OpenAI is reportedly on the verge of a roughly $500 billion valuation, a figure that would make it the most valuable private company in the world—bigger than SpaceX, TikTok’s parent company Bytedance, and even public giants like Palantir….
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NASA’s X-59 Nears First Flight
As we honor the legacy of aviation pioneers this National Aviation Day, NASA’s X-59 is preparing to push the boundaries of what’s possible in air travel. The quiet supersonic aircraft’s historic first flight is on the horizon, with final…
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Radio waves offer new hope for improving sense of smell
Our sense of smell is more important than we often realize. It helps us enjoy food, detect danger like smoke or gas leaks, and even affects memory and emotion. Many people – especially after COVID-19, aging, or brain injury – suffer…
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California’s Next ‘Big One’ Might Not Follow the Script
On March 28, a devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked Myanmar, splitting the Sagaing Fault at speeds of over 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) per second. You know which other fault resembles the Sagaing…
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HPV16 reprograms immune cells to weaken cancer defenses
The most common cancer-causing strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV16, undermines the body’s defenses by reprogramming immune cells surrounding the tumor, according to new research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. In…
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Some (very adorable) whales and dolphins were caught forming unlikely friendships
We might picture dolphins as the excitable younger cousin to the cool, composed humpback whale, but it seems these two species might have a budding friendship after all.
In fact, new suction-camera footage from humpback whales shows the depths…
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World’s most powerful X-ray laser spots atomic shifts in solar cells
Scientists at the European XFEL research facility have directly observed atomic-scale deformations inside solar cell materials using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser for the first time.
The research team, led by Johan Bielecki, PhD, a…
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What is BioNutrients? – NASA
A series of biology experiments, called BioNutrients, is testing ways to use microorganisms to produce nutrients – off Earth and on demand – that will be critical for human health in space.
Editor’s note: This article was updated on Aug….
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There’s Something Really Suspicious About the Way This Star Died
Stellar death is a complex and mysterious process — but in the case of a supernova known as 2023zkd, things were more gruesome than any astronomer had ever seen before.
As its name suggests, this supernova — the fabulous astronomical term for…
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20 Years Later, , the World’s Oldest “Two-Headed ” Dinosaur Was Discovered—And It Still Defies Logic
A fossil unearthed two decades ago in northeastern China has captured renewed scientific attention this summer after researchers confirmed it as the oldest known case of polycephaly—a congenital condition where an animal is born with more than…
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