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Satellites Found A ‘Brown Ribbon’ Near Africa – Now Scientists Are Sounding Alarms

When you hear that something strange has appeared in satellite footage, it just sounds immediately ominous. When scientists raised the alarm about a brown belt that’s longer than a continent, it definitely seemed alarming. But what exactly is the brown stripe that stretches across the Atlantic Ocean? And more importantly, should we be worried? Satellites…

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Scientists Detected A Seven-Hour Burst From Space – Now We May Know What It Was

It’s commonly believed that there’s no sound in space, but that’s far from the case. For instance, sonifications from NASA have allowed us to hear the sounds of a black hole, and, in 2025, astronomers recorded a sound from deep space that lasted a whopping seven hours. Dubbed GRB 250702B, this gamma-ray burst (GRB) was…

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Seismic Swarm: This Small US City Had 75 Earthquakes In Just One Day

There’s no shortage of stunning cities in California. Take San Ramon, for instance, famed for its majestic green hills, its critical place in the Tri-Valley economic hub, and its wonderfully boastful tagline, “everyone loves it here. ” Idyllic as it may seem, though, the city is troubled by earthquakes…. Check out the original article: [Slashgear]…

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Historic Rocket Test Closes The Gap In China’s Race With The West

China has gotten one step closer to a manned mission to the Moon. China Global Television Network, a People’s Republic of China-run news agency, reported that the Long March-10 rocket and Mengzhou spacecraft successfully launched on Wednesday of this week. The Long March-10 rocket stands out as, like the Falcon 9 rockets used by SpaceX,…

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New AI Model Lets Farm Robots Identify Weeds – Then Kill Them With Lasers

You’ve probably heard about large language models, those sophisticated AI systems that power all chatbots today. Get ready for Large Plant Models (LPMs). Developed by Carbon Robotics, a Seattle-based agricultural technology company, it’s essentially an AI model trained on over 150 million labeled plants for the goal of recognizing basically any weed in any field…

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Not China, Not Russia – This Country Generates The Most Nuclear Power

When the topic of nuclear power is mentioned, many people likely think about the world’s nuclear weapons or the war that could result from having them. But the truth is that nuclear power also generates electricity that’s used daily in many countries around the world. When it comes to which of those countries produces the…

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China’s Underwater Data Center Is Doing A Lot More Than Just Computing

The high water demand of data centers causes significant problems. Large volumes of often potable, drinking-quality water are used for cooling, putting pressure on local water supplies and competing with households and agriculture. One way around this is to do what China has done — place data centers in a location where they’re literally surrounded…

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The Hottest New AI Agent Is Here – But It Has Some Experts Raising Alarms

An open-source agenic artificial intelligence agent by the name of OpenClaw has exploded onto the tech scene in recent weeks, and it’s not for entirely good reasons, either. Launched by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger (and rebranded twice in rapid succession from Clawdbot to Moltbot before settling on its current name), OpenClaw’s appeal lies in its…

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