When the Trump administration announced it was moving to eliminate dozens of U.S. climate policies, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said he was sending “a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change…
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Like Reagan, Trump is slashing environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact
When the Trump administration announced it was moving to eliminate dozens of U.S. climate policies, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said he was sending “a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change…
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Satellite constellations fall short of meeting brightness goals
WASHINGTON — Developers of large satellite constellations say it may be impossible to meet brightness goals established by astronomers to minimize the impact of those satellites on their constellations.
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Pig Lung Transplanted Into a Human in Major Scientific First : ScienceAlert
A genetically modified pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead human patient functioned for nine days in a new achievement that reveals both the promise and significant challenges of xenotransplantation.
Over the course of the experiment, the…
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Are We Getting Closer To A Broader Cure For HIV?
Timothy Ray Brown, known as the “Berlin Patient” and the first person to have been cured of HIV, pictured in 2012.
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Since the landmark stem cell transplantation which saw Timothy Ray Brown become the first person to be cured of HIV in…
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How Many Planets Orbit Our Nearest Neighboring Star?
Some of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrials have remained, so far, mostly hidden from astronomers. Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is leading the search for the most tantalizing…
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10 Useful NumPy One-Liners for Time Series Analysis
Working with time series data often means wrestling with the same patterns over and over: calculating moving averages, detecting spikes, creating features for forecasting models.
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NASA | TOMEX+ Rocket launch out of Virginia could be visible in central North Carolina skies
NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) — The TOMEX+ sounding rocket mission launch attempt was scrubbed on Sunday and Monday due to cloud cover and high sea states in the recovery area.
NASA is now targeting Tuesday night (Aug. 26) for the first launch. Those in…
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Primates with longer thumbs tend to have bigger brains, research finds | Evolution
Big hands might mean big feet, but it seems long thumbs are linked to large brains – at least in primates.
Researchers say the results suggest the brain co-evolved with manual dexterity in such mammals.
“We imagine an evolutionary scenario in…
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Stunning new images: The Sun’s smallest loops ever seen
The highest-resolution images of a solar flare captured at the H-alpha wavelength (656.28 nm) may reshape how we understand the Sun’s magnetic architecture — and improve space weather forecasting. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)…
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