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2025-09-21

NASA resurrects its VIPER moon rover for a 2027 mission with Blue Origin

NASA is apparently giving its ice-scouting moon rover mission another try. The space agency has announced that the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project — which was called [...]

Match Score: 5.47

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2025-09-20

Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter. [...]

Match Score: 1.82

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2025-09-20

Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and 24/7 lectures. [...]

Match Score: 1.82

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2025-09-20

EPA scientists were reportedly ordered to halt publication of research papers

According to a report by The Washington Post, scientists with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water were told by "political appointees" to stop work on studies that were [...]

Match Score: 5.47

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2025-09-19

Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report

Things have changed since 2009: We're more certain about the problems. [...]

Match Score: 1.82

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2025-09-19

RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots

In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents. [...]

Match Score: 1.82

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2025-09-19

Chimps consume alcohol equivalent of nearly 2 drinks a day

It's the latest evidence in support of Robert Dudley's controversial "drunk monkey" hypothesis. [...]

Match Score: 1.82

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2025-09-19

Elon Musk's Neuralink plans a brain speech trial in October

Neuralink plans to begin another US clinical trial in October, using the implant to translate thoughts into text. The study will be held through an FDA investigational device exemption. "If you&# [...]

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2025-09-19

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

LLM "tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity" when writing news briefs. [...]

Match Score: 3.65