India will soon break ground on a detector that will hunt for tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time. On April 6, the Indian Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved 26 billion rupees ($318 million) to start construction of a new gravitational wave observatory in the western state of Maharashtra. The observatory,...
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As Earth warms, more ‘flash droughts’ suck soil, plants dry
Farmer Barry Evans drops dusty soil from a cotton crop he shredded and planted over with wheat, Oct. 3, 2022, in Kress, Texas. A new study finds that climate change is making droughts faster and more furious — and especially one fast-moving kind of drought that can take farmers by surprise. Credit: AP Photo/Eric Gay,...
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Team steers students through murky waters of ChatGPT coding
West Virginia University researchers are studying how high school seniors and college students can utilize ChatGPT to learn how to code, while recognizing the potential shortcomings of the AI-powered chatbot. Credit: WVU Photo/Alyssa Reeves West Virginia University researchers are preparing high school seniors and college students to harness the power of ChatGPT, the popular artificial...
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Drone footage captures moment pilot whale expels placenta off Shetland
Credit: Nick McCaffrey Unearthed video footage from 2019 shows a pilot whale expelling its placenta in Yell Sound, Shetland. Drone pilot Nick McCaffrey didn’t realize how unique his footage was until he shared it with Emily Hague, a marine mammal researcher in Heriot-Watt’s Marine Spatial Analysis Group. Hague and McCaffrey have now published the footage...
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Kosovo wants to decide its future—but will history hold it back?
Published April 12, 2023 30 min read In Kosovo, a very young country of war-scarred survivors, everyone has a story that is almost too painful to recount—except here they are, alive to tell it, and insistent that the world listen. So it is that in the parliament building in the capital city of Pristina, I step into...
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As Twitter and Meta start charging, LinkedIn rolls out free verification to all users
If you buy through affiliate links, we may receive a commission, helping support our product testing. Learn more. If anyone had said that being verified on a social media platform would be a paid feature back in 2022, I wouldn’t have been surprised. I also would have thought that was really stupid. Apparently, LinkedIn thinks...
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Space debris problem spurs a bold change in US government regulations
Home News Spaceflight An illustration of a object breaking up in Earth’s orbit. (Image credit: European Space Agency) The fast-growing space debris issue is top of mind at a new space-focused division of the U.S. government. “Satellite and orbital debris rules” will be one of the primary responsibilities of the newly created Space Bureau of...
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How strong is US-Ukraine wartime alliance? What the leaks reveal.
The extraordinary cache of recent and highly sensitive U.S. intelligence documents leaked online offers a window into the U.S.-Ukraine relationship that has been forged by more than a year of war. And not just any war, but one that has morphed into the front lines of what the Biden administration portrays as a defining battle...
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HBO Max Is Dropping the “HBO”
Warner Bros Discovery Following AT&T’s sale of Warner Bros. to Discovery, Inc last year, the newly-combined Warner Bros Discovery promised that its streaming services would be combined. The big change now has a due date, along with a new name for the service. Warner Bros Discovery announced today that its enhanced streaming service will be...
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When You Shouldn’t Use Rechargeable AA Batteries
Disposable batteries are still useful, if not essential. @andrew_andrew__ Apr 12, 2023, 2:50 pm EDT | 5 min read marketolog / Shutterstock.com Disposable batteries are usually the longest-lasting option for low-power electronics. They may also be a requirement in some devices. We often suggest buying rechargeable AA and AAA batteries, as they’re much more economical...