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The Biden administration resettled fewer than 300 refugees in April, pacing for an historic low this year
The United States resettled just 271 refugees in April, according to new data from the State Department. The US has…
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Oldest human burial in Africa discovered in a cave | Popular Science
Africa is widely regarded as the place where modern Homo sapiens emerged. But scientists still know relatively little about the…
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Shuvuuia: Extraordinary Dinosaurs That Hunted in the Dark
Shuvuuia deserti artist’s reconstruction. Credit: Viktor Radermaker The tiny desert-living dinosaur Shuvuuia had extraordinary vision and owl-like hearing for nocturnal…
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Best Cat Beds For Your Furry Friend | Popular Science
Ahh, cats. Drowsy creatures. They sleep an average of 15 hours per day (boy, that sounds nice), sometimes even up…
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Florida Democrat Nikki Fried and Matt Gaetz are pals. Political insiders are dishing about how that could complicate her bid to unseat Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Florida’s agriculture commissioner, Democrat Nikki Fried, is a close friend of Matt Gaetz. They even hung out at the Trump…
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Offshore wind has massive potential in the US | Popular Science
President Biden announced plans in April to cut climate-warming emissions in half by 2030. It’s a necessary undertaking to prevent…
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Surprising sand fly find yields new species of bacteria
Sand flies are attracted to a newly discovered species of bacteria. Credit: Edgar Rowton Researchers at North Carolina State University…
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Owl-like dinosaurs had remarkably good hearing and night vision
By Cameron Duke Fossilised Shuvuuia deserti skeleton Mick Ellison-AMNH A tiny bird-like dinosaur with long legs and muscular, clawed arms…
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Microsoft Teams to Soon Offer 800 Emoji and Skin Tone Picker | Digital Trends
Microsoft is giving you and your coworkers more ways to express yourselves in Microsoft Teams. Now in public preview in…
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PayPal is riding the e-commerce boom to record earnings
The big picture: PayPal has reported its strongest first quarter in company history as the e-commerce boom continues to pay…
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Mysterious Hydrogen-Free Supernova Sheds Light on Massive Stars’ Violent Death Throes
Artist’s impression of a yellow supergiant in a close binary with a blue, main sequence companion star, similar to the…
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Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule now aiming for July launch
This NASA photo shows the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after it landed in White Sands, New Mexico, on December 22,…
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“Molecular Glue” Boosts Efficiency and Makes Perovskite Solar Cells Dramatically More Reliable Over Time
Researchers have used self-assembled monolayer “molecular glue” to toughen interfaces in perovskite solar cells to make them more efficient, stable,…
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20 of the best farm stays for countryside views, fresh food, and friendly animals
FAQ: Farm stays How does a farm stay work? If you’re looking for an immersion in the natural world, staying…
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Covid-19 news: US supports temporary waiver on vaccine patents
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan ,…
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Sony is working on a PS5 redesign set to start production in 2022
In brief: A new report claims that Sony suppliers will start producing the components for a redesigned PlayStation 5 between…
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‘The Father,’ winner of 2 Oscars at the 2021 Academy Awards, is now available to stream at home
If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more. “The Father” is now available…
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Lenovo’s Yoga X features an HDMI input, allowing the Android tablet to double as a portable monitor
Why it matters: Android tablets have seen huge improvements over the years, but even the best slates from the likes…
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Towards 2D Spin-Logic Memory Technology Using Magnetic Graphene
Simplified schematic picture of the studied device, showing electrical and thermal generation of spin currents in a bilayer graphene/CrSBr heterostructure.…
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This Year’s Tribeca Festival Features Eight Indie Games | Digital Trends
This year’s Tribeca Festival will include eight indie video games as official selections. The digital experience will allow attendees to…
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IBM’s new 2nm chip design promises higher performance, better battery life
The big picture: IBM has unveiled what it is calling the world’s first 2 nanometer (nm) chip technology. According to…
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Warren Buffett is eager to invest $80 billion. That’s enough to buy GM, FedEx, or Activision Blizzard.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway could spend $80 billion on acquisitions. FedEx, GM, Ford, Twitter, Chipotle, and eBay are in the…
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Hydropower Can Help States Afford to Meet Net-Zero Emissions Targets by 2050
The Daniel-Johnson Dam in Quebec generates 2,660 MW of electric power. Credit: Photo courtesy of New Hampshire Public Radio. The…
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Saturn has a fuzzy core, spread over more than half the planet’s diameter
One of Saturn’s rings has revealed properties of its core, hidden deep beneath the planet’s golden atmosphere. That core isn’t…
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Gigabyte announces a pair of Aorus pre-built gaming rigs with Intel/AMD chips and Nvidia RTX 3080 graphics
In a nutshell: With a naming scheme inspired by a famous EV maker, Gigabyte’s new high-performance Aorus Model X and…
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60 Years Ago: Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in Space
Mercury astronauts John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and Alan B. Shepard Jr. standing by the Redstone rocket in…
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Pandemic, war, climate change fuel food fears
Distribution of the number of people in the world in “crisis” (phase 3 on the international food security scale) or…
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The Best Family Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now (May 2021) | Digital Trends
Nothing beats family movie night at the end of a long week. But finding something you all want to watch…
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A New Way to Make AR/VR Glasses: Freeform Optics Combined With Metasurface to Avoid “Bug Eyes”
A metaform is a new optical component that Rochester researchers say they can combine with freeform optics to create the…
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Ice core chemistry study expands insight into sea ice variability in Southern Hemisphere
Sea ice pressure ridge off the Antarctic coast. Credit: Dominic Winski Sea ice cover in the Southern Hemisphere is extremely…
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Peloton finally recalls its high-end treadmills after dozens of accidents involving kids | Popular Science
In March, an accident involving a Peloton Tread Plus treadmill resulted in the death of a child. Following that tragedy,…
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Sony goes all-in on mirrorless, discontinues its last DSLRs
What just happened? Sony has seemingly pulled out of the DSLR camera market and appears to be focusing its efforts…
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A GOP-backed auditing group in Maricopa County is burrowing through ballots in search of bamboo fibers and Chinese paper to prove a far-fetched theory votes were flown in from Asia
Workers at the Maricopa County recount are investigating an absurd theory that 40,000 Biden ballots were smuggled in from Asia.…
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Many Consumers Misinterpret Food (Best By / Use By) Expiration Date Labels
Consumer education is needed to increase understanding of food date labels according to a new study in the Journal of…
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Searching for the supersymmetric bottom quark (and its friends)
New exclusion limits on the scalar-bottom and heavy-neutralino masses. The hypotheses made on the specific scalar-bottom decay process and the…
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Arkansas governor said he doesn’t think it’s ‘healthy’ for GOP to consider ousting Liz Cheney over Trump criticism
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said it is “divisive” for the GOP to consider ousting Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney. Cheney has…
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Ant species given first gender-neutral scientific name
By Matthew Sparkes This ant has been named Strumigenys ayersthey A newly discovered species of ant from Ecuador has been…
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Watch that breathtaking Royal Navy jetpack video | Popular Science
In an instant, the jetpack’s engines roar to life, and it flies. From his perch on the front of a…
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How Moderna Helped Launch a Vaccine Revolution
As a startup biotech company, Moderna didn’t have an established global network—making the support of the U.S. government critical to…
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Researchers propose repurposing tabletop sensors to search for dark matter
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists are certain that dark matter exists. Yet, after more than 50 years of searching, they…
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This month’s cumulative update for Windows 10 is a must if you’re seeing random high CPU usage
In a nutshell: At the end of April, Microsoft released this month’s cumulative update for Windows 10 as an optional…
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Blue Origin will fly first crew to space in July
The New Shepard Booster lands in West Texas after a successful Mission 7 in a December 2017 handout photo Jeff…
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Radio signals from Venus came from gas, not aliens | Popular Science
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has been using the gravitational pull of Venus for about three years to conduct annual data-gathering…
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Sony teams with Nike on PlayStation 5-themed sneakers
Editor’s take: Sony’s PlayStation 5 remains next to impossible to find at retail, but maybe shoes modeled after the new…
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Covid-19 news: Cases surge in Seychelles despite high vaccination rate
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan ,…
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Some viruses thwart bacterial defenses with a unique genetic alphabet
Some bacteria-killing viruses spell out their genetic instructions in a different DNA alphabet. More than 40 years ago, scientists in…
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Baby mantis shrimp punch their prey with superior strength | Popular Science
Mantis shrimp, a diverse group of predatory crustaceans with famously kooky eyeballs that move independently, can be found all over…
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Dogecoin is now the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap
In brief: Dogecoin, the red-hot cryptocurrency that started life as more of a joke than anything else, is now the…
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Netflix’s Mark Millar plans to build a streaming superhero universe starting with ‘Jupiter’s Legacy,’ after inspiring some of Marvel’s biggest stories
“Jupiter’s Legacy,” Netflix’s first Millarworld series since buying the comic company in 2017, debuts Friday. Millarworld’s president Mark Millar talked…
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The Apple Watch proves helpful during surprise mid-flight birth
What just happened? There have been numerous reports of the Apple Watch’s health features saving people’s lives, but this case…
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