Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new report claims
The new report concludes that not only will the expansion of ethanol increase greenhouse gas emissions,…
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Scientists built a badminton-playing robot with AI-powered skills
It also learned fall avoidance and determined how much risk was reasonable to take given its…
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A history of the Internet, part 2: The high-tech gold rush begins
Welcome to the second article in our three-part series on the history of the Internet. If…
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Research roundup: 7 stories we almost missed
Jazz lovers likely need no introduction to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery, 20th century guitarists who…
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China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission
That’s one reason why Tianwen-2’s roundtrip journey to asteroid Kamoʻoalewa will last just two-and-a-half years. Japan’s…
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SpaceX may have solved one problem, only to find more on latest Starship flight
SpaceX made some progress on another test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket Tuesday, finally…
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The key to a successful egg drop experiment? Drop it on its side
There was a key difference, however, between how vertically and horizontally squeezed eggs deformed in the…
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How farmers can help rescue water-loving birds
Not every farmer is thrilled to host birds. Some worry about the spread of avian flu,…
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RFK Jr. calls WHO “moribund” amid US withdrawal; China pledges to give $500M
“WHO’s priorities have increasingly reflected the biases and interests of corporate medicine,” Kennedy said, alluding to…
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Biotech company Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe for $256M
Biotechnology company Regeneron will acquire 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million, with a plan to…
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Do these Buddhist gods hint at the purpose of China’s super-secret satellites?
Mission patches are a decades-old tradition in spaceflight. They can range from the figurative to the…
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The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch
This was unusual Payload fairing problems have caused a number of rocket failures, usually because they…
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NASA scrambles to cut ISS activity due to budget issues
Canceling the tracker layer upgrade to the spectrometer would also not be catastrophic. The addition of…
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In his first 100 days, Trump launched an “all-out assault” on the environment
Schlenker-Goodrich, of the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC), is concerned about the administration’s efforts to isolate…
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
An illustration depicts a NASA spacecraft approaching the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. Though there are no plans…
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Universities (finally) band together, fight “unprecedented government overreach”
We speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American…
