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Pentagon’s New UFO Website Lets You Explore Declassified Sightings Info

Eventually, people will be able to submit their own reports of “unidentified anomalous phenomena.”

== yjc, sport is aparently getting harder on the body
Hundreds of Tough Mudder Racers Infected By Rugged, Nasty Bacterium

Health officials estimated 300 outbreak cases linked to the muddy obstacle race.

Humanity’s Ancestors Nearly Died Out, Genetic Study Suggests

Humans may have been driven to the brink of extinction within the past million years, new research suggests.

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‘Old bucket’ turns out to be ’excessively rare’ Anglo-Saxon bowl

A metal detectorist has spoken of his excitement after unearthing a rare Anglo-Saxon bowl he had initially mistaken for a “rusty old bucket”.

Brain fog after Covid linked to blood clots - study

Blood clots in the brain or the lungs might explain some common symptoms of “long Covid”, including brain fog and fatigue, a UK study suggests.

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NASA Officials Sound Alarm Over Future of the Deep Space Network

“I’m not sure who thought it was a good idea to put up CubeSats with Artemis I.”

Hackers Shut Down 2 of the World’s Most Advanced Telescopes

It’s unclear exactly what the nature of the cyberattacks were or from where they originated.

James Webb: Telescope reveals new detail in famous supernova

SN1987A, as it’s known, is one of the most famous and studied objects in the southern hemisphere sky.

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West Point time capsule: Coins and medal found in mysterious box

A time capsule from the 1820s that appeared to be empty when opened in a highly anticipated ceremony at the West Point US military academy was later found to contain coins and a medal.

Do spiders dream? What about cuttlefish? Bearded dragons?

Researchers are finding signs of multiple phases of sleep all over the animal kingdom. The ‘active’ sleep phases look very much like REM.

== this is truly sad, given the science suggesting we need to restore wetlands
EPA Removes Federal Protections For Most of the Country’s Wetlands

Streams and wetlands are not only important sources of drinking water, they are buffers against extreme storms and floodwaters.

OpenAI Disputes Authors’ Claims That Every ChatGPT Response is Derivative Work

Authors claim generative AI is just a “grift” that repackages original works.

UN Backs New Term For Conservation Talks

Secretariat on biodiversity backs calls for fungi to be recognised and protected on equal footing with plants and animals

Claws and effect: Birds talented with their talons share common ancient ancestor

Birds of a feather grasp together, study of 1,000 species finds.

FBI Dismantles a Malware System That Took Millions in Ransom

Tens of millions of dollars were lost through Qakbot attacks. Emergency rooms, sheriff’s departments were crippled by Qakbot.

Google DeepMind Launches Watermarking Tool For AI-Generated Images

It’s the first Big Tech firm to publicly launch one, after a group of them pledged to develop them at the White House in July.

iFixit Petitions Government For the Right To Fix McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines

iFixit tears down a notoriously unreliable McDonald’s ice cream machine: “The error codes are nonsensical, counterintuitive, and seemingly random.”

‘Life Or Death:’ AI-Generated Mushroom Foraging Books Are All Over Amazon

Experts are worried that books produced by ChatGPT for sale on Amazon, which target beginner foragers, could end up killing someone.

Polluted Air Shortens Human Lifespans More Than Tobacco, Study Finds

Cigarette smoking and other uses of tobacco shave an average of 2.2 years off lifespans globally. But merely breathing—if the air is polluted—is more damaging to human health, according to a new report…

Alberta scientists tracking blue-green algae blooms using satellite imagery

Project combines satellite technology with near-simultaneous water sampling

Scientists Engineered a See-Through Squid With Its Brain In Plain View

Becoming invisible usually requires magic.

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German Bionic’s latest exoskeleton helps healthcare workers lift elderly patients

The powered exoskeleton allows nurses and other health care professionals to have greater access to patients, particularly the elderly and the infirm.

Takahe facing extinction find new home in sanctuary

Two flightless takahe were released at a New Zealand sanctuary in the latest effort to stop some of the world’s rarest birds becoming extinct.

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Stunning photos of a new African wonder

Although many travellers will have heard of the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia, few will know about the “new Lalibela” being carved out of the rockface by a devoted monk.

Peru: Priest of Pacopampa exhumed after 3,000 years

A tomb which had lain undisturbed for 3,000 years has been unearthed during excavations in northern Peru, authorities say.

Americans growing anxious as AI adoption expands, Pew Research finds

Concern levels rose by 14 points since December.

== US perspective, have had articles on geothermal before
There’s a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet. And a Race To Tap It.

The United States has enough geothermal energy to power the entire country. Some are trying to unlock it by using techniques from the fracking boom.

== yjc, while at RMC did interact with West Point cadets
A muddy reveal for mysterious West Point time capsule from 1820s

Staff and students at West Point gathered on Monday for what was supposed to be a historic moment: the opening of a mysterious 1820s time capsule, discovered months ago at the base of a campus monument.

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Why the air quality index needs an upgrade to better measure wildfire smoke

Ontario, Quebec, Alberta don’t use the updated model pioneered by B.C.

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Why Do Cats Love Tuna So Much? Scientists May Finally Know

Study identifies taste receptors that give our feline friends a craving for meat—and one fish in particular.

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Inside Manitoba’s Wapusk, the national park you can’t visit

Canada’s 8th-largest national park, created to protect polar bears, receives about 225 visitors per year.

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Atoms Aren’t Empty

The concept of the atomic void is one of the most repeated mistakes in popular science. Molecules are packed with stuff.

Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known

The chilling report comes shortly after a private jet came nearly collided with a Southwest Airlines plane in San Diego

Perseverance Mars Rover Spies Big Sunspot Rotating Toward Earth

A few days from now, the sunspot should be visible from our planet.

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Reviving the centuries-old craft of bookbinding, one page at a time

Craft is exploding on social media as artists show off their processes and creations