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Russia just launched the 2,000th Semyorka rocket—it’s both a triumph and tragedy
The Russian space program reached a significant milestone over the holidays with the 2,000th launch…
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AI-generated phishing emails are getting very good at targeting executives
Kip Meintzer, an executive at security company Check Point Software Technologies, told a recent investor…
Inside the hands-on lab of an experimental archaeologist
Back in 2019, we told you about an intriguing experiment to test a famous anthropological…
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The perfect New Year’s Eve comedy turns 30
There aren't that many movies specifically set on New Year's Eve, but one of the…
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Manta rays inspire faster swimming robots and better water filters
This robot can also dive and come back to the surface. Faster flapping results in…
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Power company hid illegal crypto mine that may have caused outages
But Russia presumably gets no taxes on illegal crypto mining, and power outages can be…
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Evolution journal editors resign en masse
Over the holiday weekend, all but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier's Journal…
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Frogfish reveals how it evolved the “fishing rod” on its head
In most bony fish, or teleosts, motor neurons for fins are found on the sides…
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Trump told SCOTUS he plans to make a deal to save TikTok
Several members of Congress— Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Representative…
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Whistleblower finds unencrypted location data for 800,000 VW EVs
Connected cars are great—at least until some company leaves unencrypted location data on the Internet…