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2025-06-29

‘Scary’ Fireball Seen Shooting Across the Sky Confirmed as Meteor That Exploded with the Force of 20 Tons of TNT: See the Video - Yahoo

‘Scary’ Fireball Seen Shooting Across the Sky Confirmed as Meteor That Exploded with the Force of 20 Tons of TNT: See the Video Yahoo‘Scary’ Fireball Seen Shooting Across Sky Confirmed as Meteor: See the Video People.comResidents express amazement after seeing mystery object streak across the sky CityNews HalifaxExploding Fireball Drops Meteorites Over Georgia Sky & TelescopeRare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia Space

2025-06-28

Asexual reproduction: what is, types and examples - evidencenetwork.ca

Asexual reproduction: what is, types and examples evidencenetwork.ca

2025-06-28

A compelling new documentary reveals the full life of the iconic astronaut Sally Ride

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut Sally Ride.

2025-06-28

SpaceX breaks launchpad turnaround record with midnight Starlink flight – Spaceflight Now

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Continuing to push the boundaries of rapid reuse, SpaceX set a new launchpad turnaround record in the predawn hours of Saturday when it launched its latest Falcon 9 rocket. The mission, dubbed [...]

2025-06-28

SpaceX launches second mission in 2 days from same pad, breaks own record - Yahoo

SpaceX launches second mission in 2 days from same pad, breaks own record YahooSpaceX sends two batches of Starlink satellites on Saturday doubleheader (video) SpaceFrom the Cape to the constellation: SpaceX launches 27 more Starlink satellites (video) SpaceSpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight NowSpaceX launches Starlink 10-23 following Sunday morning scrub Spaceflight Now

2025-06-28

Ancient city possibly ruled by females over 9,000 years ago, researchers say

Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female dominance.

2025-06-28

The Economy Is So Off the Rails That They’re Trying to Figure Out How to Make Ads Specifically Targeted at AI Bots

As artificial intelligence ruins the economy and takes over the world, Google is quietly working to change the advertising game in favor of AI. As Semafor reports, AI has so utterly altered the way search engine advertising works that Google is now being forced to rewrite the script it forged. Chief among its new directives: creating a new ecosystem where advertisers compete for the attention of AI agents rather than humans — a shift predicted at the very beginning of this year by Aravind Srinivas, the founder of the so-called "AI search" company Perplexity. Google, as the world's biggest search company, will [...]

2025-06-28

A Dense Group of Quasars Form the "Cosmic Himalayas"

Quasars provide some of the most spectacular light shows in the universe. However, they are typically exceedingly rare since they are caused by massive astrophysical forces that don’t happen very often. So it came as quite a surprise when scientists found a group of 11 of them hanging on in the same general area, in what appeared to be equivalent to the galactic countryside. A new paper from Yongming Liang and their co-authors at the University of Tokyo describes this finding, which they dubbed the Cosmic Himalayas, and some of the weird astronomical circumstances that place the discovery in context.

2025-06-28

Huge city killer asteroid hurtling towards the Moon 'could spark mass consequences'

The YR4 asteroid, which is around the size of a 10-storey building, has a 4.3 per cent chance of smashing into the Moon in 2032, according to NASA's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies.

2025-06-28

Administration: It's Safe to Go Back to Haiti Now

The Trump administration has announced that it's dropping deportation protections for Haitians in the US, saying the violence in their impoverished Caribbean nation has eased enough to make it safe for citizens to return home. The move announced Friday puts more than 300,000 people at risk of deportation, the...

2025-06-28

Universe Shocker: Dark Energy May Evolve, New Research Jolts Cosmic Theories

New data suggests dark energy may evolve, challenging the belief that it's constant and forcing scientists to rethink cosmological theories.

2025-06-28

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"

As we reported earlier this month, many ChatGPT users are developing all-consuming obsessions with the chatbot, spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia, delusions, and breaks with reality. The consequences can be dire. As we heard from spouses, friends, children, and parents looking on in alarm, instances of what's being called "ChatGPT psychosis" have led to the breakup of marriages and families, the loss of jobs, and slides into homelessness. And that's not all. As we've continued reporting, we've heard numerous troubling stories about people's loved ones being involuntarily committed to psychiatric care facilities — or even ending [...]

2025-06-28

How night lizards survived the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected evolutionary survival traits. Night lizards (family Xantusiidae) survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event 66 million years ago (formerly known as the K-T extinction) despite having small broods and occupying limited ranges, a departure from the theory of how other species are thought to have persisted in the aftermath of the event.

2025-06-28

WHO expert group fails to find a definitive answer for how COVID-19 began

The virus killed at least 20 million people, wiped at least $10 trillion from the global economy and upended billions of lives.

2025-06-28

What we know about the fireball seen across several states Thursday - WLTX

What we know about the fireball seen across several states Thursday WLTXFireball meteor believed to have crashed into Georgia home after sending shockwaves across Southeast FOX WeatherMysterious Fireball Reported Over South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee The New York TimesRare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia SpaceMeteorite hunters searching for fragments in Henry County WSB-TV

2025-06-27

How extreme heat disproportionately affects Latino neighborhoods

Scorching hot days tend to hit certain neighborhoods harder than others, a problem that becomes more dangerous during record-breaking heat like swathes of the US experienced over the past week. A new online dashboard shows how Latino neighborhoods are disproportionately affected in California. Developed by University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the tool helps fill [...]

2025-06-27

One bad rainstorm away from disaster: Why proposed changes to forestry rules won't solve the 'slash' problem

The biggest environmental problems for commercial plantation forestry in New Zealand's steep hill country are discharges of slash (woody debris left behind after logging) and sediment from clear-fell harvests.

2025-06-27

Astronomers Explore Different Physics on Simulated Clones of the Milky Way

How do you search for a substance that doesn't give off any kind of light, but its gravitational influence shapes galaxies? That's the challenge researchers face as they try to find and explain the mysterious substance called dark matter. They're wrestling with an invisible "something" that appears to make up much of all matter in the Universe.

2025-06-27

Chemists Create Molecule That Boosts Hard Drive Storage by 100 Times - GreekReporter.com

Chemists Create Molecule That Boosts Hard Drive Storage by 100 Times GreekReporter.comNew molecule could create stamp-sized drives with 100x more storage New AtlasNew single-molecule magnet tech could unlock hard drives with 100x more capacity — drives could store half a million TikTok views on a hard drive the size of a postage stamp, or three terabytes per square centimeter Tom's Hardware

2025-06-27

Third-Best Allotment Chances, Suggests Data!

HDB Financial Services‘ much-anticipated IPO is making headlines in the Indian capital markets. As part of HDFC Bank’s NBFC arm, the company is now entering public markets with a book-built issue size of INR 12,500 crore, priced in the range of INR 700 to INR 740 per share. HDB Financial IPO allotment status is not [...]

2025-06-27

How to Make Building Blocks for a Lunar Habitat

The challenge of building habitats on the Moon is considerable, mainly because most additive manufacturing (aka. 3-D printing) techniques are not feasible. By utilizing a 3-D printing method known as light-based sintering, future missions to the Moon could manufacture bricks out of lunar regolith, rather than trying to build whole structures. This would facilitate a long-term human presence on the lunar surface, consistent with the Artemis Program and other plans for lunar exploration and development.

2025-06-27

How vulnerable is critical infrastructure to cyberattack in the US?

Our water, health, and energy systems are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack. Now, when tensions escalate - like when the US bombed nuclear facilities in Iran this month - the safety of these systems becomes of paramount concern. If conflict erupts, we can expect it to be a "hybrid" battle, Joshua Corman, executive in residence for [...]

2025-06-27

Sechelt Skies: Saturn and the ice giants - Coast Reporter

Sechelt Skies: Saturn and the ice giants Coast Reporter8 night sky events to see in July, from a ‘buck moon‘ to a rare view of Pluto National GeographicJuly offers rare meteor shower combo, stunning views of the Milky Way upi.comSkywatcher’s Guide: July’s journey through space and time Boulder Daily CameraWhat’s in the Sky? goldendalesentinel.com

2025-06-27

A Submersible Uncovered Secret Structures. Then, It Vanished Under Antarctic Waters. - Yahoo

A Submersible Uncovered Secret Structures. Then, It Vanished Under Antarctic Waters. Yahoo

2025-06-27

Fossil fungi trapped in amber reveal ancient origin of parasitic zombie-ants

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some of the oldest direct evidence of parasitic relationships between fungi and insects, suggesting that Ophiocordyceps fungi originated approximately 133 million years ago and underwent early host shifts that shaped their evolution.

2025-06-27

5 takeaways from health insurers’ new pledge to improve prior authorization

The largest U.S. insurers agreed Monday to streamline their often cumbersome preapproval system. Here are five takeaways.

2025-06-27

Modulating gut microbiota contributes to better pork quality, study shows

A research team led by Prof. Kong Xiangfeng from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed a novel strategy to enhance pork quality by modulating gut microbiota, potentially bridging the gap between the high meat yield of commercial pigs and the premium meat quality of Chinese indigenous pigs.

2025-06-27

Reorienting MRO Massively Increases Its Subsurface Scanning Power

Orientation is more important than most people thing when it comes to sensing. A common example would be when the lasers of a garage door are mis-aligned, forcing the door to remain open until they are brought back in line. But when it comes to scientific sensors, orientation is even more important. So it was with great fanfare that NASA announced a new way to orient sensors on one of the most venerable of its spacecraft - the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) - and the resultant scientific discoveries it enabled.

2025-06-27

Zoning Out Makes You Smarter? Study Shows Surprising Way Your Brain Unintentionally Learns About The World - Study Finds

Zoning Out Makes You Smarter? Study Shows Surprising Way Your Brain Unintentionally Learns About The World Study FindsAimless wandering is actually good for the brain Boy Genius ReportZoning Out May Actually Help Your Brain Learn Faster ScienceBlog.comZoning out could be beneficial—and may actually help us learn faster Medical Xpress

2025-06-27

Tesla gets $475 price target from Benchmark amid initial Robotaxi rollout

Tesla’s limited rollout of its Robotaxi service in Austin is already catching the eye of Wall Street.The post Tesla gets $475 price target from Benchmark amid initial Robotaxi rollout appeared first on TESLARATI.

2025-06-27

ColdBrew algorithm puts water to work in drug discovery

Every protein in the body is encased in a water shell that directs protein structure, provides vital stability and steers function. Because of this, water molecules represent a powerful but largely underappreciated foothold in drug binding studies. Yet structural data about these water networks, usually collected at freezing temperatures, often carry temperature-based structural artifacts.

2025-06-27

Mother of Teen Who Died By Suicide After Interacting with Chatbots Sends Urgent Warning About AI in Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"

Megan Garcia, a Florida mother whose oldest child, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide after extensive interactions with unregulated AI chatbots, is calling on lawmakers to slash a controversial provision in the Trump Administration's "Big, Beautiful Bill" that blocks states from passing any AI regulation for the next ten years. In a letter sent to Florida Senator Ashley Moody, Garcia urges that the sweeping AI provision would leave millions of American families "unprotected from the harms AI poses" by eliminating pathways for accountability for AI companies, an industry that, as it stands, is already effectively self-regulating. In October 2024, [...]

2025-06-27

Loss of hard chorion: An evolutionary dead-end for parental egg-care fish

Parental egg-care in fish traps them in an evolutionary dead-end through the loss of the chorion-hardening system, according to scientists from the Institute of Science Tokyo. Fish have diverse egg-caring strategies that have independently emerged multiple times across lineages. Comparative whole genome analyses of 240 fish species revealed a strong correlation between loss of the chorion-hardening system and parental egg-care, revealing the mechanisms behind the evolutionary bias that restricts egg-caring fish from becoming non-egg-carers.

2025-06-27

Toxins and invasive amoebas found in marina seabed sediments

In recent years, special wash-down areas have been built in marinas to reduce the environmental problems caused by boat bottom paints. An analysis of Hinsholmskilen by the University of Gothenburg shows that the levels of metals in the seabed were highest closest to the wash-down areas, but also that two invasive amoebas have moved in.

2025-06-27

Portable DNA sequencing successfully tracks drug-resistant microbes in slaughterhouse wastewater

Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science—but these lifesaving tools have a dark side. Their persistent use can produce "superbugs"—drug-resistant microbes that pose a danger to humans, animals and the environment.

2025-06-27

Cryovolcanism and Resurfacing on Pluto’s Largest Moon, Charon

What processes during the formation of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an internal ocean? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the formation and evolution of Charon to ascertain whether it once possessed an internal ocean during its history and if this could have led to cryovolcanism based on images obtained by NASA’s New Horizons probe.

2025-06-27

Planets Form Earlier Than Thought Around Baby Stars

The Sun and its planets formed out of the solar nebula, around 4.6 billion years ago. But what was the delay between the Sun's formation and the planets? Astronomers have surveyed 78 protoplanetary disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region and seen examples of every step in the planetary formation process. They found that the planets start forming much earlier than previously believed, when the disk is still filled with gas and dust, growing together with their host stars.

2025-06-27

Senators Divided After Classified Iran Briefing

Senators emerged deeply divided after a classified briefing on US strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities Thursday, with sharp disagreements over whether the attacks dealt a crippling blow or left key questions unresolved. The briefing, meant to clarify the extent of damage and next steps, instead highlighted partisan splits and ongoing...

2025-06-27

Researchers Use Argonne X-Rays to Better Understand the Phases of a Quantum Material

Researchers from SLAC and Argonne developed a new method to study quantum materials under strain using the Advanced Photon Source.

2025-06-27

Illinois Researchers Demonstrate Giant Photonic Isolation and Gyration

Researchers from the Illinois Grainger College of Engineering are the first to demonstrate a simple and tunable method for realizing asymmetric couplings in integrated photonics.

2025-06-27

Idaho Judge Rejects Bryan Kohberger's Delay Request

An Idaho judge says he won't postpone the quadruple murder trial of a man accused in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler made the ruling Thursday, telling Bryan Kohberger's attorneys that jury selection will begin Aug. 4 and opening arguments will likely...

2025-06-27

San Francisco Judge Rules in Favor of Meta in AI Copyright Infringement Case

Meta successfully defended against a copyright infringement lawsuit, as a judge ruled authors didn't prove Meta's AI training undercut their book market.

2025-06-26

Feds Plan to Deport Abrego Garcia to 3rd Country

Federal prosecutors told a judge in Maryland on Thursday that the government plans to initiate removal proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and to deport him to a country that is not his native El Salvador upon his release from a Tennessee jail. But the prosecutors also said that they would...

2025-06-26

NASA Just Launched A Mission To Calibrate Space-Based Instruments With Moonlight

Calibration is a necessary, if typically invisible, step in the successful operation of any scientific telescope. Without a known value to compare its readings against, data from telescopes could suffer from biases or transients that could completely misdirect scientists analyzing it. However, those same scientists also struggle to find good sources of data to calibrate against. Enter Arcstone - a technology demonstration mission that launched earlier this week that plans to use one particular source as a calibration dataset - moonlight.

2025-06-26

Autonomous AI systems can help tackle global food insecurity

There is a growing and urgent need to address global food insecurity. This urgency is underscored by reports from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which states that nearly 828 million people suffer from hunger worldwide.

2025-06-26

Video Shows Large Crane Collapsing at Safety-Plagued SpaceX Rocket Facility

Elon Musk’s Texas Starbase is still reeling from its latest Starship explosion. Now, it has a crane collapse to deal with too. As eagle-eyed Starbase watchers flagged in a livestream from earlier this week, one of the cranes at the site of the explosion — which was, according to CBS News 4, powerful enough to be picked up by weather radar — collapsed in a heap in the middle of the day. "This has always been one of my biggest fears in every industry I've worked in," tweeted Zack Golden, the SpaceX fan who noticed the collapse on a livestream [...]

2025-06-26

Learning German has many benefits for young people—and it's not as hard as its reputation suggests

As the government is exploring a new EU youth mobility scheme and working towards a renewed association with the Erasmus+ program, a world of opportunity may be opening up once again for young people in the UK. Studying or working abroad is not just an enriching experience—it's a powerful step towards building intercultural competence and a successful career in today's globalized world.

2025-06-26

Previously unknown 'loading dock' found inside human cells

A new organelle has been found by scientists at the University of Virginia (UVA). The super-small specialized structure has a role recycling material inside our cells, and its discovery could lead to improved treatments for a wide range of diseases.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Organelle, Cells, Cellular machinery, University of Virginia, Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's disease, Genetics

2025-06-26

Elon Musk scam tricks victims on Facebook with Tesla hoax

A Facebook scammer posing as Elon Musk tricked a victim with promises of a Tesla and $250,000, requesting gift cards that become untraceable once the codes are shared.

2025-06-26

Extreme winter weather isn’t down to a wavier jet stream

The recent erratic behaviour of the polar jet stream isn't out of the ordinary, researchers have found by compiling data from the past 125 years

2025-06-26

Nightmare map shows which US cities would vanish underwater if 'doomsday glacier' melts

Projections reveal the potential horrific outcome of the Thwaites Glacier entirely melting, which would see sea levels rise and major U.S. cities disappear.

2025-06-26

Harvard Scientist Charged With Smuggling Frog Embryos

A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School faces serious federal charges after allegedly smuggling frog embryo samples into the US and lying to customs officials—a case that is raising questions about how far the government will go in its pursuit of academics in the US who are not...

2025-06-26

Scientists reveal your morning coffee flips an ancient longevity switch

Caffeine appears to do more than perk you up—it activates AMPK, a key cellular fuel sensor that helps cells cope with stress and energy shortages. This could explain why coffee is linked to better health and longer life.

2025-06-26

Close-up images of The Red Planet’s ridges from Mars Rover show ‘dramatic evidence’ of water - Yahoo

Close-up images of The Red Planet’s ridges from Mars Rover show ‘dramatic evidence’ of water YahooMars rover captures first close-up photos of giant 'spiderwebs' on the Red Planet Live ScienceMars rover captures first close-up images of ridges that hint at planet's watery past in "really surprising" discovery CBS NewsNASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Starts Unpacking Boxwork Formations NASA (.gov)Curiosity Views a Fractured Boxwork Pattern Up Close NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)

2025-06-26

Nestle Joins Food Giants in Ditching Artificial Dyes by 2026

Nestle announced Wednesday that it will eliminate artificial colors from its US food and beverage lineup by mid-2026. The company joins Kraft Heinz and General Mills, which recently made similar pledges to drop artificial dyes from their US products by 2027, the AP reports. General Mills also committed to removing...

2025-06-26

Spy Chiefs, Citing New Intel on Nuclear Sites: Trump Is Right

President Trump and his administration have pushed back , hard , against reports that Iran's nuclear program has not, in fact, been "obliterated" in recent strikes. But now, the administration is touting "new intelligence" supporting Trump's claim that the strikes set the nuclear program back years, not months, CBS News reports. CIA...

2025-06-26

Researchers are turning outdated phones into eco-friendly mini data centres

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM That outdated phone sitting in your junk drawer could be doing a lot more than gathering dust. According to a new European study, it might just be the next tiny tech hero helping researchers monitor marine life or improve your local bus stop. The concept is straightforward enough: turn [...]The post Researchers are turning outdated phones into eco-friendly mini data centres first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

2025-06-26

Malnutrition may be a hidden health factor for people with obesity and osteoarthritis | Folio

New research could help improve nutritional assessment and support for patients.

2025-06-26

CARsgen Therapeutics' satri-cel NDA accepted by Chinese regulator

26 June 2025 - CARsgen Therapeutics Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 2171.HK), a China-based company involved in developing innovative CAR T-cell therapies, announced on Wednesday that the National Medic...

2025-06-25

ASU's Metis Center Helps Future-Proof Infrastructure

"Infrastructure is stuck between the past and the future. We often approach infrastructure with design principles from 50 to 70 years ago, but today's priorities and technologies have rapidly changed. Infrastructure today is not designed to confront the complexities of today's challenges."

2025-06-25

Ceramics will be critical to the lunar economy—but we don't know how to make them on site

Building on the moon is a challenge we have yet to fully grasp. Plenty of projects have grandiose plans, from using blood, sweat and tears to create bricks out of regolith to building towers to wirelessly transmit power between isolated locations. However, these projects all but ignore one of the most important types of material we use commonly here on Earth—ceramics.

2025-06-25

Boson sampling finds first practical applications in quantum AI

For over a decade, researchers have considered boson sampling—a quantum computing protocol involving light particles—as a key milestone toward demonstrating the advantages of quantum methods over classical computing. But while previous experiments showed that boson sampling is hard to simulate with classical computers, practical uses have remained out of reach.

2025-06-25

Tel Aviv Might Be Getting a Trump Tower

A luxury hotel under construction in Tel Aviv will be the tallest hotel in the city—and it could have the Trump name on it. Eric Trump, who runs the Trump Organization, spoke to the owners of the hotel in the trendy Sarona district this spring about a partnership, the...

2025-06-25

New dog-sized dinosaur species discovered - CNN

New dog-sized dinosaur species discovered CNNNatural History Museum to display rare dog-sized dinosaur BBCEnigmacursor mollyborthwickae: Small and speedy dinosaur recognised as a new species New ScientistNew species of ‘mystery’ dinosaur unveiled at the Natural History Museum Natural History MuseumMeet Enigmacursor: New dinosaur species unveiled at London's Natural History Museum Yahoo

2025-06-25

Neurodiverse kids at camp: How programs can become places where all children belong

For many families, summer camp is a rite of passage representing friendship, fun and freedom. But for families of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, it can be a season of rejection, stress and exclusion.

2025-06-25

Camera systems as scientific instruments in Artemis III EVAs

What imaging systems can NASA's Artemis astronauts use on the moon to conduct groundbreaking science and efficient documentation on the lunar surface? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2025) aspired to address as a team of researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory investigated using next-generation cameras on the Artemis III mission, which is slated to be the first lunar surface mission of the Artemis program.

2025-06-25

NASA clears way for SpaceX, Axiom Space to try overnight launch to space station

After a series of delays from weather to rocket engines to a leak on the International Space Station, NASA has cleared the way for SpaceX to launch the Axiom Space Ax-4 crew on the Space Coast.

2025-06-25

A chance discovery of a 350 million-year-old fossil reveals a new type of ray-finned fish

In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth. Sonja Wood, the museum's owner, and Chris Mansky, the museum's curator, found the fossil in a creek after Wood had a hunch.

2025-06-25

Physicists recreate forgotten experiment observing fusion

A Los Alamos collaboration has replicated an important but largely forgotten physics experiment: the first deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion observation. As described in the article published in Physical Review C, the reworking of the previously unheralded experiment confirmed the role of University of Michigan physicist Arthur Ruhlig, whose 1938 experiment and observation of deuterium-tritium fusion likely planted the seed for a physics process that informs national security work and nuclear energy research to this day.

2025-06-25

Trump Administration Ousts National Science Foundation from Headquarters Building

Employees at the National Science Foundation say they’ve been blindsided by a plan for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take over their offices

2025-06-25

Rubio: Fate of Iran's Conversion Facility Is Telling

In the back and forth around whether Iran's nuclear capabilities were "obliterated" as President Trump has said or just damaged, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is making a case for the former fate. The New York Times reports Rubio on Wednesday provided a "more detailed description" of why he believes...

2025-06-25

Mice born of two dads reveal hidden details of mammalian reproduction

Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have produced fertile adult mice from embryos constructed entirely with male genetic material. Mice carrying only paternal DNA developed into fertile adults following precision editing of seven imprinting control regions, revealing genomic imprinting as a core barrier to uniparental mammalian development.

2025-06-25

ESO 280-SC06 is a tidally disrupted globular cluster that has lost almost all its mass, observations reveal

Using the Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, astronomers have performed a chemical study of a globular cluster known as ESO 280-SC06. As a result, they found that ESO 280-SC06 is a tidally disrupted cluster that was once massive but has lost at least 95% of its initial mass. The new findings were published June 18 on the arXiv pre-print server.

2025-06-25

Anthony Weiner's Comeback Bid Not Looking Good

Disgraced former US Rep. Anthony Weiner is trailing badly in the Democratic primary for a New York City Council seat as the race moves to a ranked choice vote count to decide the winner. Initial returns Tuesday showed Weiner running in a distant fourth place in the five-person race for...

2025-06-25

Award Transaction Summary (ATS) now available

Dear Colleagues, The issues affecting the Award Transaction Summary (ATS) and Awards by Campus Area report have been resolved. Both reports are now available. Thank you for your patience and please contact the ERA Team if you have...

2025-06-25

Unlocking the Cosmos with AI: How the SkAI Institute Is Transforming Astronomy

Modern telescopes like the Rubin Observatory are poised to capture unprecedented volumes of data. But how do you process, classify, and interpret millions of astrophysical events each night?

2025-06-25

It's Elementary: Problem-Solving AI Approach Offers Scientific Discovery at Scale

Scientists at Jefferson Lab, in collaboration with DOE's Argonne National Laboratory and Vivix Inc., have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can reliably solve inverse problems at supercomputer scales. The technique, first developed for nuclear physics applications, could help scientists in a number of fields make discoveries more quickly and efficiently.

2025-06-25

Endowed Professorship Boosts Leadership in Space Governance at CU Boulder

Endowed professorship boosts leadership in space governance at CU Boulder

2025-06-25

Solos unveils AirGo A5 and AirGo V2 smart glasses with hands-free AI

Solos is unveiling two new smart glasses models with hands-free AI: AirGo A5 and AirGo V2. With intuitive interaction, superior sound, advanced video capabilities, and camera-enabled AI, Solos said the two products set a new benchmark for wearable intelligence, making wearable AI more intuitive, accessible, and integrated into daily life. The Boston company unveiled them [...]

2025-06-25

European spacecraft built to carry astronauts is launching first with human remains from 150 people on board - and it's costing big money - supercarblondie.com

European spacecraft built to carry astronauts is launching first with human remains from 150 people on board - and it's costing big money supercarblondie.comThe Exploration Company outlines plans for human spaceflight SpaceNewsThe Exploration Company Unveils Proposed Crew Capsule European SpaceflightEuropean Spacecraft Has the Coolest Name Ever, Gulfstream Jet to Chase It on Re-Entry autoevolutionNyx: Europe’s Autonomous Space Capsule for Cargo and Human Missions DirectIndustry e-Magazine

2025-06-25

NASA’s LRO Views ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon Lander Impact Site

The Japanese ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 was supposed to touch down gently on the Moon on June 5, 2025. Unfortunately, communications with the RESILIENCE lander were lost about 90 seconds before it should have landed, and it was assumed to have crashed on the lunar surface. Now, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured the crash site from orbit at an altitude of 80 km and confirmed where it smashed into the Moon.

2025-06-25

San Francisco Judge Supports AI Firm Anthropic's Transformative Use of Texts but Acknowledges Piracy Concerns Ahead of Trial

U.S. Judge Alsup ruled that Anthropic's AI use of copyrighted books was transformative but is still assessing damages for sourcing pirated copies.

2025-06-24

Ancient carbon ‘burps’ caused ocean oxygen crashes — and we’re repeating the mistake

Over 300 million years ago, Earth experienced powerful bursts of carbon dioxide from natural sources—like massive volcanic eruptions—that triggered dramatic drops in ocean oxygen levels. These ancient "carbon burps" led to dangerous periods of ocean anoxia, which stalled marine biodiversity and potentially reshaped entire ecosystems. In a groundbreaking study, scientists combined high-tech climate models with deep-ocean sediment analysis to pinpoint five such events. The alarming part? Today's human-driven CO2 emissions are skyrocketing at speeds hundreds of times faster than those ancient upheavals—raising urgent questions about how modern oceans, particularly coastal zones rich in marine life, might react.

2025-06-24

Someone Stole a $200K Violin From a Pub

London police are investigating an unusual theft: Somebody made off with an 18th-century violin valued at $200,000—from a pub. The police just released images of the suspect (though the theft occurred in February) and are asking the public for help identifying him, reports the BBC . The violin is...

2025-06-24

Diabetic Woman No Longer Needs Insulin After Single Dose of Experimental Stem Cells

A Canadian woman who took part in a landmark study spent nearly a decade handcuffed to her glucose monitor and insulin shots — but after a single dose of manufactured stem cells implanted into her liver, she's now free. In an interview with CTV about her participation in the study, which was the subject of a new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Amanda Smith of London, Ontario described how it felt to be part of such a history-making experiment.

2025-06-24

Behind the headlines: The hidden toll on journalists during the pandemic era

New research has revealed the trauma faced by journalists during the height of the pandemic, caused by exposure to online threats, disturbing information and disrupted work routines that exacerbated an industry already under pressure from the rise of social media and online news.

2025-06-24

A new atomistic route to viscosity—even near the glass transition

We rarely think about how liquids flow—why honey is thick, water is thin or how molten plastic moves through machines. But for scientists and engineers, understanding and predicting the viscosity of materials, especially polymers, is essential.

2025-06-24

Reading skills—and struggles—manifest earlier than thought

Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from the Harvard Graduate School of Education says they may start developing as early as infancy.

2025-06-24

Live or Fly a Plane in California? Help NASA Measure Ozone Pollution!

Ozone high in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun’s ultraviolet light. But ozone near the ground is a pollutant that harms people and plants. The San Joaquin Valley has some of the most polluted air in the country, and NASA scientists with the new Ozone Where We Live (OWWL) project are working to measure [...]

2025-06-24

Mercury - The Tiny Planet That's Been Baffling Scientists Everywhere

Mercury doesn't give up its secrets easily. The smallest planet in our Solar System is also one of the most extreme, a sun-scorched, metal-rich world with a puzzling magnetic field and lavas unlike anything found on Earth. Now, groundbreaking laboratory experiments are finally beginning to unlock these mysteries, revealing how this planetary oddball could hold the key to understanding rocky planets throughout the universe.

2025-06-24

Pulsars Could Have Tiny Mountains

Pulsars are spinning neutron stars, with several times the mass of the Sun compressed into a sphere just 10 km across. They have a theoretical "death line,” a point where pulsars should stop emitting radio waves as they slow down. But researchers have detected two pulsars still beaming radio signals despite being below this death line. One explanation is that there are tiny irregularities on their surfaces, mountains just 1 cm tall. These peaks amplify local electric fields, making it easier for the pulsars to accelerate particles and produce radio emissions that should be impossible.

2025-06-24

Your health data is being sold without your consent

Your health information might feel private and secure with your doctor, but the reality is far more complicated. Data brokers collect a wide range of sensitive health data, from diagnoses and prescription details to personal identifiers, and sell this data to marketers, insurers, and other third parties.

2025-06-24

Co-Founder of Bad Company, Mott the Hoople Dead at 81

Mick Ralphs, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of the classic British rock bands Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, has died. A statement posted to the band's official website Monday announced Ralphs' death at age 81, the AP reports. Ralphs had a stroke days after what would be his...

2025-06-24

Brazilian Hiker Missing on Active Volcano

Rescue teams in Indonesia are searching for Juliana Marins, a 26-year-old Brazilian tourist who fell while hiking near the crater of the active volcano Mount Rinjani over the weekend, the BBC reports. Marins disappeared early Saturday while trekking with a group, reportedly slipping from a cliff that borders a trail...

2025-06-24

Japanese Company Blames Laser Tool for Its 2nd Crash Landing on the Moon

A Japanese company says a laser navigating tool doomed its lunar lander, causing it to crash into the moon

2025-06-24

Japanese company blames laser tool for its 2nd crash landing on the moon - AP News

Japanese company blames laser tool for its 2nd crash landing on the moon AP NewsNASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander Phys.orgNASA’s LRO Views ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Moon Lander Impact Site NASA (.gov)NASA moon orbiter spies grave of crashed Japanese lunar lander (image) SpaceJapan-Moon Landing guardonline.com

2025-06-24

2032 'City-Killer' Impact Threatens Earth's Satellites, Study Finds - ScienceAlert

2032 'City-Killer' Impact Threatens Earth's Satellites, Study Finds ScienceAlertGiant asteroid could crash into moon in 2032, firing debris towards Earth The GuardianMassive Asteroid Could Hit the Moon, Here's How It Would Impact Earth YahooAsteroid on collision course with moon could fire shrapnel at Earth New Scientist"City-killer" asteroid could strike the Moon, putting satellites at risk Boing Boing

2025-06-24

Simulations Reveal the Secret to Strengthening Carbon Fiber

Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum, carbon fiber is a staple in aerospace and high-performance vehicles -- and now, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to make it even stronger.

2025-06-24

Inamori Foundation Announces 2025 Kyoto Prize Laureates

Theories enabling artificial intelligence, models that shape our knowledge of genomic imprinting, and ideas illuminating the ethic of care are recognized by the 2025 Kyoto Prizes, announced by Japan's Inamori Foundation.

2025-06-24

Cosmic Revelation: Vera C. Rubin Observatory Unveils Universe's Splendor in First Images, A New Era of Discovery Beckons from Washington D.C. to Chile

First images from Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveal millions of cosmic objects, signaling a new era in astronomy and astrophysics.