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Monday, March 24, 2025
National/International
The Entire Universe Could Exist Inside a Black Hole — Here's Why
3/23/2025 Yahoo! News
In a survey of the deep sky, most of the galaxies are seen rotating in the same direction. This is a problem. Under current models of the way the Universe behaves, galaxies should be a hodge-podge rotating whichever dang way they please, resulting in a roughly even distribution of rotations. The fact that this is not what we observe suggests that there's something hinky going on: a huge gap in our understanding of the way the Universe works. "It is still not clear what causes this to happen, but there are two primary possible explanations," says astronomer Lior Shamir of Kansas State University. "One explanation is that the Universe was born rotating. That explanation agrees with theories such as black hole cosmology, which postulates that the entire Universe is the interior of a black hole. But if the Universe was indeed born rotating it means that the existing theories about the cosmos are incomplete."
State/Regional
Bird Safety: K-State wildlife expert shares tips for reducing window collisions
3/21/2025 Pottawatomie County Times
Homeowners who plan to make shiny windows part of spring cleaning chores may want to re-think how that’s done. That is, at least, if they also enjoy the variety of backyard birds that populate many urban, suburban and even rural areas. Kansas State University wildlife specialist Drew Ricketts said an estimated 1 billion birds die each year as a result of impact with windows. "There are two types of bird strikes," Ricketts said. "One is where the bird doesn't know the window is there and just runs into it. The other is when birds see their reflection in the window and sort of beat their beak on it because they're trying to get at a competitor."
Local
Intensify Sorghum Systems With Double-Cropped Soybeans
3/23/2025 KSAL.com
Nitrogen and herbicide applications rank among the highest input costs in crop production. To help offset some of those expenses and realize environmental benefits, producers can introduce double-cropped soybeans or cover crops to no-till systems. Kansas State University cropping systems agronomist Kraig Roozeboom and his team initiated a long-term study in 2007 to determine the effects of this practice and cover crops on a fairly common cropping system on sorghum. "Initially, we were looking at weed suppression," Roozeboom said. "We also wanted to know how to manage the cover crops to have the best biological, yield, and economic responses, which has been the focus of agricultural economist Elizabeth Yeager's work." Yeager, Roozeboom and colleagues summarized their results from several years of that study in a publication titled, "Cover Crops, Double-Crop Soybeans, and Nitrogen Rates Affect Productivity and Profitability of a No-Till Rotation," which can be found in an upcoming issue of the Agronomy Journal.