Imagine knowing that the stock market will likely crash in three years, that extreme weather will destroy your home in eight or that you will have a debilitating disease in 15—but that you can take steps now to protect yourself from these…
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What Does Palantir Actually Do?
In response to a detailed request for comment from WIRED, Palantir spokesperson Lisa Gordon said in a statement that the company is “proud to support the US government, especially our warfighters,” and that it has never wavered from its…
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Pessimistic Dogs Are Better at Smelling Cancer—And Other Keys to Disease-Sniffing Success
August 11, 2025
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Pessimistic Dogs Are Better at Smelling Cancer—And Other Keys to Disease-Sniffing Success
New research is revealing how disease-smelling dogs can excel
Individual…
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Jim Lovell, commander of NASA’s Apollo 13 moon mission, dies at 97
NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who helped turn the near-disastrous Apollo 13 moon mission into an inspiring tale of ingenuity and survival, has died at the age of 97.
Jim Lovell passed away on Thursday (Aug. 7) in Lake Forest, Illinois, according to…
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Biotech Startup Tahoe Therapeutics Raised $30 Million To Build AI Models Of Living Cells
Tahoe cofounders (L-R): Kevin Shokat, Nima Alidoust, Johnny Yu and Hani Goodarzi
Tahoe Therapeutics
One of the holy grails of biology is digitally simulating a living cell. If researchers can use computers to more accurately understand how new…
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Chinese launch startup unveils autonomous rocket recovery ship
HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup iSpace has launched the nation’s first rocket recovery ship, marking a major step toward offshore reusable rocket operations.
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Sabu Disk: A mysterious 5,000-year-old Egyptian stone sculpture that looks like a hubcap
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Name: Sabu Disk
What it is: A stone vessel
Where it is from: Saqqara necropolis, in Egypt
When it was made: Circa 3100 to 2900 B.C.
This delicate stone vessel was discovered in 1936 in the tomb of Sabu, an ancient Egyptian official buried…
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Juliana Barajas: Supporting NASA’s Mission, One Task at a Time
As an administrative assistant in the Safety and Mission Assurance Office at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Juliana Barajas approaches her work with one clear mission: to help others succeed.
Juliana…
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World’s first artificial tongue ‘tastes and learns’ like a real human organ
Scientists have created the first artificial tongue that can sense and identify flavors entirely in liquid environments — mimicking how human taste buds work.
The achievement, described July 15 in the journal PNAS, could lead to automated…
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Rogue Worlds May Not Be So Lonely After All, NASA’s Europa Mission Advances, and RFK, Jr., Pulls mRNA Vaccine Funds
Rogue Worlds May Not Be So Lonely After All, Europa Clipper Completes Key Test, and RFK, Jr., Pulls $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Funding
From planets roaming space to major shifts in health funding, catch up with this week’s news roundup.
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