Tag: science

April 2, 2024 at 9:33 am

This Huge Deer Used To Live In Ireland And First Emerged 400,000 Years Ago

This Huge Deer Used To Live In Ireland And First Emerged 400,000 Years Ago

These would have been something to behold.

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April 1, 2024 at 7:33 pm

MIT Claims They’ve Figured Out How To Make Fusion Energy Practical

MIT Claims They've Figured Out How To Make Fusion Energy Practical

A big step forward for the technology?

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April 1, 2024 at 3:36 pm

Air Force Official Spilled Security Secrets To A Woman He Met Of A Foreign Dating Site

Air Force Official Spilled Security Secrets To A Woman He Met Of A Foreign Dating Site

It’s pretty much common knowledge that dating sites are more akin to the Wild West (or Lord of the Flies) than anything romantic. That said, being so intent on making a connection that you accidentally spill military secrets is a new low. Or high, I guess, depending on who you ask. Federal court filings reveal that…

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April 1, 2024 at 12:27 pm

High School Teachers Are Using ChatGPT-Aided Software Called Writable To Grade Papers, But Is It Unethical?

High School Teachers Are Using ChatGPT-Aided Software Called Writable To Grade Papers, But Is It Unethical?

This seems like it’s shortchanging students!

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April 1, 2024 at 9:38 am

Researchers Are Working To Ensure Children’s Medication Is Safer In The Future And To Avoid “Off-Label” Dosing

Researchers Are Working To Ensure Children's Medication Is Safer In The Future And To Avoid "Off-Label" Dosing

In recent years we’ve learned that things like crash test dummies are only created to make crashes safer for male victims, and are never made to mimic female or children’s bodies. It turns out that using adult males as the default is a common practice in the pharmaceutical field, too, which means much of the…

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March 31, 2024 at 3:28 pm

The United States Has Lost Nuclear Weapons Six Times. Here’s What Happened.

The United States Has Lost Nuclear Weapons Six Times. Here's What Happened.

We’ve been very, very lucky.

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March 31, 2024 at 12:49 pm

China’s Birth Rate Is Dropping Significantly And Is Destined To Cripple Their Population Growth

China's Birth Rate Is Dropping Significantly And Is Destined To Cripple Their Population Growth

Could Africa be the new China?

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March 31, 2024 at 9:39 am

The World’s Biggest Sand Battery Could Change A Town’s Dependency On Oil. Is The World Next?

The World's Biggest Sand Battery Could Change A Town's Dependency On Oil. Is The World Next?

It has the capability to store up to 100 megawatt hours of thermal energy.

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March 30, 2024 at 3:23 pm

A Popular French Cheese Could Disappear Because Of A Problem With Mold Gene Diversity

A Popular French Cheese Could Disappear Because Of A Problem With Mold Gene Diversity

When you lose diversity within a species, you lose adaptability

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March 30, 2024 at 12:32 pm

Scientists Said They Could Revive A Woolly Mammoth By 2027. That Timeline May Be A Lot Sooner Than Expected.

Scientists Said They Could Revive A Woolly Mammoth By 2027. That Timeline May Be A Lot Sooner Than Expected.

Scientists said a while ago that they would be able to fully resurrect the woolly mammoth from extinction by 2027. Now that we’re three short years away from that self-imposed deadline, the scientists involved say they’re pretty close to the finish line. De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences are using the edited genes of an Asian elephant,…

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