#wired.com. #Jan.25.2025 The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues. The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western US remains unknown, so the US Forest Service has teamed up with computer scientists to create tools that can find answers.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.24.2025 UK's plutonium to be readied for disposal. The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at Sellafield.
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#wired.com. #Jan.24.2025 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know. Our physics expert picks his top-five equations, plus a scheme to supply US power needs with a bucket of baseballs. Thanks, Einstein!
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#wired.com. #Jan.24.2025 Science Has Spun Spidey's Web-Slinging Into Reality. When a US research lab accidentally created a sticky web-like substance, it turned to Peter Parker and comic-book lore for inspiration on what to do next.
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#computerweekly.com. #Jan.23.2025 NAO flags shortcomings in government preferential pricing deals with big tech suppliers | Computer Weekly. Shortcomings in the UK government’s tech buying power have been highlighted in separate reports in recent days by the National Audit Office and The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
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#wired.com. #Jan.22.2025 The US Has Bird Flu Vaccines. Here’s Why You Can’t Get One. H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the country’s first human death due to bird flu, vaccination isn’t yet recommended.
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#wired.com. #Jan.22.2025 This Company Wants to Build a Space Station That Has Artificial Gravity. Founded by crypto guru Jed McCaleb, Vast Space will run two missions to the International Space Station, and aims to launch its first space station, Haven-1, by the end of 2025.
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#wired.com. #Jan.21.2025 Trump’s Day One Executive Orders Will Worsen Climate Crisis. The new president’s orders will take the US out of the Paris Agreement, encourage the extraction and use of fossil fuels, and undo Biden-era policies.
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#wired.com. #Jan.21.2025 How Invasive Plants Are Fueling California’s Wildfire Crisis. Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the state’s fire dynamics.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.20.2025 Paris agreement: Trump vows to quit global pact and 'drill, baby, drill'. The White House announces a "national energy emergency" to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas.
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#wired.com. #Jan.19.2025 Mathematicians Uncover a New Way to Count Prime Numbers. To make progress on one of number theory’s most elementary questions, two mathematicians turned to an unlikely source.
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#wired.com. #Jan.18.2025 Influencers Are Hawking Wellness Products in Response to the LA Fires. Essential oils, detox regimens, parasite cleanses, and raw milk have entered the disaster economy.
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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.17.2025 $200M woolly mammoths and a farewell to TikTok. The Equity podcast dives into this week’s biggest stories, including where TikTok's users are headed next and Colossal Biosciences’ colossal raise.
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#wired.com. #Jan.17.2025 Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?. The profit margin on crypto mining is all about the physics of computers and energy conversion.
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#wired.com. #Jan.17.2025 The Real Cognitive Neuroscience Behind ‘Severance’. The “severance procedure” isn't real—but some of the ideas in ‘Severance’ aren’t as out-there as you may think.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.17.2025 Watch: SpaceX loses Starship on test flight. Watch: SpaceX loses Starship spacecraft but catches booster on seventh test flight
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#wired.com. #Jan.17.2025 See 6 Planets Align on January 21. Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.17.2025 SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch. Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost, minutes after it launched.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.17.2025 Warnings of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants. Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.16.2025 Nepal's leader says it has too many tigers. Does it?. Wild tigers killed nearly 40 people in Nepal between 2019 and 2023. Solutions are hard to come by.
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#wired.com. #Jan.16.2025 An Entire Book Was Written in DNA—and You Can Buy It for $60. What may be the first commercially available book saved in DNA is the latest example of how consumers might use molecular data storage.
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#wired.com. #Jan.16.2025 Check Out These Extraordinary New Images of Mercury. New photos of Mercury taken during the joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission reveal fascinating details of the small rocky planet.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.16.2025 Nasa's Sunita Williams makes first of two spacewalks. Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving.
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#wired.com. #Jan.16.2025 Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now. Calculating air pollution from wildfires and other events has become more complicated. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily more accurate.
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