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Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Science
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Earth will spin faster marking 2nd shortest day in history
July 22 (UPI) -- Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than the average day as the Earth's rotation is moving faster. The international Earth Rotation and Reference System Service expects that Tuesday will be just 1.34 milliseconds shorter than the standard 24 hours. "We've known about the rotation of the Earth being variable for about a hundred years," said the former Director of Time at the United States Naval Observatory Dennis McCarthy. "This is just one of those little variations that comes along." The speed of the Earth's rotation isn't fixed. A 2023 study showed a day was approximately 19 hours in Earth's early history. July 5, 2024, was the shortest day ever, 1.65 milliseconds shorter than the usual 86,400 seconds, said MIT geophysicist Thomas Herring. Scientists predicted that Aug. 5 could be the next day we will see a quicker rotation, 1.25 milliseconds shorter than usual. "The cause of this acceleration is not explained," a leading authority on Earth's rotation at Moscow State University, Leonid Zotov, said. "Most scientists believe that it is something inside the Earth. Ocean and atmospheric models don't explain this huge acceleration." Solve the daily Crossword
New York Times
26-06-2025
- New York Times
Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunfire Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81
Carolyn McCarthy, a former nine-term congresswoman from Long Island who became a champion of gun regulation after her family was shattered by a deranged shooter on a commuter train — transforming herself from a nurse and homemaker into a national symbol of unflinching, if largely frustrated, advocacy — died on Thursday. She was 81. Cecelia J. Prewett, a spokeswoman, confirmed the death but did not say where it occurred or give the cause. Ms. McCarthy was found to have lung cancer in 2013. On the night of Dec. 7, 1993, a Christmas tree lying in her driveway was Ms. McCarthy's first sign that something had gone wrong. She returned late to her house in Mineola, 20 miles east of Manhattan on Long Island, after attending a Christmas concert with a friend. There, to her puzzlement and slight annoyance, lay the tree. Her husband, Dennis, and their son, Kevin, were supposed to have taken it inside and put it up. Then she saw one of her brothers. In that era before smartphones, he was the one who broke the news that was hours old but unknown to her: Dennis, 52, her husband of nearly 27 years, was dead. Kevin, 26, was shot in the head and left to fight for his life. Father and son both worked for Prudential Securities, a financial services firm in Manhattan. They were heading home together that evening on the 5:33 Long Island Rail Road train out of Pennsylvania Station. As the train approached the Merillon Avenue station, one stop from Mineola, a Jamaican immigrant on board, Colin Ferguson, reached into a bag, pulled out a 9-millimeter semiautomatic gun with a 15-round magazine and began firing. After emptying one ammo clip, he inserted another, and emptied it, too. Finally, as he tried to reload once more, three passengers overpowered him. The devastation was thorough. Five people in addition to Dennis McCarthy were dead. Eighteen were wounded besides Kevin McCarthy, whom hospital doctors gave slim odds of survival. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Automotive
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One-of-a-Kind Manual Dodge Charger Hellcat Built by Hollywood Car Creator
⚡️ Read the full article on Motorious Dodge may have never built a manual transmission Charger SRT Hellcat, but that didn't stop one dedicated enthusiast from making it happen. Hollywood car guru Dennis McCarthy, known for crafting iconic movie vehicles in franchises like Fast & Furious and Transformers, has transformed a Charger Hellcat into the only manual version in existence—and it's an absolute beast. McCarthy and his Vehicle Effects team took on the challenge of creating what Dodge never did, installing a fully functional manual transmission into the Hellcat while ensuring it looked and operated as if it came straight from the factory. The attention to detail is impeccable, making the manual swap appear completely natural inside the supercharged muscle sedan. But McCarthy didn't stop at just adding a stick shift. The supercharged 6.2-liter V8 was upgraded with larger fuel injectors, a pulley kit, and a custom tune, boosting the Hellcat's output to a staggering 850 horsepower—far beyond the factory-rated 717 hp. The result? A brutally fast yet smooth driving experience that retains stability even under aggressive acceleration. The build recently hit the road, with Shawn Davis of Autopia LA taking it for a test drive. According to Davis, the car delivers ferocious low-end torque but isn't as violent as expected. With just 4,500 RPM in first gear, the car was already sprinting, showcasing the efficiency of the manual transmission in harnessing the Hellcat's power. For enthusiasts who have long dreamed of a stick-shift Hellcat, this build proves that with enough skill and dedication, anything is possible. While Dodge never made it happen, Dennis McCarthy's manual Hellcat is now a legend in its own right—and the envy of muscle car purists everywhere.
