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BBC Inside Science – Should we rethink navigating by GPS? – BBC Sounds
Available for 33 daysThis week 14 European countries warned that “maritime safety and security” was being put in jeopardy by Russian interference. The Royal Institute of Navigation says GPS is so vulnerable to so called ‘spoofing’ and ‘jamming’ that...
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MIT engineers design structures that compute with heat
MIT researchers have designed silicon structures that can perform calculations in an electronic device using excess heat...
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Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected – NASA
NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mars. Throughout Artemis II, astronaut voice, images, video, and vital mission data must traverse thousands of...
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AI tool AlphaGenome predicts how one typo can change a genetic story
A new deep-learning AI model may help scientists better decipher the plot of the genetic instruction book and learn how typos alter the story.AlphaGenome, created by Google DeepMind, is the latest in an ever-improving line of AI models built...
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What the new nutrition guidelines get wrong about fat
When new dietary guidelines for Americans came out in early January, I couldn’t help but notice “healthy fats” at the top of the inverted food pyramid.Like the food pyramid itself, the new guidelines have upended previous nutrition advice, which...
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After a heart attack, blocking heart-to-brain signals may improve healing
After a heart attack, the heart “talks” to the brain. And that conversation may make recovery worse.Shutting down nerve cells that send messages from injured heart cells to the brain boosted the heart’s ability to pump and decreased scarring,...
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Spider silk-making organs evolved due to a 400-million-year-old genetic oops
Spiders’ ability to spin webs may be one consequence of a really big genetic mistake.A close look at the genetics and development of spinnerets — spiders’ silk-making organs — reveals that an early arachnid doubled all of its DNA...
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NASA, GE Aerospace Hybrid Engine System Marks Successful Test – NASA
To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware. But NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up for a demonstration knew what they were looking at: a...
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Some vaccines are making progress in protecting vulnerable species
Southern elephant seal pups were among the first to die when a deadly strain of avian influenza arrived in the Crozet Islands in 2024. But as the virus spread across the sub-Antarctic archipelago, a handful of penguin chicks had...
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NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station – NASA
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Friday, Jan. 30, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
At 11 a.m. EST, mission leadership will...
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Millions of Jeffrey Epstein files released by US justice department
Three million new documents include hundreds of mentions of Trump and emails between Epstein and a person called "The...