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Flock Cameras Screw Up, Swarm Innocent Man With Armed Police

"Once these systems have you in their crosshairs, there's pretty much only one way it can go." The post Flock Cameras Screw Up, Swarm Innocent Man With Armed Police appeared first on Futurism.

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Flock Cameras Screw Up, Swarm Innocent Man With Armed Police

New York Times Science

Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87

As a young woman in the 1960s, she wasn’t allowed to become a NASA astronaut. She finally realized her long-held dream of flying in space as an octogenarian.

1 hour ago

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Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87

Futurism

The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It’s Almost Incomprehensible

Sickening. The post The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible appeared first on Futurism.

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The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It’s Almost Incomprehensible

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Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer’s May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis

Infuriating. The post Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer's May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis appeared first on Futurism.

2 hours ago

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Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer’s May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis

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Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth’s Magnetic Field, in Orbit

"It gives you acceleration without fuel." The post Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth's Magnetic Field, in Orbit appeared first on Futurism.

3 hours ago

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Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth’s Magnetic Field, in Orbit

New York Times Science

These Fossils May Be the Earliest Evidence of Handedness in Animals

Scientists propose that recently uncovered fossils may be the earliest evidence of behavioral “handedness” in animals.

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These Fossils May Be the Earliest Evidence of Handedness in Animals

Futurism

New Jersey Poised to Ban Self-Driving Tesla Robotaxis

"This is not anti-Tesla." The post New Jersey Poised to Ban Self-Driving Tesla Robotaxis appeared first on Futurism.

4 hours ago

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New Jersey Poised to Ban Self-Driving Tesla Robotaxis

New York Times Science

A Chinese Spacecraft Captures First Image of Quasi-Moon

A Chinese spacecraft has captured the first image of the asteroid Kamo‘oalewa.

5 hours ago

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A Chinese Spacecraft Captures First Image of Quasi-Moon

Futurism

You’ll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming

"Many people assume that if solar and wind are growing quickly, fossil fuels must be shrinking." The post You'll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming appeared first on Futurism.

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You’ll Never Guess Which Country Is Causing the Most Global Warming

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New York Times Science

Spread of Seafloor Directly Observed for the First Time

The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented the process in action.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

Spread of Seafloor Directly Observed for the First Time

WIRED Science

Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño

As worries about a growing super El Niño mount, new findings suggest a radical solution to mitigating its impacts.

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Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño

New York Times Science

Chernobyl’s Wildlife Cameras Reveal How War Affects Wild Animals

A rare camera-trap study logged the effects of armed conflict on wild animals in real time.

1 day ago

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Chernobyl’s Wildlife Cameras Reveal How War Affects Wild Animals

WIRED Science

Mysterious Compound Detected on Pluto and Titan

Something on Pluto and one of Saturn’s moons, Titan, absorbs light in a way unexplained by anything in spectroscopic databases.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

Mysterious Compound Detected on Pluto and Titan

National Science Foundation

Podcast: The fight against high blood pressure [hypertension]

U.S. National Science Foundation-supported professor Tao Zhou discusses the development of a new 3D-printed hydrogel-based bioelectronic device for hypertension treatment.

2 days ago

National Science Foundation

Podcast: The fight against high blood pressure [hypertension]

New York Times Science

Cosmic Conjoined Twins, Caught on Camera

A Japanese spacecraft flew by an asteroid and snapped a picture. It turned out to be a “contact binary”: two space rocks that somehow fused together.

2 days ago

New York Times Science

Cosmic Conjoined Twins, Caught on Camera

WIRED Science

British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit

The lab will beam back data to train AI models to predict how proteins behind age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s and certain cancers behave.

2 days ago

WIRED Science

British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit