NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley houses a unique laboratory: the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF). The engineers at the ASF are responsible for building, maintaining, and operating numerous instruments that get deployed on research…
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Interview with Indigenous activist Taily Terena
- Taily Terena is a young Indigenous activist from Brazil of the Xané (Terena) ethnicity whose work centers on human rights, gender issues, youth and environmental protection.
- In 2025, Taily was the first-ever…
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A step in fight against tick-borne disease — Harvard Gazette
Ticks pose a grave risk to public health, with nearly half a million cases of the tick-borne Lyme disease treated every year in the United States.
Young nymph and adult female ticks typically pose the greatest risk for transmitting infection…
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20-Million-Light-Year-Wide Cloud of Energetic Particles Spotted around Distant Galaxy Cluster
Astronomers have discovered the largest known cloud of energetic particles surrounding a galaxy cluster — the 20-million-light-year-wide cloud around the galaxy cluster PLCK G287.0+32.9.
This new composite image made with X-rays from…
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Fossils found in 1970s are most recent ancestor of tyrannosaurs, scientists say | Dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurs might evoke images of serrated teeth, massive bodies and powerful tails, but their most recent ancestor yet discovered was a slender, fleet-footed beast of rather more modest size.
Experts say the new species – identified from two…
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There’s no cheating this random number generator
If your name gets picked for jury duty, it’s because a computer used a random number generator to select it. The same goes for tax audits or when you opt for a quick pick lottery ticket. But how can you trust that the draw was truly…
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RFK Jr. Purges The Vaccine Advisory Committee
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee purge, a tech billionaire’s funding of research on AI and healthcare, Omada’s IPO and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
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World leaders call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN ocean summit
- World leaders have renewed calls for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining at the 2025 U.N. Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, as the U.S. moves to mine the deep sea in international waters under its own…
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HHS Overhauls Vaccine Advisory Committee to Restore Public Trust
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday that it has removed all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), citing a need to restore public trust in federal…
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New quantum navigation device uses atoms to measure acceleration in 3D
Jun 11, 2025 Physicists have used a cloud of atoms chilled down to incredibly cold temperatures to simultaneously measure acceleration in three dimensions – a feat that many scientists didn’t think was…
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