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American exceptionalism is an overblown and provincial tradition, but it’s our 250th birthday, so let’s indulge. As The New Republic ’s USA 250 series showed—on newsstands now!—the country has gotten a lot wrong, but it’s also gotten a lot right. Here are some of the biggest achievements we can boastContinue Reading

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A dead whale weighing about 12 tonnes has been recovered from the beaches of Muanda., NewsFeed A dead whale weighing about 12 tonnes has been recovered from the beaches of Muanda after washing ashore on the Atlantic coast. Officials used a 42-tonne crane to remove it following two days ofContinue Reading

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is continuing to have a disruptive impact on ever more parts of humanity. But what does it mean in the long run? A new paper, available in pre-print on arXiv from Austrian researcher Sergey Ivliev , extrapolates what the wide scale adoption of AI means for the future of humanity in spaceContinue Reading

NASA celebrates America’s 250th birthday with red, white and blue snaps of the cosmos — Space photo of the week

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Four Chandra X-ray Observatory images showing (from top left to bottom right) a supernova remnant, a nebula, a galaxy cluster, and a spiral galaxy. (Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Brian Brennan and Remi Lacasse; Optical/IR/UV: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AURA; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Optical and dark matter: NASA/ESA/M.J. Jee; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand) quick facts What itContinue Reading

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US Congressman Randy Fine claims “there is no such thing as Palestinian”, on interview show The Next Generation., NewsFeed US Congressman Randy Fine claims “there is no such thing as Palestinian”, on interview show The Next Generation. Congressman Fine, who represents Florida, has been criticised for his Islamophobic rhetoric andContinue Reading

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Yemeni government officials say the Houthis launched a surprise offensive targeting army barracks in southern Hodeidah., 50 Houthi fighters killed in renewed clashes in Yemen NewsFeed Yemeni government officials say the Houthis launched a surprise offensive targeting army barracks in southern Hodeidah as fighting intensifies across western Yemen. The renewedContinue Reading