Discovery of human footprints at White Sands, New Mexico, dated to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago, was a notable step in understanding the initial peopling of the Americas, but that work was met with criticism focused on the reliability…
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The Rubin Observatory found 2,104 asteroids in just a few days. It could soon find millions more
It was weirdly emotional on Monday (June 23) as several grainy white specks streaked across my computer screen while ambient rhythms buzzed in the background. Those specks were part of a film that played during the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s…
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York Space launches U.S. military satellite on SpaceX rideshare
WASHINGTON — A U.S. military satellite built by York Space Systems launched to orbit June 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The spacecraft, named Dragoon, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part of…
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Time Has Three Dimensions, New Theory Says
A new theory by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Gunther Kletetschka argues that time comes in three dimensions rather than just the single one we experience as continual forward progression, and space emerges as a secondary…
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Waste to painkiller? Bacteria convert plastic into paracetamol
Move over crude oil, scientists have found a way to turn plastic waste into paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, using a common bacterium.
The breakthrough, developed by researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s Wallace Lab, has found a…Continue Reading
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Bid Protests Offer A Way Around PLAs, But Will A Slow, Steady Precedent Win the Day?
The second Trump administration has a problem with the Biden-era mandate to have project labor agreements setting compensation and work rules on federal and federally-funded projects valued at $35 million or more.
A project labor agreement is a…
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Sakana AI Introduces Reinforcement-Learned Teachers (RLTs): Efficiently Distilling Reasoning in LLMs Using Small-Scale Reinforcement Learning
Sakana AI introduces a novel framework for reasoning language models (LLMs) with a focus on efficiency and reusability: Reinforcement-Learned Teachers (RLTs). Traditional reinforcement learning (RL) approaches in LLMs are plagued by…
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After 60 years, a ‘powerful’ pulse from this space probe has scientists baffled – The Independent
- After 60 years, a ‘powerful’ pulse from this space probe has scientists baffled The Independent
- Astronomers detect pulse from satellite that has been dead for decades FOX Weather
- Long-Dead NASA Satellite Suddenly Lets Out Epic Blast of…
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‘2nd Jupiter’ exoplanet seen 60 light-years away photo of the day for June 23, 2025
Exoplanets, planets that exist beyond the reaches of our social system, are a key focus for astronomers as they can help uncover a variety of mysteries in our universe, from how the cosmos originally formed to if there’s life on other worlds.
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Endangered humphead wrasse gets a lifeline from facial recognition tech
- The endangered humphead wrasse, a reef fish that swims the seas from Africa to the South Pacific, is in high demand in mainland China and Hong Kong as a luxury culinary delicacy.
- Despite harvest limits, trading…
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