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NASA Makes History With First Helicopter Flight On Another Planet
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration made history Monday morning when it conducted the first ever powered and controlled flight…
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Primordial black holes could explain dark matter, galaxy growth and more
Adam Mann, Knowable Magazine A half-century-old, still-disputed idea about dense cosmic objects from the dawn of time could solve longstanding…
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Smugglers Advertising Illegal Entry Services On Facebook: REPORT
Human smugglers advertised illegal border crossing services to migrants looking to enter the U.S. on Facebook, the Tech Transparency Project…
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Democrats And GOP Aim To Counter Chinese Dominance In AI, Computing With $100 Billion Tech Investment
A bipartisan bill that would provide $100 billion for technology research to address competition from China could build support for some…
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‘Trojan Horse’: Republicans Introduce Bill Prohibiting TikTok On Government Phones
A group of Senate Republicans introduced legislation that would prohibit federal employees from downloading the Chinese social media app TikTok…
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Keeping time with zircons
Cypress Hansen, Knowable Magazine Crystals of the mineral zircon are rugged enough to survive the most violent geologic events. Impurities…
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Justice Department Announces Effort to Disrupt Exploitation of Microsoft’s Exchange Server
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of…
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Yes, all this screen time is hurting your eyes
Zhong-Lin Lu, Knowable Magazine OPINION: A neuroscientist says that he’s particularly worried about kids, who may have spent much of…
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Facebook Confirms It Deleted Account For Suspected Boulder Shooter Containing Posts About Islam, Trump
Facebook deleted accounts belonging to suspected Boulder, Colorado, shooter Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa on Tuesday in line with its longstanding…
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AI’s next big leap
Anil Ananthaswamy, Knowable Magazine The unlikely marriage of two major artificial intelligence approaches has given rise to a new hybrid…
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