Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and…
Category: 9. Sci-Tech
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You can watch the ‘city-killer’ asteroid as it soars toward Earth
A telescope in Chile has captured footage of Asteroid 2024 YR4, an asteroid large enough to wipe out an entire city. While the city-killer asteroid is currently speeding away from Earth, scientists warn that it might return with a bang…
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Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists
A week after the inauguration, US senator Rand Paul of Kentucky issued a flurry of congressional subpoenas to 14 agencies, including the NIH and HHS. The senator said the continuing investigation was being conducted in order to “critique the…
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How China’s new planetary defense team plans to tackle cosmic threats
China is expanding its research and recruitment efforts in response to the emerging asteroid threat posed by 2024 YR4. The asteroid, initially detected by the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Astronomy on December 27, 2024, at the ATLAS…
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Microsoft study warns AI reliance may erode critical thinking skills at
A recent study conducted by Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University warns that excessive dependence on generative AI technology at work can lead to a deterioration of critical thinking skills and cognitive abilities that should be…
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California’s Problem Now Isn’t Fire—It’s Rain
California’s weather whiplash has been a problem dating back centuries, or more. Fire is a natural and necessary part of California’s diverse ecosystems, but the so-called “expanding bull’s-eye” of urban areas spreading into prime…
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Scientists discover massive rift beneath Turkey stretching to Iran
An international team of researchers from the University of Göttingen found a massive rift extending 1,500 kilometers beneath Turkey, stretching from southeastern Turkey to northwestern Iran.
The team identified that a remnant of the…
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Hidden woman’s portrait found beneath Picasso’s ‘Portrait of Mateu Ferná
Conservators at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London revealed a hidden portrait beneath Pablo Picasso’s 1901 painting “Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto,” adding a new layer of complexity to one of the artist’s Blue Period iconic…
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Recordings from South Sandwich Islands reveal the earth’s core is changi
A study published in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience, indicates that the inner core’s deformation is occurring at the boundary where it meets the liquid outer core, which hovers right at its melting point.
“What we’re observing in…
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Scientists just grew human-like teeth in pigs
Losing a tooth can be a frustrating and costly experience. Current solutions like dentures and implants can be expensive, uncomfortable, and require ongoing maintenance. But what if we could regrow missing teeth naturally? That’s the…
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