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hemisphere

[hem-i-sfeer] / ˈhɛm ɪˌsfɪər /
NOUN
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The researchers noticed something unusual during early summer in the Martian northern hemisphere.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

"That really increases the chance of cold air outbreaks across the latitudes where most of the densely populated population centers are across the northern hemisphere, US, Europe and East Asia," Cohen told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

After participants consumed peanuts daily for 16 weeks, researchers observed improved insulin responsiveness in a group of brain regions in the right hemisphere.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

The wiser course is to work with his government to check Chinese influence in the hemisphere and to build, carefully and gingerly, on the shared interest in a stable Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, and the third brightest star in the northern hemisphere.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

The researchers propose that the answer lies in the movement of ocean water between the hemispheres.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

This suggests that the mantle cumulates, minerals that accumulated as the Moon's magma ocean crystallized, do not differ substantially in composition between the two hemispheres.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Either Mg-suite magmas formed on the far side without substantial involvement from KREEP-rich material, or the layer containing these elements developed unevenly across the Moon, leaving the two hemispheres with different chemical compositions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

A hotter southern mantle could indicate that Mars once had a magnetic field strong enough to produce differences in magnetism between the two hemispheres.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

A continuous dialogue is going on between the two hemispheres, channeled through an immense bundle of nerves, the corpus callosum, the bridge between creativity and analysis, both of which are necessary to understand the world.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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