino coming from the edge of the observable universe.” After comparing ANITA’s readings with other neutrino detectors, the team concluded that the signals they found were something entirely different—something they still can’t explain. Wissel has a theory: “My guess is that some interesting radio propagation effect occurs near ice and also near the horizon that I don’t fully understand, but we certainly explored several of those, and we haven’t been able to find any of those yet either. So, right now, it’s one of these long-standing mysteries.” Since ANITA is nearly 20 years old, NASA and other institutions are developing a more advanced balloon-based detector called the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO). This new detector will be bigger and better at finding tiny particles like neutrinos—and maybe even solve the mystery of these strange Antarctic signals. “I’m excited that when we fly PUEO, we’ll have better sensitivity,” Wissel said. “In principle, we should pick up more anomalies, and maybe we’ll actually understand what they are. We also might detect neutrinos, which would in some ways be a lot more exciting.” The post Strange Radio Signals from Antarctic Ice Leave Scientists Baffled appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Short-term memory loss at CNN. Host Audie Cornish opened CNN This Morning's coverage of the arrest of the man suspected of assassinating a Minnesota state legislator and her husband, and wounding two others, with a clip of Gopher State Governor Tim Walz telling people that "rather than arguing, shake hands, find common ground."  This is the same guy who recently boasted, speaking of Trump supporters, that he can "kick most of their ass."  And just last month, here was Walz's proposal to fight back against Trump:  "Be a little meaner, maybe it’s time for us to be a little more fierce. We have to ferociously push back on this. When the bully is an adult like Donald Trump, you bully him back.”  In May, the national media couldn't seem to locate Walz ranting in a commencement speech at the University of Minnesota Law School that "Donald Trump's modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets." How's that for "shaking hands, finding common ground"? There was not a word in CNN's segment about kick-ass Timmy. Only the highlighting of his handshake exhortation, and criticism from former Obama official Juliette Kayyem about how people, including a Republican senator, are trying to distort the shooter's politics.   Kayyem finds it "shameful" to speculate politically after violent attacks, but less than two weeks ago on this show, Cornish and Kayyem suggested Trump's spending cutbacks may have made possible the violent fire-bombing attack on pro-Israel protesters in Boulder, Colorado. This Obama aide has herself has employed inflammatory language regarding her political opponents, particularly President Trump. Last month, we caught Kayyem telling far-left Mother Jones magazine in an article entitled "How Trump Unleashed a Domestic Terrorism Movement": “The term ‘dog whistle’ is too benign here. This is true incitement. The president was promoting terrorism.”   No handshakes or hugging it out for Juliette! Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 6/16/25 6:02 am EDT AUDIE CORNISH: The suspect is now facing charges for the killing of State Representative Melissa Hortman and the shooting of State Senator John Hoffman. Both were shot in their homes early Saturday morning along with their spouses.  Governor Tim Walz says the attacks were politically motivated.  TIM WALZ: This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way that we deal with our political differences. Now is the time for us to recommit to the core values of this country. And each and every one of us can do it.  Talk to a neighbor rather than arguing. Debate an issue, shake hands, find common ground.  . . .  CORNISH: I just want to ask you one more thing, which is about what Governor Walz said at the top of our conversation here, talking about finding common ground, raising this issue of people coming together.  But I have seen wildly sort of conflicting approaches on social media in talking about this. Speculation about the shooter's motivations, certainly about his politics. Can you talk about how that can affect how these things are seen by the public?  JULIETTE KAYYEM: Right now, in this case, we have considerable evidence supported by the FBI and verified by the police that he attacked Democrats, had a bunch of Democrats and progressives on the list, and that was his plan.  This is not to say that he represents non-democrats, right? It's simply to say, in this case, that is where the investigation goes.  But in social media, you see people trying to mute that ideology, his ideology. They try to confuse it, say that he was this or that, or he wasn't a devout Christian, or whatever it is, as a way in some ways to apologize or make it unclear to audiences and the American public the nature of the harm that occurred this weekend.  It is dangerous, it is unfair, and it also does nothing to stop the next attack, which could go to a Democrat or a Republican legislature.  It was shameful what we saw online, including by senior members of the Senate who were speculating or just trolling. And I think everyone needs to just grow up a little bit, know what their responsibility is as a leader, be clear that this is actually a black and white issue. It is very clear we do not use violence to attack politicians or as part of our democracy, and we can all align around that.

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Razer has unveiled its first barebones gaming keyboard, giving enthusiasts complete control over keycap and switch selection. Better yet, you can grab yourself the Blackwidow V4 75% for just $139.99 if you’re willing to do the assembly yourself, saving you $60 on the original list price. The Razer Blackwidow V4 75% remains on our best gaming keyboard list thanks to its brilliant performance, easy key-switch design, and sound dampening. The only sore point for us was the keyboard’s original price, particularly because you were almost encouraged to swap out the switches for some of your own, and the keyboard’s customizability was such a highlight. Fortunately, Razer is now offering enthusiasts the option of stripping out the keycaps altogether for a barebones model. Continue reading Save 30% on this new Razer gaming keyboard, if you strip out all the keys MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Razer Blade 16 2025 review, Razer DeathAdder V3 review , Best gaming mouse

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