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Spacecraft Plunges to Earth After 53 Years Stuck in Orbit
A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking.
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Trump Budget Targets Manned Mars Launch
Updated budget plans by the Trump administration outline a focus on sending astronauts to Mars.
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Universities Sue to Block Trump Cuts to NSF Funding
Major U.S. universities have filed a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump's administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to academic institutions by the National Science Foundation. The lawsuit was filed late on Monday in ...
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Former NASA Official Breaks Silence on 'Flying Saucer'
Dr. Gregory Rogers, a former NASA flight surgeon, spoke publicly this week about a classified video of a 20-foot "flying saucer" he claims to have seen in 1992 via security footage taken from a hangar in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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17 Dem States, D.C. Sue Trump Over Halt to Wind Projects
A coalition of Democrat state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday to prevent the Trump administration from suspending the leasing and permitting of onshore and offshore wind projects.
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AI in Higher Education? University Policies Give Profs Final Say
Two years ago, higher education was in an uproar over ChatGPT's cheating potential.
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Science Societies Say They'll Step Up After WH Casts Doubt on Climate Report
Two major scientific societies on Friday said they will try to fill the void from the Trump administration's dismissal of scientists writing a federal report on what climate change is doing to the United States.The American Meteorological Society and the American...
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US Navy Tests Sea-based Hypersonic Missile Launch System
The U.S. Navy successfully tested a sea-based hypersonic missile launch system at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, marking a significant step toward deploying the advanced weapons at sea.
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Soviet-era Spacecraft Set to Plunge to Earth a Half-Century after Failed Launch to Venus
A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.
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Trump Dismisses Climate Change Report's Authors
President Donald Trump's administration Monday disbanded the authors of the United States' premier climate report, a move scientists said threatens to derail a critical assessment mandated by Congress and vital to the nation's preparedness against global warming.
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US Dismisses All Authors of National Climate Assessment
President Donald Trump's administration has dismissed all contributors to the U.S. government's signature study that informs federal and local governments on how to prepare for climate change impacts, according to an email sent to them on Monday.The dismissal of nearly 400...
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Meta's AI 'Companions' Talk Sex, Even With Children
Highlighting disturbing revelations and concerns among employees, Meta's "digital companions" will reportedly talk explicitly about sex with users, including children...
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Texas County to Vote on Making SpaceX Base a City
Texans in Cameron County are set to vote on a proposal to make the industrial complex Starbase, the headquarters of SpaceX, an official city, Fox 7 Austin reports.
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US Finalizes Tariffs on Southeast Asia Solar Imports
U.S. trade officials finalized tariff levels on solar cells and panels from Southeast Asia, a key step toward wrapping up a year-old trade case brought by American manufacturers that accuse their overseas rivals of flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods. The decision ...
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FAA to Deploy New Pilot Messaging Database System by Sept.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it plans to deploy a new pilot messaging database by September after a series of outages have raised safety concerns. The FAA said it had selected CGI Federal to work on modernizing the "Notice to Airmen" system that provides ...
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Story of Interdimensional Doorway Near Area 51 Resurfaces
An old story about UFOs, interdimensional doorways, and secret military bases in the American desert has resurfaced in the news in light of a classification deadline and the promise of the Trump campaign to disclose national secrets...
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Success of Religious App Hallow - 'Just God Showing Off'
The success of the religious mobile phone app Hallow shows no sign of diminishing. At 23 million downloads and growing, it is nothing short of a media superstar.
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Humanoid Robots Run a Chinese Half-Marathon Alongside Humans
In one small step for robot-kind - thousands of them, really - humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital on Saturday.
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NASA: Lunar Eclipse May Pinpoint Day of Christ's Crucifixion
NASA has discovered evidence suggesting that a cosmic event - a lunar eclipse - could have led to the biblical descriptions of the skies turning red on the day Jesus Christ was crucified.
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Scientists Find Strongest Evidence Yet of Life on Alien Planet
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in a planet's atmosphere chemical fingerprints of gases produced only by biological processes on Earth.
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RFK Jr.: Autism Epidemic 'Running Rampant'
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday said the U.S. is experiencing an "autism epidemic" that he claims cannot be explained by "better diagnostic criteria" or "genes."
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Quinnipiac Poll: Americans Mixed About AI Impact
A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows Americans have conflicting views about the impact artificial intelligence could have on the job market and its impact on society.
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Bahamas Suspends SpaceX Landings Pending Post-Launch Probe
The Bahamas' government said Tuesday it is suspending all SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landings in the country, pending a full post-launch investigation. "No further clearances will be granted until a full environmental assessment is reviewed," Bahamian Director of Communications ...
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CDC: Autism Rates Rise to 1 in 31 Kids
An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long string of increases. The CDC's data was from 14 states and Puerto Rico in 2022. The previous estimate - from 2020 - was 1 in...
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Document: Zuckerberg Eyed Instagram Spinoff Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off the popular social media app Instagram in 2018 in anticipation of a potential antitrust lawsuit, documents unveiled at trial on Tuesday in Washington showed.