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Extinct snake that measured 50 feet long discovered in India

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Extinct snake that measured 50 feet long discovered in India

New York Times Science

The Dusty Magnets of the Milky Way

A new map of the center of the Milky Way galaxy reveals details of its magnetic fields

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New York Times Science

The Dusty Magnets of the Milky Way

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Are tomorrow’s engineers ready to face AI’s ethical challenges?

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Yahoo Science

Are tomorrow’s engineers ready to face AI’s ethical challenges?

WIRED Science

Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

An infection can upset your microbiome, and if certain gut fungi run riot, this can kick the immune system into overdrive.

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Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse

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Join us for Call to Earth Day on December 4, 2024, and celebrate Connected Generations

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Join us for Call to Earth Day on December 4, 2024, and celebrate Connected Generations

Science - The Verge

DJI’s first power stations debut an intriguing bidirectional port

DJI’s Power 1000 (left) and Power 500 (right) ready to be worshipped. | Image: DJI DJI just launched its first power stations that feature a new proprietary SDC — aka Smart DC — port that can fast charge (some) DJI drone batteries and supports lots of input and output accessories. ...

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Science - The Verge

DJI’s first power stations debut an intriguing bidirectional port

WIRED Science

Environmental Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years

The world is already committed to warming that will undercut the global economy by 20 percent between now and 2050. That’s six times the price of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

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Environmental Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years

Yahoo Science

Laborers and street vendors in Mali find no respite as deadly heat wave surges through West Africa

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Laborers and street vendors in Mali find no respite as deadly heat wave surges through West Africa

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Colossal prehistoric snake discovered in India

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Colossal prehistoric snake discovered in India

WIRED Science

NASA Confirms Where the Space Junk That Hit a Florida House Came From

Space law just got a little more complicated.

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NASA Confirms Where the Space Junk That Hit a Florida House Came From

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Pluto gained a ‘heart’ after colliding with a planetary body

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Pluto gained a ‘heart’ after colliding with a planetary body

WIRED Science

We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening

After months of secrecy, Neuralink revealed that the partner site for its brain implant study is the Barrow Neurological Institute.

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We Finally Know Where Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial Is Happening

New York Times Science

Comet Pons-Brooks: How and When to See It

Soon, this devil-horned comet won’t be visible for another seven decades.

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New York Times Science

Comet Pons-Brooks: How and When to See It

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Scientists Create Atomically Thin Gold With Century-Old Japanese Knife Making Technique

Graphene has been hailed as a wonder material, but it also set off a rush to find other promising atomically thin materials. Now researchers have managed to create a 2D version of gold they call "goldene," which could have a host of applications in chemistry. Scientists had speculated about the possibility ...

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Scientists Create Atomically Thin Gold With Century-Old Japanese Knife Making Technique

Science - The Verge

At Kernel, your veggie burger will be served by a robot

Its robotic arm heats vegan burgers and crispy potatoes while relegating humans to assembly line jobs. In many ways, Kernel resembles other restaurants catering to office workers — it’s a vegan fast-casual joint sitting in an unassuming block of Manhattan, nestled between outposts ...

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Science - The Verge

At Kernel, your veggie burger will be served by a robot

Science - The Verge

Apple is making progress cleaning up its dirty supply chain

Photo by Christian Charisius / picture alliance via Getty Images Apple’s latest sustainability report shows that its greenhouse gas emissions are falling as it pushes suppliers to clean up their operations. Dig into the data in the report, and you’ll find that Apple’s gross ...

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Science - The Verge

Apple is making progress cleaning up its dirty supply chain

New York Times Science

Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data

In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

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New York Times Science

Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data

Science - The Verge

Chevy Silverado EV turns into a mobile generator with GM’s new home energy bundle

Image: GM General Motors’ initial new home energy products are now available to purchase, including the equipment necessary to turn your GM-made electric vehicle into a mobile power generator for your home. GM has been teasing its new home energy products for months, including ...

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Science - The Verge

Chevy Silverado EV turns into a mobile generator with GM’s new home energy bundle

WIRED Science

The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultural practices of yesteryear—to improve soil health, raise yields, and trap carbon in the atmosphere back down in the soil.

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The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

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Boston Dynamics Says Farewell to Its Humanoid Atlas Robot—Then Brings It Back Fully Electric

Yesterday, Boston Dynamics announced it was retiring its hydraulic Atlas robot. Atlas has long been the standard bearer of advanced humanoid robots. Over the years, the company was known as much for its research robots as it was for slick viral videos of them working out in military fatigues, forming ...

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Boston Dynamics Says Farewell to Its Humanoid Atlas Robot—Then Brings It Back Fully Electric

Science - The Verge

Boston Dynamics Atlas robot: a full history

Image: Boston Dynamics Now, there’s a new all-electric version of the Atlas humanoid robot. After 11 years, Boston Dynamics has said goodbye to its humanoid robot Atlas — but only the hydraulic version. In a video posted on YouTube, the robotics company says it’s time ...

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Science - The Verge

Boston Dynamics Atlas robot: a full history

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The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot

Before the dear old model could even power down, Boston Dynamics unleashed a stronger new Atlas robot that can move in ways us puny humans never can.

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WIRED Science

The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot

New York Times Science

An 11-Year-Old Girl’s Fossil Find Is the Largest Known Ocean Reptile

When Ruby Reynolds and her father found a fossil on an English beach, they didn’t know it belonged to an 82-foot ichthyosaur that swam during the days of the dinosaurs.

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New York Times Science

An 11-Year-Old Girl’s Fossil Find Is the Largest Known Ocean Reptile

New York Times Science

This Lava Tube in Saudi Arabia Has Been a Human Refuge for 7,000 Years

Ancient humans left behind numerous archaeological traces in the cavern, and scientists say there may be thousands more like it on the Arabian Peninsula to study.

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New York Times Science

This Lava Tube in Saudi Arabia Has Been a Human Refuge for 7,000 Years

National Science Foundation

NSF expands the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions nationwide

The U.S. National Science Foundation is excited to announce the expansion of the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions to enhance national and regional competitiveness in research, innovation and workforce development. These 10 regional…

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National Science Foundation

NSF expands the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions nationwide

Science - The Verge

NASA has greenlit plans to send a giant drone to Saturn’s largest moon

This artist mockup of Dragonfly soaring over Titan’s dunes has... well, Dune vibes. | Image: NASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Steve Gribben NASA has been given the go-ahead to send a flying drone-like lander to explore Titan, the largest of Saturn’s 146 moons. Targeting a July ...

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Science - The Verge

NASA has greenlit plans to send a giant drone to Saturn’s largest moon

National Science Foundation

New funding opportunity seeks to invest in additional NSF Regional Innovation Engines

Pending congressional appropriations, the NSF Engines program aims to add additional regions to the 10 inaugural awardees announced earlier this year, expanding innovation potential across the U.S. The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a…

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National Science Foundation

New funding opportunity seeks to invest in additional NSF Regional Innovation Engines

National Science Foundation

NSF Director Panchanathan headlines Arctic Encounter Symposium 2024 as VIP speaker, meets Alaska senator and announces a ...

In mid-April, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan joined world leaders from more than 25 countries at the annual Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska, where he delivered featured remarks during a showcasing…

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National Science Foundation

NSF Director Panchanathan headlines Arctic Encounter Symposium 2024 as VIP speaker, meets Alaska senator and announces a ...

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Exploding Stars Are Rare—but if One Was Close Enough, It Could Threaten Life on Earth

Stars like the sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1 percent over years and decades, thanks to the fusion of hydrogen into helium that powers them. This process will keep the sun shining steadily for about 5 billion more years, but when stars exhaust their nuclear fuel, their ...

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Exploding Stars Are Rare—but if One Was Close Enough, It Could Threaten Life on Earth

National Science Foundation

New research centers will investigate effects of ocean-related problems on human health

Millions of tons of small pieces of plastic are finding their way into the world's waters, and then into human beings. The plastics are often eaten by fish and shellfish and then passed to humans when they consume seafood. These plastic particles and…

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National Science Foundation

New research centers will investigate effects of ocean-related problems on human health