Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged
A long flight home from feeding grounds messes with birds’ internal clocks.
Jacek Krywko
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Science // Science & Exploration
The FDA wants to pull its approval of a drug. It’s not so easy.
The regulator says Tavneos was approved on the basis of manipulated study data. Should patients still have access to it?
Undark Magazine
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Rare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust
A meteorite found in the Sahara is a rare piece of Mars’ ancient crust.
Jacek Krywko
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Rocket Report: Winter is coming for Themis; Cowboy Space adds iron to the fire
It’s been a good week for ULA, with big NASA contract, Vulcan nearing return-to-flight.
Stephen Clark
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Turning a solar power system into its own backup
Plant design allows it to run on either stored solar heat or combustion.
John Timmer
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ULA’s Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th
This Vulcan launch will be first to use a full complement of 6 solid rocket boosters.
Stephen Clark
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A hidden ocean change near Antarctica could have global consequences
Antarctic waters are getting saltier as sea-ice loss reshapes ocean circulation.
Inside Climate News
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Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software
You can apparently now tell AI tools what sort of protein you want them to make.
John Timmer
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Sculpture re-creates odd optical effects of famed Lycurgus Cup
University of Sheffield researchers figured out how to re-create the 1,600-year-old glass recipe.
Jennifer Ouellette
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Meet the real-life Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes
Lindsey Fitzharris chats with Ars about her new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes.
Jennifer Ouellette
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A 1,000-mile cloud on Mars may reveal physics never seen in nature
A new model suggests Mars may host ice-forming physics never directly observed before.
WIRED
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Ice sheet expansion may have started 2,000 years ago, but we canceled that
The tiny remains of the Laurentide Ice Sheet began getting somewhat less tiny.
Jacek Krywko
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Inside the Pentagon, the pressure is on to find a home for a new spaceport
Space Force considering options: public-private, federal installation, state land.
Stephen Clark
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Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals
Birds’ compact nervous system seems to help them handle tasks very quickly.
Jacek Krywko
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Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest
Ole Bielfeldt of Germany captured a microscopic view of an inkjet printer depositing ink onto paper.
Jennifer Ouellette
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UN says we’re going to blow past 1.5º warming, offers a “now what?” answer
Best case is now an overshoot to 1.8º C, accompanied by massive carbon removal.
John Timmer
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Quantum error correction goes well beyond breakeven
A demo of error-corrected qubits shows big reductions in errors as they grow.
John Timmer
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Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos
The climax for MMX will come in 2029, when the spacecraft will attempt up to two landings on Phobos.
Stephen Clark
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Russian spacecraft maneuvers in “extreme proximity” to satellite used by Ukraine
“Kosmos 2612 closed from hundreds of kilometers away to extreme proximity to ICEYE-X36.”
Stephen Clark
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Batteries help reduce emissions, but how do we reduce their emissions?
One way to make batteries cleaner is to make fewer of them.
Scott K. Johnson
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Startup taps underwater volcano as energy source in “proof point” test
Can undersea geothermal power help Pacific Rim nations cut down on oil imports?
Jeremy Hsu
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A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer’s cornfield
All the evidence points to the debris being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.
Stephen Clark
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Science says your boss should talk less in meetings
Research suggests listening more while talking less. Killing aimless meetings can help, too.
Knowable Magazine
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What did the Liberty Bell sound like? Science is on the case.
Researchers hunted for clues in modal analysis of 20th-century replica bell at Penn State Behrend.
Jennifer Ouellette
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Microplastics in water aren’t inert and make damaging chemicals on their own
Its effect on people remains an ongoing question.
Jacek Krywko
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Neutron’s first launch slips again amid trouble with carbon composites
Rocket Lab announced the Neutron rocket in 2021, aiming for a first flight in 2024.
Stephen Clark
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Rewilding could help vulnerable islands keep pace with rising seas
Seabirds, native plants, and healthy reefs can help atolls build as seas rise.
Inside Climate News
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Things are finally looking up for NASA’s first missions to Venus in a generation
“This is great news for us. We’re staffing up. We’re accelerating.”
Stephen Clark
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Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.
John Timmer
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They war-gamed dimming the Sun. It went even worse than you think.
Solar geoengineering simulation shows what happens when geopolitics takes over.
WIRED
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High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom
Co-author: “The unique geometry of the valves is the key; they act as collapsible pistons” to deliver venom.
Jennifer Ouellette
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One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.
Jacek Krywko
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Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone
Dissolved rock precipitated around the tools, which then decayed.
Jacek Krywko
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What’s been driving Hawaii’s lava fountains?
Before the lava fountains started, the ground was expanding by half a meter a day.
John Timmer
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AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner
New winner is Nguyen Nam Nhat of Vietnam for video of a roundworm and single-celled Dileptus.
Jennifer Ouellette
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RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
Hamilton also coined the term “software engineering” and founded two successful software companies.
Jennifer Ouellette
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