2025 • Sep 20
In a win for science, NASA told to use House budget as shutdown looms
The House budget still cuts science at NASA, but not as deeply as the White House sought. ...
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2025 • Sep 19
Kenya’s Turkana people genetically adapted to live in harsh environment, study suggests
Research which began with conversations round a campfire and went on to examine 7m gene variants shows how people survive with little water and a meat-rich dietA collaboration between Africa...
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2025 • Sep 19
Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers
LLM "tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity" when writing news briefs. ...
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2025 • Sep 19
Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report
Things have changed since 2009: We're more certain about the problems. ...
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2025 • Sep 19
Trump’s Golden Dome will cost 10 to 100 times more than the Manhattan Project
In nuclear era, it has proven cheaper to build offensive weapons than play defense. ...
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2025 • Sep 18
You can hold on to your butts thanks to DNA that evolved in fish
Making digits seems to involve gene activity that was needed to make a cloaca. ...
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2025 • Sep 17
A record supply load won’t reach the International Space Station as scheduled
The problem arose early Tuesday when the spacecraft's main engine shut down earlier than expected. ...
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2025 • Sep 16
Northrop Grumman’s new spacecraft is a real chonker
"We're excited that Northrop is ready to deliver this incredibly beneficial increase in capacity." ...
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2025 • Sep 15
Get into the cockpit as new crop of “Top Gun” pilots get their wings
NatGeo's new documentary series, Top Guns: The Next Generation, shows the sweat behind the spectacle. ...
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2025 • Sep 14
Rocket Report: Russia’s rocket engine predicament; 300th launch to the ISS
North Korea test-fired a powerful new solid rocket motor for its next-generation ICBM. ...
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2025 • Sep 13
The US is trying to kick-start a “nuclear energy renaissance”
Push to revive nuclear energy relies on deregulation; experts say strategy is misplaced. ...
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2025 • Sep 13
Feds try to dodge lawsuit against their bogus climate report
Meanwhile, Congress is trying to keep serious scientists from weighing in. ...
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