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GeekSpin - 1 day 7 hours agoFollowing a major agency-wide overhaul recently announced at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA plans to launch four Artemis missions before the end of President Donald Trump's current term. If the schedule holds, astronauts could return to the lunar surface as soon as 2028, something that hasn't happened since Apollo 17 in 1972. NASA Administrator Jared […] Read the original article here: Trump orders NASA to return to the moon by 2028...
Financial Times - 1 day 7 hours agoMeasurements of actual global levels show big impact of climate change, especially in Asia, study shows...
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Lab-grown cell therapies for diabetes are edging toward the clinic . Researchers can now coax stem cells to behave like pancreatic islets, the tiny clusters of cells that regulate blood sugar. But even the most promising candidate therapies still need months inside a patient's body to fully mature and work reliably and some never quite get there. Now researchers have found a way to watch and even gently steer that maturation in the lab. A team led by Harvard bioengineer Jia Liu and University...
Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 10 hours agoIn which Emily undergoes a trial which will stand her in good stead (what does that phrase even mean? can you stand in steads? what’s a stead? are some steads good and some bad?) when undergoing future trials. This first ran January 3, 2019. "This is a nightmare," I said to my boyfriend as we […] The post Ice Skating: an Overanalysis appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
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Brazil's Pantanal region has the highest jaguar density on Earth, drawing camera-toting visitors to its riverbanks. Despite overtourism concerns, one enclave may offer a model for how to protect the charismatic apex predator...
L.A. County banned sales of kratom products over concern about potential overdoses. But some say officials are not considering how the decision will affect the health of those who use it to alleviate pain and avoid opioids.
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No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He's still finding new ways to use it.
Australian Geographic - 1 day 20 hours agoIn many parts of Europe, the common carp is a prized table fish. But it's is arguably Australia's most vilified fish. The post Carp: The fish scorned by Australians but once adored by monks and kings appeared first on Australian Geographic .
Retraction Watch - 2 days 1 hour agoA Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional. Paediatrics & Child Health, the journal of the Canadian Paediatric Society, has published the cases since 2000 in articles for a series for its Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program. The … Continue reading A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction...
As data-center developers frantically seek to secure power for their operations, one startup is proposing a novel solution: Build them into floating offshore wind turbines. San Francisco based offshore wind-power developer Aikido Technologies today announced its plans to start housing data centers in the underwater tanks that keep its turbine platforms afloat. The turbines will supply the power for the servers, and onboard batteries and grid connection will provide backup. The company's first...
PBS Newshour - 2 days 3 hours agoPioneering digital forensic expert Hany Farid talks with Amna Nawaz about the dangers of artificial intelligence being deployed irresponsibly, why social media companies prioritize engagement over authenticity and how to sift through what's real and what's not. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
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A recent survey highlights variation in the training credentials and experience across the burgeoning industry, which is mostly unregulated and unlicensed...
Financial Times - 2 days 18 hours agoBen Delo donation is part of the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences' effort to raise 60mn for research...
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