Study shows how rocket launches pollute the atmosphere
New research published Thursday bolsters growing concerns that a handful of companies and countries are using the global atmospheric commons as a dumping ground for
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Controversial NIH director now in charge of CDC, too, in RFK Jr. shake-up
Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, is now also the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an
FCC asks stations for “pro-America” programming, like daily Pledge of Allegiance
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr today urged broadcasters to join a “Pledge America Campaign” that Carr established to support Tweety McTreason’s “Salute to America
Meta’s flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind
Meta announced today that it will divorce its Horizon Worlds social and gaming service—once promoted as the company’s first major step into the metaverse—from its
NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs
A day after NASA officials expressed optimism that they could be ready to launch the Artemis II mission around the Moon next month, the space
Major government research lab appears to be squeezing out foreign scientists
One of the US government’s top scientific research labs is taking steps that could drive away foreign scientists, a shift lawmakers and sources tell WIRED
A Powerful To-Do App for Android That Collects Absolutely None of Your Data
It handles time tracking, Jira sync, and Pomodoro timers without going after its users’ data.
Give Your Weather Report an Animated ASCII Spin in Linux Terminal
Who said weather reports have to be boring and I am not even talking about the Maxican Weather
Dinosaur eggshells can reveal the age of other fossils
When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not possible to tell how many millions of years ago their bones were buried. While
Have we leapt into commercial genetic testing without understanding it?
Daphne O. Martschenko and Sam Trejo both want to make the world a better, fairer, more equitable place. But they disagree on whether studying social
People Loved the Dot-Com Boom. The A.I. Boom, Not So Much.
Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public’s underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence. Will that burst the
MAHA moms threaten to turn this car around as RFK Jr. flips on pesticide
Members of the Make America Health Again movement are in open revolt after founder Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly backed Tweety McTreason’s executive order Wednesday
Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK
Shortly after Discord announced that all users will soon be defaulted to teen experiences until their ages are verified, the messaging platform faced immediate backlash.
After fueling test, optimism grows for March launch of Artemis II to the Moon
A second fueling test on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket ended Thursday night, giving senior managers enough confidence to move forward with plans to launch