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Sep 12 • 8 months ago

New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂

Engineered pathway lets carbon be plugged directly into key metabolic pathways. ...

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Sep 11 • 8 months ago

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands

DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinkingIsland-dwelling insects have not been spared the ravages of humanity that have p...

theguardian.com1 min read

Sep 11 • 8 months ago

New black hole merger bolsters Hawking area theorem

Physicists spliced merger's gravitational signal into isolated frequencies to determine surface areas. ...

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Sep 11 • 8 months ago

Pentagon begins deploying new satellite network to link sensors with shooters

"This is the first time we'll have a space layer fully integrated into our warfighting operations." ...

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Sep 09 • 8 months ago

SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.”

SpaceX is targeting an orbital Starship flight with a next-gen vehicle next year. ...

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Sep 08 • 8 months ago

On a day of rebranding at the Pentagon, this name change slipped under the radar

We'll see how long the Department of War lasts. Space Force Combat Forces Command might stick around. ...

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Sep 06 • 8 months ago

GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites

One scientist says it's like buying a car and running it into a tree to save on gas money. ...

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Sep 04 • 8 months ago

Lull in Falcon Heavy missions opens window for SpaceX to build new landing pads

There are no Falcon Heavy launches this year, so now's the time for SpaceX to act. ...

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Sep 04 • 8 months ago

Harvard beats Trump as judge orders US to restore $2.6 billion in funding

Judge rules Trump admin broke law, and says Supreme Court has been "unhelpful." ...

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Sep 03 • 8 months ago

These psychological tricks can get LLMs to respond to “forbidden” prompts

Study shows how patterns in LLM training data can lead to "parahuman" responses. ...

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Sep 03 • 8 months ago

Trump’s move of SPACECOM to Alabama has little to do with national security

The Pentagon says the move will save money, but acknowledges risk to military readiness. ...

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Sep 02 • 8 months ago

Archaeologists in Peru discover 3D mural that could date back 4,000 years

The unprecedented find has shifted archaeological understanding about the first civilisations in the AmericasArchaeologists in Peru have discovered a multicoloured three-dimensional wall tha...

theguardian.com1 min read