The Earth observation sector is experiencing a golden age. Satellite hardware and launch costs have plummeted, and computer power, driven by AI and analytics, continues to improve. That’s led to a genuine revolution in precision agriculture…
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NASA’s ambitious ‘decade of Venus’ exploration may bank on 1 probe: ‘Not everything can move forward’
NASA’s role in a planned Europe-led mission to Venus remains uncertain as budget pressures drive “hard strategic choices” about which missions will be able to continue, Louise Prockter, director of NASA’s planetary science division, said on…
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AI wrote a scientific paper that passed peer review
Science has always relied on a curious human’s mind forming a hypothesis, designing an experiment, analyzing the results and presenting the case to that person’s peers. Over centuries, we’ve built better tools such as electron microscopes,…
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Synesthesia isn’t just in your mind. The body reacts as if the colors were real.
Some people see numbers as always having certain colors — for example, they see the number 5 as red. A new study reveals that their eyes react as if they see those colors in the real world.
The study found that people with synesthesia — a…
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Can AI understand literature? Researchers put it to the test
Even with all the recent advances in the ability of large language models (like ChatGPT) to help us think, research, summarize, and learn complex and technical texts, how do they fare in understanding storytelling and literature? These questions…
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US-made anti-tank mines reportedly found near Iranian missile base
Images circulating online appear to show U.S.-made scatterable anti-tank land mines near a suspected Iranian missile facility outside Shiraz, raising questions about whether the United States has begun using area-denial weapons to hinder…
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New dirt on an unusual source of antibiotic resistance : NPR
What does dry soil, like this stretch in South Africa, have to do with antimicrobial resistance? A new study offers an…
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Investigation of permit violations in South Africa’s shark fishery pending
Following an October 2025 Mongabay report of the shark fishing vessel Zanette violating the conditions of its permit to catch endangered sharks, the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) announced that it…
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Battery life just dethroned price as the biggest driver of smartphone purchases — and AI doesn’t come close
Aside from the Apple versus Android debate, smartphone brands have traditionally won or lost consumers on price. Flagship phones are purchased by those who can afford them; budget handsets by those who don’t care about the latest features, and…
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AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition crams 208MB of cache into a single chip
For about four years now, AMD has offered special “X3D” variants of its high-end desktop processors with an extra 64MB of L3 cache attached, an addition that disproportionately benefits…
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