What is Matter

2022 - 8 - 22

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Why Turkey's Elections Matter for the Gulf (Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington)

After a year of reconciliation efforts between Ankara and Gulf capitals, looming elections threaten to cast a shadow on those recently restored ...

At the broader level, acquiescing to – and helping strengthen – populist sentiment, an opposition government could rethink Turkey’s visa policies and the sale of real estate to foreigners – two issues that are increasingly contentious due to the rise of anti-foreigner sentiments in the country. Opposition lawmakers had initially opposed Turkey’s troop deployment to Qatar in 2017 and have continued to question the reasons behind the establishment of the military base. At the very least, a new government in Turkey could spark a process of disengagement, which could see much of the proliferation of relations between the two sides lost. In relations with Qatar, the Republican People’s Party has a long record of accusing the government of acquiescing to Qatari purchases of strategically significant Turkish assets. Kilicdaroglu has already stated that his government would not honor any defense contracts that Abu Dhabi is negotiating with Erdogan, a position stemming from a fundamental skepticism toward the notion of Gulf influence in critical sectors of the Turkish economy. [conflated](https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/turkish-mp-denounces-racism-targeting-arab-tourists) with one another, as both are seen as threats to preserving “Turkishness,” particularly in popular areas like Istanbul and the Black Sea, which have seen renewed interest with the ending of pandemic restrictions.

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Sparta announce self-titled album, share 'Mind Over Matter' and ... (NME.com)

'Mind Over Matter' features Kayleigh Goldsworthy, while Angelica Garcia appears on 'Spiders'. Listen to both tracks below.

We recorded a Sparta record with an ensemble of friends, new and old alike, and couldn’t be happier- there is so much love on this thing and I can’t wait for people to hear it. Discussing the new record, Ward said in a statement: “This new record is a starting point for the band, with absolute love and respect for the last 20 years – it was time to scrap some things, release some baggage and forge a new path. [Sparta](https://www.nme.com/artists/sparta) have announced details of their self-titled new album and shared two songs from it – listen to ‘Mind Over Matter’ and ‘Spiders’ below.

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FREEDOM AND THE MIND/MATTER CONNECTION (The Chicago Cusader)

Basically, the problem is that a lot of people are not thinking logically, and have unrealistic expectations that are counter to their actions.

The idea of freedom requires that mind and matter are in sync in order for manifestation to occur. They have been able to ensure that their actions are in sync with their ideas! This will hopefully result in the realization among the human family that our collective destiny will ultimately depend upon what we do and how we think in the here and now! If people continue to think that they can act in exact opposition to what is mentally required for success, so-called freedom will never be achieved. How we think and what we do lays the foundation for all of our outcomes, and when these are not in sync, chaos results. For those who pay attention, it will be noticed that there is a huge inconsistency in the world.

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Sincerity in policy debates? Of course. Seriousness? That's another ... (The Washington Post)

Some of those dedicated to reducing net carbon dioxide emissions to zero are recognizing that the goal is a fantasy without nuclear power as a major factor.

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Dark matter could finally reveal itself through self-interactions (Space.com)

One hypothesis for the nature of dark matter is that some of it could be self-interacting, meaning the individual particles interact slightly with one ...

Ask your own question on Twitter using #AskASpaceman or by following Paul [@PaulMattSutter](http://www.twitter.com/paulmattsutter) (opens in new tab)and [facebook.com/PaulMattSutter](http://www.facebook.com/paulmattsutter) (opens in new tab). The fact that the dark matter is on the outskirts of the system tells us that dark matter does not interact with itself often; otherwise, it would have gotten tangled up in the center alongside the gas. [launch of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope](https://www.space.com/nasa-roman-space-telescope-exoplanet-search.html), which will provide detailed weak-lensing maps of the nearby universe and might tell us if dark matter is self-interacting. When giant clusters of galaxies merge, astronomers can look at the wreckage to understand what's inside them. This offset triggers tidal disruptions throughout the galaxy, potentially even causing the disk of the [gravitational lensing](https://www.space.com/39999-how-gravitational-lenses-work.html), weak lensing doesn't require a massive obstruction. This distorts images of background [galaxies](https://www.space.com/15680-galaxies.html), turning them from the familiar pinwheel and elliptical structures into long, wiggly snakes and other fun shapes. In other words, every galaxy is swimming in an ocean of stuff. [dark matter](https://www.space.com/20930-dark-matter.html) is that some of it could be self-interacting, meaning the individual particles interact slightly with one another. Strong gravitational lensing requires lucky alignments, so we don't have a lot of clusters to work with. Typically, self-interacting dark matter has a different "clumpiness" than regular, non-interacting dark matter. Strong lensing happens when there is a lucky coincidence of observations.

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