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Pratima KC Research Scientist, NASA Earth eXchange (NEX) Affiliation: Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Earth eXchange (NEX) Branch: Biospheric Science Branch (SGE) Email: pratima.kc@nasa.gov Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4AsdVUcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Personal Biography Dr. Pratima KC is a Research Scientist at the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute and NASA Earth eXchange (NEX) at Ames Research Center.Continue Reading

The center leverages AI along with JPL’s unique infrastructure, unrivaled tools, and years of operations expertise to support industry partners developing future planetary surface missions.   NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Wednesday inaugurated its Rover Operations Center (ROC), a center of excellence for current and future surface missions to the Moon and Mars…Continue Reading

Crypto oversight in US tightens as CFTC and FDIC leadership near confirmation

Mike Selig is positioned to replace Acting Chair Caroline Pham at the CFTC if confirmed. The CFTC has already expanded crypto oversight through collateral approvals and spot trading permissions. Travis Hill’s confirmation would formalise his interim role at the FDIC and continue crypto-friendly banking policies. Crypto regulation in the United States is entering a moreContinue Reading

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‘We were sitting in the house and it just … Everything shook. Stuff fell off the walls, and when we looked at the camera, it was like watching a war video,’ Brittany Maldonado, a resident, told ABC7 News. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 Her doorbell camera capturedContinue Reading

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Exclusives Ukraine’s $240,000 drones are bleeding Russia’s oil fleet dry. Five tankers hit in two weeks—and insurance costs have tripled. Can exhausted Ukrainian territorials save Huliaipole?. Huliaipole anchors Ukrainian defenses in eastern Zaporizhzhia. But there aren’t enough Ukrainian troops to hold it. Borscht gets cheaper, butter eases—Ukraine beats inflation forecastContinue Reading

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It’s no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, law enforcement officers—including U.S. Border Patrol agents—were quietly watching those same streets through different lenses: Flock Safety automated license plate readers (ALPRs) that tracked every passing car.  Through an analysis ofContinue Reading