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WIRED Science

Washington, DC’s Cherry Blooms Draw Crowds—and Climate Questions

The trees have blossomed earlier as the local weather has warmed. But experts are divided over whether it’s cause for alarm.

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WIRED Science

Washington, DC’s Cherry Blooms Draw Crowds—and Climate Questions

WIRED Science

Space Archeologists Are Charting Humanity’s Furthest Frontier

An innovative research project delivers new evidence about how people live on the International Space Station.

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WIRED Science

Space Archeologists Are Charting Humanity’s Furthest Frontier

Singularity HUB

These Self-Driving Cars Are Trained in a Simulation Packed With Terrible Drivers

Self-driving cars are taking longer to arrive on our roads than we thought they would. Auto industry experts and tech companies predicted they’d be here by 2020 and go mainstream by 2021. But it turns out that putting cars on the road without drivers is a far more complicated endeavor than initially ...

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Singularity HUB

These Self-Driving Cars Are Trained in a Simulation Packed With Terrible Drivers

Singularity HUB

Astronomers Link a Mysterious Fast Radio Burst With Gravitational Waves for the First Time

A team of colleagues and I have just published evidence in Nature Astronomy for what might be producing mysterious bursts of radio waves coming from distant galaxies, known as fast radio bursts or FRBs. Two colliding neutron stars—each the super-dense core of an exploded star—produced a burst of ...

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Singularity HUB

Astronomers Link a Mysterious Fast Radio Burst With Gravitational Waves for the First Time

Science - The Verge

When healthcare is decided by algorithms, who wins?

Photo by Daniel Stone / National Cancer Institute I’m starting this with a personal story. My mother was a New York City public school teacher for many years. When she joined the school system, part of the deal was that, when she retired, many of the costs of her traditional ...

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Science - The Verge

When healthcare is decided by algorithms, who wins?

Science - The Verge

This is what a plant sounds like when it’s stressed

A gardener facing water shortages checks his tomato plants in southern France in August 2022. | Image: PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images New research challenges assumptions that the plant kingdom is silent. Turns out, plants make a lot of noise when they’re stressed. Other ...

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Science - The Verge

This is what a plant sounds like when it’s stressed

Science - The Verge

Carbon capture will probably make electricity more expensive

A pipe installed as part of the Petra Nova Carbon Capture Project carries carbon dioxide captured from emissions on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. | Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Keeping coal and gas power plants alive while purporting to tackle climate change will likely ...

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Science - The Verge

Carbon capture will probably make electricity more expensive

Yahoo Science

US tornadoes: Death toll grows as extreme storms ravage several states

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US tornadoes: Death toll grows as extreme storms ravage several states

Yahoo Science

The awe-inspiring titanosaur, one of the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived, goes on display

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Yahoo Science

The awe-inspiring titanosaur, one of the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived, goes on display

Yahoo Science

The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why

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Yahoo Science

The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why

Yahoo Science

New James Webb telescope photo of a galaxy cluster 6 billion light years away shows a trippy phenomenon where gravity warps ...

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New James Webb telescope photo of a galaxy cluster 6 billion light years away shows a trippy phenomenon where gravity warps ...

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A Big Rover Aims to Be Like ‘UPS for the Moon’

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A Big Rover Aims to Be Like ‘UPS for the Moon’

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Chasing tornadoes, scientists still looking to unlock secrets of desctructive storms

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Chasing tornadoes, scientists still looking to unlock secrets of desctructive storms

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New York Times Science

April Space Events: Artemis Astronauts, a Journey to Jupiter and More

Here’s what to expect during the coming month in space and astronomy.

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New York Times Science

April Space Events: Artemis Astronauts, a Journey to Jupiter and More

New York Times Science

A Big Rover Aims to Be Like ‘U.P.S. for the Moon’

A small company, Astrolab, announced a deal with SpaceX to send a robotic version of its transport vehicle to the lunar surface and help deploy other company’s payloads.

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New York Times Science

A Big Rover Aims to Be Like ‘U.P.S. for the Moon’

New York Times Science

Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips.

The apex dinosaur’s terrifying teeth were sheathed in lip-like tissue, some paleontologists say. Imagine them more akin to Komodo dragons than crocodiles.

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New York Times Science

Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips.

New York Times Science

This Is What It Sounds Like When Plants Cry

Scientists recorded the popping noises that plants make in response to stresses like dehydration or a cut.

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New York Times Science

This Is What It Sounds Like When Plants Cry

New York Times Science

Ukraine Goes Dark: NASA Images Drive Home a Nation’s Anguish

A satellite operated by NASA and NOAA bares how Russia’s drones and missiles knocked out the nation’s power.

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New York Times Science

Ukraine Goes Dark: NASA Images Drive Home a Nation’s Anguish

National Science Foundation

At Summit for Democracy, the United States and the United Kingdom Announce Winners of Challenge to Drive Innovation in Privacy-enhancing ...

Yesterday, at the second Summit for Democracy, the United States and the United Kingdom announced the winners of prize challenges to drive innovation in privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) that reinforce democratic values. Announced at the…

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National Science Foundation

At Summit for Democracy, the United States and the United Kingdom Announce Winners of Challenge to Drive Innovation in Privacy-enhancing ...