Washington State University researchers advanced archaeology and conservation science by recreating the world’s oldest synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue.
In collaboration with Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s Museum…
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The Download: Reasons to be optimistic about AI’s energy use, and Caiwei Chen’s three things
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A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
In the fall of 2020, gig workers in Venezuela posted a series of images to online forums where they talk shop. The photos were mundane, if…
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Can humans spontaneously combust? The baffling cases explained.
In December 2010, Michael Faherty died in his home in Galway, Ireland. His body…
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10 Python One-Liners That Will Simplify Feature Engineering
Feature engineering is a key process in most data analysis workflows, especially when constructing machine learning models.
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Russia’s new 24,000-ton nuclear submarine carries 96 warheads
Russia is set to strengthen its Arctic-based nuclear deterrent by commissioning the Knyaz Pozharsky, the latest Borei-A class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), scheduled to join the Northern Fleet in June 2025.
The move…
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How Zika Uses a Crucial Host Cell Process to Its Advantage
The Zika virus, which is mostly transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, emerged around 2007 to cause infections around the world, primarily in Asia, the Americas, and Pacific nations. There was a massive…
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Trump’s Executive Order To Lower Drug Prices Lacks Crucial Details
President Donald Trump signs an executive order. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO … More
According to a press release issued by the White House in late May, President Trump…
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Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellite
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron successfully placed a BlackSky high-resolution imaging satellite into orbit on a June 2 launch.
The Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 7:57 p.m. Eastern….
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US liquid lead project to cut nuclear waste by 28 times in 30 years
A project led by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory on transmutation technologies for used nuclear fuel has been awarded a grant from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
The funding…
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