LITTLETON, Colorado — A university-led lunar orbiter designed to pinpoint the location of ice or liquid water trapped in rocks on the moon’s surface is nearly ready for takeoff. The…
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En route to Jupiter, Europa Clipper captures images of stars
An artist’s concept of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Three months after its launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency’s Europa Clipper has another 1.6 billion…
Advanced imaging sheds light on hidden dynamics
The researchers used advanced imaging technology, such as X-ray to investigate batteries in wireless headphones. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering Ever notice that batteries…
Australia bans DeepSeek AI program on govt devices
Australia has banned all DeepSeek artificial intelligence programs from its government computers and mobile devices, citing a heightened security risk from the China-based app. Australia has banned DeepSeek from all…
Elevating women can bridge India’s green skills shortage
Comment: The government and business can do much more to improve training in sectors such as renewables to include more women and help meet climate goals Vaishali Nigam Sinha is…
A new book explores the evolutionary romance between plants and animals
When the Earth Was GreenRiley BlackSt. Martin’s Press, $29 Imagine being a paleontologist exploring Utah’s Jurassic-aged rocks. Imagine discovering the bones of a 20-meter-long, 20-ton herbivorous dinosaur. Then consider: How…
What the ‘moral distress’ of doctors tells us about eroding trust in health care
I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state, where doctors and nurses frequently bring us fraught questions. Consider a typical case:…
The Internet Is Overrun With Bots, and That’s a Problem
Nearly half the traffic on the internet is generated by automated entities called bots, and a large portion of them pose threats to consumers and businesses on the web. “[B]ots…
Smart robotic wheelchair offers enhanced autonomy and control
Development Timeline of Smart Wheelchairs. Credit: Xu et al. Recent advances in the fields of human-infrastructure interaction, electronic engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) have opened new possibilities for the…
US health expert flying ‘absolutely blind’ as federal health data vanishes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain President Donald Trump’s end of diversity, equity and inclusion language in federal agencies has caused U.S. health data to be removed or not be updated. Medical…
