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NASA Astronaut Reveals Terrifying Medical Incident That Caused Evacuation from Space Station

"It was all hands on deck within just a matter of seconds." The post NASA Astronaut Reveals Terrifying Medical Incident That Caused Evacuation from Space Station appeared first on Futurism.

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NASA Astronaut Reveals Terrifying Medical Incident That Caused Evacuation from Space Station

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New Chinese Spacecraft Tests Robotic Octopus Tentacle for Refueling in Orbit

Fill 'er up! The post New Chinese Spacecraft Tests Robotic Octopus Tentacle for Refueling in Orbit appeared first on Futurism.

1 hour ago

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New Chinese Spacecraft Tests Robotic Octopus Tentacle for Refueling in Orbit

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A Reporter Tried Cooking Actual AI-Generated Recipes and the Results Are Stomach-Churning

Eating "literal AI slop." The post A Reporter Tried Cooking Actual AI-Generated Recipes and the Results Are Stomach-Churning appeared first on Futurism.

2 hours ago

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A Reporter Tried Cooking Actual AI-Generated Recipes and the Results Are Stomach-Churning

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Scientists Intrigued by “Negative Mass Anomaly” Under Surface of Mars

This could explain a lot. The post Scientists Intrigued by "Negative Mass Anomaly" Under Surface of Mars appeared first on Futurism.

3 hours ago

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Scientists Intrigued by “Negative Mass Anomaly” Under Surface of Mars

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Anthropic Just Leaked Upcoming Model With “Unprecedented Cybersecurity Risks” in the Most Ironic Way Possible

It's so powerful, the company claims it's a major cybersecurity risk. The post Anthropic Just Leaked Upcoming Model With "Unprecedented Cybersecurity Risks" in the Most Ironic Way Possible appeared first on Futurism.

4 hours ago

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Anthropic Just Leaked Upcoming Model With “Unprecedented Cybersecurity Risks” in the Most Ironic Way Possible

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If Your Job Involves Using Your Brain, You May Be in Big Trouble, Tufts Report Finds

It's a game of survival of the fittest minds. The post If Your Job Involves Using Your Brain, You May Be in Big Trouble, Tufts Report Finds appeared first on Futurism.

5 hours ago

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If Your Job Involves Using Your Brain, You May Be in Big Trouble, Tufts Report Finds

New York Times Science

Did Scientists Just Detect an Exploding Black Hole?

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory.

5 hours ago

New York Times Science

Did Scientists Just Detect an Exploding Black Hole?

WIRED Science

One Way or Another, Most of Our Electricity Comes From Solar Power

That’s good news, since the forecast is sunshine for the next 5 billion years.

8 hours ago

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One Way or Another, Most of Our Electricity Comes From Solar Power

WIRED Science

At Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the War Isn’t Over

Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.

9 hours ago

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At Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the War Isn’t Over

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New York Times Science

How to Turn a Chicken Egg Into a Drug Factory

A biotech start-up is testing a novel way of efficiently producing pharmaceutical drugs.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

How to Turn a Chicken Egg Into a Drug Factory

New York Times Science

Glass Threads Spun From a Volcano’s Bubbly Magma

A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.

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New York Times Science

Glass Threads Spun From a Volcano’s Bubbly Magma

Singularity HUB

What We Actually See—and Don’t See—Shows Consciousness Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg

Visual experiments suggest just a small fraction of the information our brains process enters awareness. The post What We Actually See—and Don’t See—Shows Consciousness Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg appeared first on SingularityHub.

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What We Actually See—and Don’t See—Shows Consciousness Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg

WIRED Science

Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers.

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Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

New York Times Science

Ancient Grapes Reveal Long History of Modern Wines

Genetic material preserved in ancient grape seeds reveals when, and how, humans meddled with wine grapes.

2 days ago

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Ancient Grapes Reveal Long History of Modern Wines

New York Times Science

Humans Had Dogs Before They Had Farming, Ancient DNA Confirms

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another.

2 days ago

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Humans Had Dogs Before They Had Farming, Ancient DNA Confirms

National Science Foundation

NSF initiative aims to make every American worker, business and community AI-ready

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new funding opportunity as part of an effort to enable all Americans to understand, apply and create with artificial intelligence. The NSF TechAccess: AI-Ready America (NSF AI-Ready America) initiative…

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National Science Foundation

NSF initiative aims to make every American worker, business and community AI-ready

New York Times Science

NASA Sets Out New Plans and Timelines for Moon Base and Nuclear Mars Mission

The agency’s leader said new plans and timelines for the coming decade aim to create a permanent foothold by humans on another world and inspire Americans.

2 days ago

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NASA Sets Out New Plans and Timelines for Moon Base and Nuclear Mars Mission

Singularity HUB

These Mini Brains Just Learned to Solve a Classic Engineering Problem

In a step toward biological computing, brain organoids rewired their networks as they learned to balance a digital pole on a cart. The post These Mini Brains Just Learned to Solve a Classic Engineering Problem appeared first on SingularityHub.

2 days ago

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These Mini Brains Just Learned to Solve a Classic Engineering Problem