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Can a Programming Language Implement Time Travel?

Computer science deals with concurrency, but what about simultaneity?

Air Pollution Could Be Significant Cause of Dementia

People in areas of high PM2.5 concentrations had higher amounts of amyloid plaques in brain.

Finding life on Saturn’s moon Titan may be more difficult than previously thought

But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible, and there are plenty more moons to search.

The Sun Just Launched Three Huge Solar Flares in 24 Hours.

It was an explosive finale to a trio of intense flares bursting free in just 24 hours

Supernova: Astronomers crack cosmic ‘murder mystery’

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what lies at the heart of a celebrated cosmic explosion.

Fossil reveals 240 million year-old ‘dragon’

Scientists have revealed a new, remarkably complete fossil - a 16ft (5m)-long aquatic reptile from the Triassic period.

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Can Any English Word Be Turned Into a Synonym For ‘Drunk’? Not All, But Many Can.

Drunkonyms fit in well with English linguistic and humorous traditions.

Varda Space, Rocket Lab Nail First-of-Its-Kind Spacecraft Landing in Utah

A spacecraft containing pharmaceutical drugs that were grown on orbit has finally returned to Earth after more than eight months in space.

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Antimatter: Scientists freeze positronium atoms with lasers

It’s extremely rare and usually exists for just 142 billionths of a second.

Four-day Week Made Permanent For Most UK Firms In World’s Biggest Trial

Research shows 51% that took part permanently adopted the change, while 89% still operating policy one year on.

Engineers Use AI To Wrangle Fusion Power For the Grid

These getaways frequently spell the end of the reaction, posing a core challenge to developing fusion as a non-polluting, virtually limitless energy source.

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Scientists develop ’nanosphere’ paint that could reduce planes’ carbon dioxide emissions

It weighs a mere 10% of traditional paint, offers brighter colors, and doesn’t fade.

Leaked Hacking Files Show Chinese Spying On Citizens and Foreigners Alike

Data from a Chinese cybersecurity vendor that works for the Chinese government has exposed a range of hacking tools and services.

Whales struggle to hear each other. Guess whose fault that is?

Baleen whales physically limited in how low they can go to sing, so they’re often competing with ship noise

Before snagging a chunk of space junk, Astroscale must first catch up to one

ADRAS-J is a precursor to future missions servicing satellites and clearing space junk.

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Darwin Online Has Virtually Reassembled the Naturalist’s Personal Library

Previous catalogs only listed about 15 percent of the naturalist’s extensive collection.

Fingerprints Can Be Recreated From the Sounds Made When Swiping On a Touchscreen

Researchers claim they can successfully attack up to 27.9% of partial fingerprints.

This Tiny Website Is Google’s First Line of Defense in the Patent Wars

TDCommons is a free space for inventors to lay claim to breakthroughs without having to file a patent. Why is it so off the radar?

Dr. Garmin will see you now

Can a smartwatch run basic diagnostic tests to free up doctors time?

Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected

The most luminous object ever detected has been spied in the distant Universe.

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Thanks to Machine Learning, Scientist Finally Recover Text From The Charred Scrolls of Vesuvius

The great libraries of the ancient classical world are legendary… said to have contained stacks of texts. But from Rome to Constantinople, Athens to Alexandria, only one collection survived to the present day.

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‘Luddite’ Tech-Skeptics See Bad Outcomes for Labor - and Humanity

From the academic who warns of a robot uprising to the workers worried for their future – is it time we started paying attention to the tech sceptics?

What Happens After Throughput to DNA Storage Drives Surpasses 2 Gbps?

The world is running out of data storage. Here’s how DNA can save us.

Ocean Temperatures Are Skyrocketing

Shattered temperature records have grim implications for hurricane season.

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The text file that runs the internet

For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.

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To Combat Space Pollution, Japan Plans Launch of World’s First Wooden Satellite

The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

Could Solar Water Heaters Become Popular Again?

By trapping solar energy like a greenhouse, it heated the water to a scorching 180 degrees Fahrenheit.

A satellite designed to inspect space junk just made it to orbit

Astroscale’s ADRAS-J will attempt to rendezvous with a defunct Japanese H-2A rocket upper stage.

Intuitive Machines’ moon lander sent home its first images

The spacecraft is on track to make a landing attempt on February 22.