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MIT tests flat superconducting magnet designed to simplify next-gen fusion reactors
Thea Energy has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to test a full-scale...
Interesting Engineering · EN
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Unmanned underwater vehicle autonomously hunts down and destroys hidden naval mines
An autonomous underwater vehicle has completed an end-to-end mine countermeasure demonstration, bringing naval forces closer...
Interesting Engineering · EN
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New bacteria-based biocomputer can solve complex problems with a fraction of resources
A team of international researchers led by scientists at McGill University has created a biocomputer...
Interesting Engineering · EN
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Video: YouTuber’s 3D-printed robot can play entire game of Fetch alone
A YouTuber has unveiled a new AI-powered autonomous robot that can play an entire game...
Interesting Engineering · EN
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Sentinel images of the source of the 11 October 2026 landslide and debris flow along the Budhi Gandaki River in Nepal
Sentinel satellite imagery shows that the Budhi Gandaki event was another example of the failure of a steep rock slope that transitioned into a rock avalanche and then a debris flow. Almost a month ago, a less well reported but significant debris flow swept down the Budhi Gandaki river in Nepal, causing extensive damage. I […]
Eos · EN
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US prosecutors drop criminal charges against scientist detained over frog embryos
Kseniia Petrova was detained for four months after arrest with research samples, and feared deportation to Russia Federal prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against a Russian scientist who spent four months in immigration detention after flying into Boston with frog embryos intended for cancer research at Harvard Medical School. Kseniia Petrova, 31, was arrested in March 2025 after returning from a vacation in France, where she had visited a laboratory specializing in cutting extremely thin sections of frog embryos. During her visit, she obtained a package of samples for her researc
Guardian Science · EN
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Swapping from dairy to plant-based milk, cheese and yoghurt ‘could lead to micronutrient deficiencies’
Young people and women most at risk, study finds, as researchers call for vegan products to be fortified with iodine in particular Switching from dairy products to plant-based alternatives could lead to deficiencies in vital micronutrients, especially among young people and women, a study has found. Even moving partly to vegan alternatives to milk, cheese and yoghurt could lead to falls in iodine, calcium, riboflavin and vitamin B12 if the substitutes, often based on soya, almonds or oats, are not fortified, scientists said. Continue reading...
Guardian Science · EN
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Historians say King Verica persuaded Rome to invade Britain. But could Verica actually have been a queen?
Controversial theory that Verica, who incited Emperor Claudius’s AD43 landing, was a woman could put a new spin on British history if true It was a moment that changed the course of British history: in AD43, Roman troops under the emperor Claudius landed in Kent. Now, an archaeologist has claimed the British ruler who persuaded Claudius to invade was not a king but a queen. The controversial conclusion, made by Dr Miles Russell, the director of archaeological fieldwork at Bournemouth University, could throw new light on Britain’s history. Continue reading...
Guardian Science · EN
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‘Ferritin face’: can you really diagnose low iron from a selfie? – podcast
Social media is awash with claims iron deficiency can be identified in the mirror by dark circles, breaking hair and dry skin. But is ‘ferritin face’ real? Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample why so many of us struggle to keep our iron levels up, how we can actually diagnose low iron and the best way to correct a deficiency, with help from Hal Drakesmith, a professor of iron biology at Oxford University, and advice from Dr Sue Pavord, a consultant haematologist at Oxford university hospitals and associate senior lecturer in clinical medicine at St Edmund Hall ‘Ferritin face’: are social media cl
Guardian Science · EN
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Clearing up a robot’s fuzzy memory
A new system identifies and corrects unreliable object descriptions stored in a robot’s memory, improving the robot’s ability to interact with its environment.
MIT News · EN
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Volcanic eruptions and less sunlight made Victorian Era kids sicker
The Industrial Revolution was the main culprit, but the Little Ice Age didn't help. The post Volcanic eruptions and less sunlight made Victorian Era kids sicker appeared first on Popular Science .
Popular Science · EN
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3 original methods for measuring the distance to the stars
Out there in space, blazing just a scant 150 million kilometers away lies the brightest and most massive object in our Solar System: the Sun. Shining hundreds of thousands of times as bright in Earth’s skies as the next brightest object, the full Moon, the Sun is unique among Solar System objects for producing its own visible light, rather than only appearing illuminated because of reflected light. However, the thousands upon thousands of stars visible in the night sky — escalating into the millions and billions when we aid our vision with telescopes and cameras — are all also self-luminous, d
Big Think · EN
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Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites
The third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea exposes an ancient piece of the ocean floor and hosts a clowder of cats.
NASA Breaking News · EN
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APOD: 2026 November 5 – Enceladus in Silhouette
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 5 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Enceladus in Silhouette […]
NASA Breaking News · EN
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2 astronauts will finish upgrading ISS solar arrays during spacewalk today: Watch it live
NASA's Anil Menon and Canada Joshua Kutryk will install the International Space Station's final roll-out solar array during a spacewalk today (Nov. 5). Here's how to watch it live.
Space.com · EN
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Little Ice Age cooling in Europe may have raised the risk of rickets
The Industrial Revolution and climate change may have both contributed to vitamin D deficiencies in 18th and 19th century Europe.
Science News · EN
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Why so many British pubs are closing down
British pubs are disappearing at an alarming rate. Last year, around eight closed down every week.
Phys.org · EN
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Centuries-old cemetery helps scientists link climate shocks to Industrial Revolution disease
During England's Industrial Revolution, when the country's farming-based economy transformed into an industrial one between roughly 1760 and 1840, pollution, harsh working conditions, inadequate housing and limited access to sunlight drove disease. Rickets, in which the growing skeleton fails to properly mineralize, was commonplace among children. Traditionally, urbanization, latitude and socioeconomic status were considered the main drivers. A factor that has largely been overlooked is climate.
Phys.org · EN
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Dazed and Confused in Wasilla. WSJ columnist says Alaskans were baffled by the Sullivans
Confusion now reigns in the Wasilla branch office of the Wall Street Journal. “The Beltway refrain has been that Alaska did enough distinguishing to make the ballot clear. That’s a hoot,” Kimberley Strassel hooted Tuesday.
Reporting From Alaska · EN
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On speaking from uncertainty
To speak from certainty requires only a grid; to speak from fidelity requires a threshold. I have slowly arrived at the view that when M...
The Essayist's Notebook · EN
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Garbage Day on Chud Nuremberg
Welcome to Chud Nuremberg All of the major factions of the American right — Silicon Valley oligarchs, AI sex cult dweebs, Substack race scientists, Trumpist DC staffer goblins, psychotic Nazi wizards, and pickup truck selfie divorcés — are all on one app now. It’s the perfect honey pot. They spend their days on X getting their brains absolutely melted by the site’s infinite scroll 4chan feed and because they’re conservatives they obviously assume their sad, lonely worldview and experience online is universal. And most hilarious of all, in the weeks leading
onfocus.com · EN
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中期选举给AI基建踩了脚刹车，大科技却怪错了对象
10个州的44项限制数据中心提案中已有38项通过，多州新政府也承诺加强审查；科技业将此归因于反特朗普浪潮，但民调显示，三分之四受访者反对数据中心，超过一半称AI和数据中心是其投票的重要依据。
听说了吗？· AI 解读站 · ZH
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英伟达49%口头红线：新云的做账指南
英伟达49%口头红线：新云的做账指南 英伟达被曝近几个月口头要求云计算客户，未来新签服务中至少51%面向非中国公司，中国客户占比不得超过49%；公司未直接承认或否认。本文梳理已实施的芯片出口限制、中国对H200的态度，以及仍在国会审议的远程算力法案，解释作者为何认为这条要求实际约束的主要是英伟达投资或担保的新云，而非大型云厂商。结合Nscale招股材料中客户身份的呈现、字节跳动相关业务和新云融资压力，文章判断这更像一份做账指南；至于规则为何此时传出及黄仁勋的处境，仍属作者分析。
硕鼠的博客站 · ZH