White dwarfs are the stars that will be left behind when stars like the sun “die,” smoldering away in space as cooling stellar embers. Recent observations indicated that some of these stellar corpses may actually take longer to cool off than previously expected. This means that white dwarfs may have a way of generating energy […]
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Kansas City Crown Center fountains were a kids’ oasis for decades. Why did the fun dry up?
Signs on the wavy metal fence outside of the fountains at Crown Center read: “PLEASE DO NOT ENTER FOUNTAIN.” But this ban hasn’t always been in place. For decades, Kansas City kids cooled down on summer days by running through the checkerboard of spouts shooting water into the sky. The fountains have drawn children into […]