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+49Lagrange Points Could Become Battlegrounds in a New Space Race
A new 'space race' is heating up between the US and China in space exploration, and Lagrange points are emerging as a battleground.
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+27One-week social media break boosts young women's self-esteem and body image
A study found that young women who took a one-week break from social media experienced significantly higher self-esteem and body image, especially those prone to thin-ideal internalization, highlighting the mental health benefits of temporary social media detoxes.
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+50Japan may delay its Mars moon sampling mission MMX due to rocket problems
JAXA needs to get its H3 rocket flying successfully early next year
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+49China’s Spaceplane Has Released Multiple Mystery Objects In Orbit
The nature of the objects is unclear, but at least some of them appear to be transmitting signals of different kinds.
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+27Should We Kill Some Wild Creatures to Protect Others?
Two new books take up the ethics of killing some animals to protect others. By Elizabeth Kolbert
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+30NASA's mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
METI International is a scientific organization dedicated to transmitting powerful radio messages to extraterrestrial life.
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+47How China is challenging the U.S. military’s dominance in space
In recent years, China has closed the gap with the U.S. in space. “We seem to be asleep at the switch,” said Dean Cheng, an expert on China’s military space program.
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+53New York just installed its first offshore wind turbine
The first wind turbine installation at South Fork Wind, New York State's first offshore wind farm, is complete.
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+53Scientists Have Finally Figured Out What Ignites Endless Itching in Eczema
The unbearable itch that accompanies the chronic inflammatory skin condition eczema has a new culprit.
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+41SpaceX's Starship to launch 'Starlab' private space station in late 2020s
The giant rocket will loft Starlab in a single launch.
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+46We thought we’d find 200 species living in our house and yard. We were very wrong
An ecologist, a mathematician and a taxonomist were locked down together in a suburban house. So they counted all the species of plants and animals they could find.
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+47Physicists Discover Surprising Quantum-Like Behavior in Tiny Bouncing Droplets
Quantum physics is fundamentally weird, so much so that we need thought experiments of hidden cats in boxes and metaphors of spinning coins to even begin to comprehend its laws.
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+50The Rolling Stones are hitting the road next year on a tour sponsored by AARP
After 60 years, The Rolling Stones are still going strong and gearing up for another concert tour.
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+31Stanford Keto Study is Revolutionizing Mental Health
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+31Big Tech usually dismisses fears that AI kills jobs. Now it’s studying them.
Microsoft, Google, IBM, Cisco and others will produce a report on how AI might change tech jobs.
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+33Shape-shifting ultrasound stickers detect post-surgical complications
First-of-its-kind device ‘tags’ an organ to monitor abnormal, life-threatening fluid leaks
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+50The world is awash in plastic. Oil producers want a say in how it's cleaned up
Almost every piece of plastic is made from fossil fuels. Fossil fuel companies, plastic producers and some consumer goods companies could weaken the treaty.
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+34U.S. Must Act Quickly to Avoid Risks From AI, Report Says
The U.S. government must move “decisively” to avert an “extinction-level threat" to humanity from AI, says a government-commissioned report
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+35Satellite to ‘name and shame’ worst oil and gas methane polluters
Leaks are driving 30% of the climate crisis and MethaneSat will provide the first first near-comprehensive global view
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+46Hubble back in service after gyro scare—NASA still studying reboost options
NASA is still evaluating Hubble servicing studies from SpaceX and other companies.