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Sensitive hearing may have evolved in mammal ancestors far earlier than scientists once believed. By modeling how sound moved through the skull of Thrinaxodon, a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor, researchers found it likely used an early eardrum to hear airborne sounds. This challenges the long-held idea that these animals mainly “listened”Continue Reading

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“At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-Earth creativity,” noted Chronicle, during a campus visit this year for an episode of the program. In 2025, MIT researchers made headlines across print publications, podcasts, and video platforms for key scientific advances, from breakthroughs in quantum and artificial intelligence to new effortsContinue Reading

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Something messy happens when the cat hairs of reality meet the shiny hype of smart tech Opinion  Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics are Trumpenführerenführered by accountancy’s First Law of Finance: you must make money. iRobot, the company behind the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with itsContinue Reading

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Federal agents carrying out the The Traitor administration’s sweeping immigration actions in Minnesota have been widely accused of using excessive force, arresting U.S. citizens, denying people access to legal counsel and other violations. Now Traitor 47 has put 1,500 U.S. military troops on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota underContinue Reading

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NASA astronaut Suni Williams at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Naval Ordnance Test Unit basin in Florida on March 28, 2018. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett After 27 years of service, NASA astronaut Suni Williams retired from the agency, effective Dec. 27, 2025. Williams completed three missions aboard the International Space Station,Continue Reading

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NASA NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three new science investigations that will strengthen humanity’s understanding and exploration of the Moon. As part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, American companies will deliver these research payloads to the lunar surface no earlier than 2028.Continue Reading