Science

Wharton Researchers Coin ‘Cognitive Surrender’ as AI Takes Over Thinking

A Wharton School study coined "cognitive surrender" to describe how people defer to AI even when it's wrong, with participants…

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Scientists Create Ultra-Black Car Paint That Warps Reality

A Singapore-based company, Nipsea Group, has developed a durable ultra-black paint that absorbs 99.9% of visible light, inspired by BMW's…

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Canada Missed Inspections Before OceanGate Titan Implosion

A Transportation Safety Board report found that no single Canadian federal agency was responsible for connecting critical warning signs about…

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Satellite rescue mission assembled in record time faces uncertain outcome

NASA challenged three companies to develop a satellite in under a year to rescue its aging $500 million Swift observatory,…

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Scientists Hunt for Heat-Resistant Reefs as Coral Crisis Deepens

Scientists are racing to protect heat-resistant "Super Reefs" by creating a multinational network of marine protected areas, requiring $10 million…

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NASA taps Eric Schmidt’s rocket firm for Mars mission, rivaling SpaceX

NASA has hired Relativity Space, now controlled by former Google executive Eric Schmidt, to build and launch the Aeolus mission…

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First Brain Implant Power User & South Korea’s AI Obsession

Casey Harrell, an ALS patient, has become the first "power user" of a speech brain-computer interface, independently using it to…

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FDA Advisors Unanimously Approve Moderna’s mRNA Vaccine After Controversy

FDA advisors voted 9–0 to approve Moderna's seasonal mRNA flu vaccine, mFlusiva, after a Trump-era appointee attempted to block its…

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NASA Halts Northrop Grumman Work on Lunar HALO Module

Three months ago, NASA announced a strategic shift to prioritize a permanent Moon base over its Lunar Gateway, pausing work…

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Senate vote prompts Trump admin to save ocean monitoring

The federal government abruptly announced it would dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a $350 million ocean monitoring network, with…

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Ancient Plague Killed Siberian Hunter-Gatherers 5,500 Years Ago

DNA evidence from teeth at four ancient cemeteries near Russia's Lake Baikal reveals the earliest known plague outbreak, caused by…

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Cosmonaut, First Long-Duration ISS Resident, Dies

Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, who served on the ISS and was part of the final US space shuttle mission in…

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California shuttle launch towers razed for SpaceX rocket upgrades

Space Launch Complex-6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg Space Force Base had its aging access tower, mobile service tower, and assembly building…

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Midjourney’s full-body scanner: big claims, no results yet

Midjourney unveiled a full-body medical scanner at a San Francisco event, claiming it's faster and safer than MRI machines, using…

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Helium-3 on the Moon: What It Is and Why It Matters

Demand for helium-3 is expected to grow significantly due to its valuable applications in quantum computing and nuclear fusion. The…

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Trump admin drops wind energy fight amid clean power surge

The Trump administration abandoned its legal challenge to a court ruling that struck down his executive order freezing wind energy…

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ALS patient speaks with 99% accuracy using UC Davis brain implant

A brain-computer interface implant enabled an ALS patient to generate nearly two million words over 3,800 hours across two years,…

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Chinese Rocket Disintegrates Near Starlink Satellite Cluster

A Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket's upper stage disintegrated in low-Earth orbit shortly after launching on June 9, scattering 100-150 pieces of…

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COVID vaccine still protects heart amid new variants, study finds

A new study published in "JAMA Internal Medicine" analyzing over one million VA patients found that the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine…

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A Medieval Monk May Have Spotted Halley’s Comet Twice

In the early 11th century, Benedictine monk Eilmer leaped from Malmesbury Abbey's tower with homemade wings, gliding 600 feet but…

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