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  1. Russia stands alone in vetoing UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space

    "The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device."

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  2. Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa

    Five patients with links to the spa had viral genetic sequences that closely matched.

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  3. Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato

    Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll.

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  4. EPA issues four rules limiting pollution from fossil fuel power plants

    Coal to be hit hard, natural gas plants will have to capture carbon emissions.

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  5. If Starship is real, we’re going to need big cargo movers on the Moon and Mars

    "I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door."

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  6. We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxy

    Not all gamma-ray bursts come from supernovae.

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  7. Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion

    Charging electric vehicles at home will exceed most power lines' capacity.

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  8. SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch

    Can the Falcon 9 eventually challenge Soyuz for launch totals?

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  9. Fragments of bird flu virus genome found in pasteurized milk, FDA says

    The test cannot tell if the virus is live. FDA still considers milk supply safe.

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  10. Why canned wine can smell like rotten eggs while beer and Coke are fine

    Sulfur dioxide in the wine reacts with the aluminum to make hydrogen sulfide.

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  11. Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries

    Health experts say children under age 2 should have zero added sugars in their diets.

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  12. Tiny rubber spheres used to make a programmable fluid

    The spheres collapse under pressure, giving the fluid very unusual properties.

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  1. Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again

    "We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news.”

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  2. Daily Telescope: The ambiguously galactic duo

    Hubble continues to deliver the goods.

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  3. Concern grows as bird flu spreads further in US cows: 32 herds in 8 states

    Experts say the US is not sharing as much data on the outbreak as it should.

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  4. High-speed imaging and AI help us understand how insect wings work

    Too many muscles working too fast had made understanding insect flight challenging.

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  5. NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan

    Dragonfly will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan.

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  6. Explore a digitized collection of doomed Everest climber’s letters home

    Collection includes three letters found on Mallory's body in 1999, preserved for 75 years.

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  7. Secrets of the Octopus takes us inside the world of these “aliens on Earth”

    Dr. Alex Schnell on the surprising things we're learning about these amazing creatures.

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  8. Daniel Dennett, philosophical giant who championed “naturalism,” dead at 82

    Part of the "New Atheist" movement, best known for work on consciousness, free will.

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  9. It’s cutting calories—not intermittent fasting—that drops weight, study suggests

    The study is small and imperfect but offers more data on how time-restricted diets work.

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  10. Io: New image of a lake of fire, signs of permanent volcanism

    Juno captures images of Io's violence as study says it has always been that way.

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  11. NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit

    If it were to happen, a revised Artemis III mission could echo Apollo 9.

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  12. Rocket Report: Starship could save Mars Sample Return; BE-4s for second Vulcan

    Australia's first homemade orbital-class rocket makes an appearance on its launch pad.

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  1. Boeing says it will cut SLS workforce “due to external factors”

    "Boeing is reviewing and adjusting current staffing levels."

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  2. Hospital prices for the same emergency care vary up to 16X, study finds

    Hospitals' "trauma activation fees" are unregulated and extremely variable.

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  3. Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’ travertine kitchen tile

    Yes, travertine often has embedded fossils. But not usually hominin ones.

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  4. SpaceX and Northrop are working on a constellation of spy satellites

    First launch of these operational vehicles may occur next month from California.

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  5. The largest marine reptile ever could match blue whales in size

    Bones from the head of a reptile suggest a body that was well over 20 meters long.

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  6. The hidden story behind one of SpaceX’s wettest and wildest launches

    "It looked like a giant smoke monster."

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  7. Life-threatening rat pee infections reach record levels in NYC

    Between 2001 and 2020, there was an average of 3 cases per year. Last year's tally was 24.

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  8. Bodies found in Neolithic pit were likely victims of ritualistic murder

    One victim may have been hogtied alive in pit, à la Mafia-style ligature strangulation.

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  9. Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2°

    Study tracks the past costs of climate events and projects them into the future.

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  10. A chunk of metal that tore through a Florida home definitely came from the ISS

    "I don't think I've seen or heard, after my own research, any of these events occurring."

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  11. Bogus Botox poisoning outbreak spreads to 9 states, CDC says

    All of the case have been in women, nine of whom were hospitalized.

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  12. Studies reveal new clues to how tardigrades can survive intense radiation

    Radiation damages their DNA; they're just able to repair that damage very quickly.

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