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Astrophysics Division at Ames The Astrophysics Division at NASA Ames conducts world-class research, experiments, and technology development, aligned with NASA’s science vision and in support of NASA’s missions. The division portfolio covers laboratory astrophysics, astrochemistry, quantum chemistry, star and planet formation, galaxy formation, data science & AI/ML, high-contrast (exoplanet) imagingContinue Reading

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Apologies to those who just can’t or won’t hear more of it, but the foul mad child-king is running notably rampant, and the historic record beckons. The bilge somehow keeps surging, from a weekend deluge of deranged AI slop, slurs, rants, boasts to this week’s “sick fantasy” of nobly workingContinue Reading

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Insects quietly hold much of the natural world together, yet conservation efforts are overlooking the tropical regions where more than 80 percent of insect species live. Monash University researchers have developed a global framework to close this gap by combining scientific studies with museum collections, local expertise, citizen science, socialContinue Reading

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For Part I, click here. Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar by Anahita Karthik (YA) Half Light by Makesh Rao The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella Queerly Beloved by Farhard J. Dadyburjor How to Date a Fanatic by Aruni Kashyap, Read MoreContinue Reading

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Republicans acknowledge the growth of AI-related technology, and the massive data centers needed to run it have become a liability for their party., Republicans acknowledge the growth of AI-related technology, and the massive data centers needed to run it have become a liability for their party., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

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Syria’s Kurdish women fighters in northeast Syria as pushing to join the country’s new army., NewsFeed Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith joins Syria’s Kurdish women fighters training in northeast Syria as they push to join the country’s new army. Around 1,500 are seeking integration, but commanders say they’re being told SyrianContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by Sentient. Brazilians will soon head to the polls to elect their next president, and the two leading candidates’ environmental policies couldn’t be more different. Incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, usually referred to as Lula, has dramatically reduced deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over theContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by Grist and WABE. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. For years, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been working to make the state a welcoming home for clean energy manufacturing — EVs, solar panels, batteries for storage. The state went all out with tax breaks and aContinue Reading

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Emmanuel Macron has eight months left as president of France. He can’t stand for election again, and the political system is basically paralyzed as a result. Polls make it clear that the most probable outcome is the far-right of Marine Le Pen or her deputy Jordan Bardella forming the firstContinue Reading