#wired.com. #Feb.21.2025 Did a Rock Hit Your Windshield, or Did Your Windshield Hit a Rock?. Either way, it sucks. But at least there’s some fun physics to ponder while you’re sitting in the repair shop.
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#wired.com. #Feb.21.2025 The Lunar Economy Is Coming. The launch of the Blue Ghost module, scheduled to land on the moon early next month, is a key step in creating an Earth–moon supply chain.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.21.2025 'Oldest horse' thrives on linseed cake and light exercise. Roana has recently celebrated her 46th birthday and is believed to be the oldest horse in the UK
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#wired.com. #Feb.20.2025 USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers. The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.
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#wired.com. #Feb.20.2025 The Odds of a City-Killing Asteroid Hitting Earth Keep Rising. The likelihood of 2024 YR4 colliding with the our planet in 2032 have ticked up to over 3 percent. Is it time to start worrying?
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#bbc.com. #Feb.19.2025 What is a sinkhole and how does it form?. Two sinkholes have appeared in the Surrey village of Godstone, but how have they formed and are they dangerous?
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#wired.com. #Feb.19.2025 Your Next Pet Could Be a Glowing Rabbit. Biohacker Josie Zyner’s new company, Los Angeles Project, is creating a new generation of gene-edited pets.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.19.2025 More than 150 whales stranded on remote Australian beach. Authorities are trying to save dozens of false killer whales after more than 60 died.
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#wired.com. #Feb.18.2025 National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues. Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
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#wired.com. #Feb.17.2025 A ‘Teleportation’ Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here. A team at Oxford University succeeded in getting two quantum processors to connect to each other and work together with particle entanglement.
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#wired.com. #Feb.16.2025 This New Algorithm for Sorting Books or Files Is Close to Perfection. The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.15.2025 World's sea-ice falls to record low. The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.14.2025 More migrant workers seek help over UK farm exploitation claims. The UK government says it always takes "decisive action" where abusive practices are found on farms.
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#wired.com. #Feb.13.2025 This Is Where Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Strike. There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton nuclear weapon. Here are its possible impact points.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.13.2025 Aurora Borealis as seen from the International Space Station. Footage from the International Space Station as it soars above an aurora dancing over Canada
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#bbc.com. #Feb.12.2025 London’s first Roman basilica found under office basement. The discovery has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history in the City of London.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.12.2025 Avian flu outbreaks see 1.8 million farmed birds culled. There have been 33 outbreaks so far on farms, but the risk to humans remains low, the government says.
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#wired.com. #Feb.12.2025 How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water—and Keep It Out. Filters in water pitchers or under-sink systems capture dangerous chemicals, only for them to be returned to the environment. A researcher from North Carolina is pioneering a new system that could get
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#wired.com. #Feb.12.2025 Your Love Life on Ozempic. Beyond treating diabetes and helping people lose weight, GLP-1s may also improve libido. But the reasons are as complex as desire itself.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.12.2025 Daffodil hunt: The search for rare flowers lost from history. As daffodils burst into bloom, experts want help in finding rare treasures hiding in plain sight.
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#wired.com. #Feb.11.2025 It’s Spring on Mars—and That Means Violently Explosive Geysers and Avalanches. NASA’s Martian probes have captured photos of the Red Planet’s “extremely active” spring.
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#bbc.com. #Feb.11.2025 BP profits drop as it says it will reset strategy. The oil giant is widely expected to say it will scale back on renewables later this month.
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#wired.com. #Feb.10.2025 NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’. In its notice outlining the large cut in university funding, the US National Institutes of Health seems to draw on a report from a conservative think tank that denounces the “political left.”
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#bbc.com. #Feb.10.2025 Earth's inner core may have changed shape, say scientists. The findings shed light on a deeply mysterious part of Earth that is key to life on our planet.
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