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Category: 9. Sci/Tech
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The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess
Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network, raising hopes that one of the military’s most troubled space programs might finally bear…
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Seals' Intricate and Sensitive Whiskers Could One Day Help Robotics Navigate In the Dark
Learn how seals move their whiskers to pick up tiny movements in the water — and what this might mean for the future of robotics.
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Ghost Forests Could Tell Us Which Coastal Regions Are Vulnerable to Environmental Change
Learn how scientists are studying America’s ghost forests to improve the resilience of coastal habitats.
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Australian skies turned blood red. A weather expert explains how
The apocalyptic red skies in Western Australia have generated…
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Cascade Red Foxes Are Notoriously Reclusive. So How Did This Photographer Capture These Stunning Images of the Endangered Species??
Even the scientists who study the animals rarely see them except on camera. But Gretchen Kay Stuart spent a season documenting them up close
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Shroud of Turin may have Indian origin, DNA analysis suggests
Yarn used to make the Shroud of Turin may have likely come from ancient India’s Indus…
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Fire destroyed Spanish village 3,500 years ago but preserved this ancient wooden artefact
A fire burned down a Bronze Age settlement near modern-day Villena in Spain 3,500 years ago…
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Rice’s whale: The endangered species under threat from Trump’s Gulf drilling plans
One of the world’s rarest whales,…
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