Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military

The announcement coincides with International Transgender Day of Visibility and largely marks a return to regulations developed during the Obama administration.

Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military The announcement coincides with International Transgender Day of Visibility and largely marks a return to regulations developed during the Obama administration. Read More You received this message because you're subscribed to Breaking News Alerts emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

APOD - M87's Central Black Hole in Polarized Light

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2021 March 31

M87's Central Black Hole in Polarized Light
Image Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration; Text: Jayanne English (U. Manitoba)

Explanation: To play on Carl Sagan's famous words "If you wish to make black hole jets, you must first create magnetic fields." The featured image represents the detected intrinsic spin direction (polarization) of radio waves. The polarizationi is produced by the powerful magnetic field surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of elliptical galaxy M87. The radio waves were detected by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which combines data from radio telescopes distributed worldwide. The polarization structure, mapped using computer generated flow lines, is overlaid on EHT's famous black hole image, first published in 2019. The full 3-D magnetic field is complex. Preliminary analyses indicate that parts of the field circle around the black hole along with the accreting matter, as expected. However, another component seemingly veers vertically away from the black hole. This component could explain how matter resists falling in and is instead launched into M87's jet.

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APOD - Red Sprite Lightning over the Andes

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2021 March 30

Red Sprite Lightning over the Andes
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN)

Explanation: What are those red filaments in the sky? They are a rarely seen form of lightning confirmed only about 30 years ago: red sprites. Recent research has shown that following a powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strike, red sprites may start as 100-meter balls of ionized air that shoot down from about 80-km high at 10 percent the speed of light. They are quickly followed by a group of upward streaking ionized balls. The featured image was taken earlier this year from Las Campanas observatory in Chile over the Andes Mountains in Argentina. Red sprites take only a fraction of a second to occur and are best seen when powerful thunderstorms are visible from the side.

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Energy zappers. Spring cleaning. YouTube workouts.

Having a meal or snack usually tends to refuel your tank, helping you feel more energetic. But these seven foods can leave you feeling wiped out.

We're sharing stories of how people like you have coped with the pandemic's challenges. Learn how they built resilience and found joy over the past year, and get tips for your own life, in our limited email series. Click here to learn more and scroll down to subscribe.   7 Foods That Drain Your Energy Having a meal or snack usually tends to refuel your tank, helping you feel more energetic. But these seven foods can leave you feeling wiped out. Read on The Top 28 Free YouTube Fitness Channels From weight training and yoga to cycling and more, you're sure to find a workout that will keep you challenged. READ ON How to Clean: Tips for Keeping Your Home Healthy To protect yourself from germs, a healthy home is essential. Here are some common trouble spots and solutions to keep your house safe. READ ON Can Red Wine Help You Lose Weight? Discover what the evidence says about red wine and weight management, and how you can enjoy red wine while still losing weight. READ ON More Top Reads ADVERTISEMENT Stop dieting. Start Noom instead Noom creates long-term results through behavior change, not restrictive dieting. Take the evaluation today and get your free trial. GET STARTED ADVERTISEMENT Stop dieting. Start Noom instead Noom creates long-term results through behavior change, not restrictive dieting. Take the evaluation today and get your free trial. GET STARTED Get our email series, COVID-19: Hope in the Heartache Click below to receive five stories of building resilience and finding joy, by email. Your privacy is important to us. SUBSCRIBE Follow Us View in browser Did a friend send you this email? Subscribe here. To see all newsletters, click here. Privacy Policy|Unsubscribe © 2021 Healthline Media 660 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

NPR/Marist Poll: Biden Gets High Marks On COVID-19. It's Not The Case On Immigration

Two-thirds of Americans approve of how Biden is handling the pandemic, but only a third approves of how he's dealing with immigration. An increasing number also say they will get vaccinated.

NPR/Marist Poll: Biden Gets High Marks On COVID-19. It's Not The Case On Immigration Two-thirds of Americans approve of how Biden is handling the pandemic, but only a third approves of how he's dealing with immigration. An increasing number also say they will get vaccinated. Read More You received this message because you're subscribed to Breaking News Alerts emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

APOD - M64: The Evil Eye Galaxy

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2021 March 29

M64: The Evil Eye Galaxy
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA & the PHANGS-HST Team; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

Explanation: Who knows what evil lurks in the eyes of galaxies? The Hubble knows -- or in the case of spiral galaxy M64 -- is helping to find out. Messier 64, also known as the Evil Eye or Sleeping Beauty Galaxy, may seem to have evil in its eye because all of its stars rotate in the same direction as the interstellar gas in the galaxy's central region, but in the opposite direction in the outer regions. Captured here in great detail by the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, enormous dust clouds obscure the near-side of M64's central region, which are laced with the telltale reddish glow of hydrogen associated with star formation. M64 lies about 17 million light years away, meaning that the light we see from it today left when the last common ancestor between humans and chimpanzees roamed the Earth. The dusty eye and bizarre rotation are likely the result of a billion-year-old merger of two different galaxies.

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'She's Free!': Giant Container Ship Blocking Suez Canal Underway After Days

The Ever Given had been wedged at an angle across the Suez Canal since Tuesday, preventing other shipping vessels from traveling through the waterway.

'She's Free!': Giant Container Ship Blocking Suez Canal Underway After Days The Ever Given had been wedged at an angle across the Suez Canal since Tuesday, preventing other shipping vessels from traveling through the waterway. Read More RELATED STORIES Here's How A Long Shutdown Of The Suez Canal Might Roil The Global Economy You received this message because you're subscribed to Breaking News Alerts emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

COVID-19 In Brazil; Shoppers And Their Stimulus Cash; The Cicadas Are Coming!

Plus, Sting plays a Tiny Desk Home Concert.

by Jill Hudson Stories You May Have Missed  NPR Sting knows a thing or two about collaboration. The singer recently released a collection of duets — some old, some new. He spoke to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the importance of musical collaboration during the pandemic. Listen to their chat. You can also watch his newest Tiny Desk Home Concert by clicking here.  In Afghanistan, assassins have been killing some of the country’s most influential people. Journalist Fatima Roshanian is on three different kill lists circulating on Afghan social media. On one list, she's number 11.  Artist James Ransome is well-known and loved for his illustrations, especially for his many children's books. Now, at age 60, he has earned his MFA, and is developing a parallel career as a painter. After 17 years, Brood X of cicadas will at last emerge this spring to mate. If you're in the eastern part of the United States, get ready to be surrounded by millions of these loud critters. Listen here.  Newsletter continues after sponsor message Samuel Mohsen/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Before the massive Ever Given container ship got stuck in the Suez Canal, about 50 vessels sailed through the waterway each day — everything from consumer electronics to food, chemicals, ore and petroleum. Here's what a long canal shutdown could do to the global economy. When it comes to COVID-19, Brazil is increasingly looking like the worst place on Earth to be. The country has the highest daily recorded deaths, and its overall COVID-19 death toll will soared past 300,000 last week.  Many teenagers are struggling with the loss of routines and milestones during the pandemic. Here are a few pointers on how caring adults can help.  Cuba is going it alone in the COVID-19 pandemic. No contracts with big drug makers, no support from WHO's vaccine program. If its effort is successful, Cuba will produce of the first vaccine developed in Latin America.  Picture This Claire Harbage/NPR NPR's Embedded podcast looked at what happened in the wake of the deadly shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper. The series follows journalists and the rest of surviving staff in the two years that following the shooting. Photographer Karen Marshall began taking pictures of her and her friends' daily lives in high school in New York City. The project began in 1985, and no one could have guessed how many decades it would span.  Podcasts Of The Week Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images Now that the stimulus checks are coming, will it give an extra boost to retailers, and maybe a lifeline to those who've been struggling?  (The Indicator From Planet Money) Evanston, Ill., just north of Chicago, became the first place in the U. S. to provide reparations to Black residents. (Consider This From NPR) Tipping is a norm in the U.S., but it hasn't always been this way. A legacy of slavery and racism, tipping took off in the post-Civil War era. (Throughline) It might have seemed like mass shootings were down last year, but 2020 was actually one of the deadliest years for gun violence in decades. (It's Been A Minute With Sam Sanders) Asian American organizers and influencers have been trying to sound the alarm over a dramatic spike in reports of anti-Asian racism over the last year, and were frustrated by the lack of media and public attention paid to the issue. (Code Switch)  Listen to your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to hear live radio from WUFT 89.1 (edit station). Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can sign up here. Looking for more great content? Check out all of our newsletter offerings — including Daily News, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Best of NPR emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy