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Space Shuttle Endeavour's 20-story vertical display
The California Science Center has begun the complex process of moving components into place for space shuttle Endeavour’s awe-inspiring vertical display.
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Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields
On 19 March 2025, the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission released its first batch of survey data, including a preview of its deep fields. Here, hundreds of thousands of galaxies in different shapes and sizes take centre stage and show a glimpse of their large-scale organisation in the cosmic web.
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Rubin Observatory's first LSST Camera release: 500k galaxies in the COSMOS field
A new image from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory offers a spectacularly deep view into a famous region of sky known as the COSMOS field. Located in the constellation Sextans, COSMOS is one of the most observed patches of the Universe — and Rubin’s new image adds a powerful new view of this well-known cosmic landmark.
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First evidence of social relationships between chimpanzees, gorillas: study
Drawn from more than 20 years of observations at Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo, a long-term study led by primatologist Crickette Sanz of Washington University in St. Louis documented social ties between individual chimpanzees and gorillas that persisted over years and across different contexts.
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Climeworks lays the foundation to scale up carbon dioxide removal significantly
Climeworks has signed groundbreaking agreements with Carbfix and ON Power to lay the foundation for a new plant that will significantly scale-up carbon...
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United flies passenger flight on sustainable aviation fuel supplying one engine
United Flies World’s First Passenger Flight On 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supplying One Of Its Engines
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A new method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment
MIT engineers have developed a method to increase wind farms’ energy output. Whereas individual turbines are typically controlled separately, the new approach models the wind flow of the entire collection of turbines and optimizes the control of individual units.
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How common was it for parents to lose a child?
The death of a young child has always been the most devastating tragedy mothers and fathers could experience. How common was it?
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Combating olive oil fraud with nuclear innovations
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is developing new and rapid methods to rapidly screen and authenticate the origin of foods like extra virgin olive oil.
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Sixth mass extinction: The era of ‘biological annihilation’
We read, with no small concern, a recent CNN article by John D. Sutter, columnist. He notes several statistics that should not be ignored, such as, “three-quarters of all species could disapp…
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Autistic children with imaginary friends have better social skills
Results suggest that pretend play provides similar social benefits to autistic children as it does to neurotypical children.
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The United States of Toxins
Ranking the cities and states and release the most toxins into the environment.
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Scott Aaronson on Google’s new quantum-computing paper
MIT professor Scott Aaronson discusses new Google experiments that suggest the D-Wave computer exploits quantum phenomena.
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A Short Course in Thinking About Thinking (2007)
A SHORT COURSE IN THINKING ABOUT THINKING Edge Master Class '07 DANIEL KAHNEMAN Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, CA, July 20-22, 2007 AN EDGE SPECIAL PROJECT
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Why does Swiss cheese have holes?
Swiss cheese gets holes from carbon dioxide bubbles during the cheese-making process. Learn more about what causes the holes in Swiss cheese at U.S. Dairy.
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UH Researchers Report New, More Efficient Catalyst for Water Splitting
Discovery Could Remove Hurdle to Producing Hydrogen from Water
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A biotechnology dream: nitrogen-fixing cereal crops
MIT Professor Christopher Voigt and his team are working to transform cereal crops so they are able to fix their own nitrogen. The research has been funded by the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS).
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Making espresso with ultrasound
Researchers at UNSW Sydney have harnessed the power of ultrasonic sound waves to make espresso-strength coffee with room temperature water, cutting energy use by up to 75%.
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Some neurons are active when adding, others when subtracting
Most elementary school children probably already know that three apples plus two apples add up to five apples. However, what happens in the brain during such calculations is still largely unknown. The current study by the Universities of Bonn and Tübingen now sheds light on this issue.
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