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HD Hyundai chairman to meet Bill Gates on small modular reactors
HD Hyundai chairman Chung Ki-sun plans to meet Bill Gates in Seoul later this week to discuss deepening cooperation on small modular reactors…
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WMO says world saw joint second-warmest July
The World Meteorological Organization reported that July was the joint second-warmest on record, with the Copernicus Climate Change Service placing…
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Scientists grow and program human brain organoids
Scientists can reprogram adult cells into induced pluripotent stem cells and grow them into brain organoids that produce brain waves and basic…
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Chinese AI models improve typhoon forecasts
As Typhoon Dolphin neared China, Chinese-developed AI forecasting systems such as Shanghai AI Laboratory's Fengwu, Huawei's Pangu and Fudan…
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SpaceX struggles to recover Starship upper stage
Starship flight 13 launched July 24 from Starbase, Texas, and the Super Heavy V3 booster suffered a partial engine ignition failure that caused a…
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Scientists test circular slit spectrometer during solar eclipse
A group of scientists from Padua have spent weeks finishing a prototype called the Circular Slit Spectrometer (CISS) ahead of a decisive test at…
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UK warns public to view eclipse with colander
The UK government and health agencies have issued safety guidance ahead of a partial solar eclipse visible across the country on 12 August, when the…
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Moon will block sun along path across Arctic and Europe
A total solar eclipse is due on Wednesday, August 12, during which the moon will completely block the sun along a path that crosses the Arctic Ocean…
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Companies pursue space debris removal
Thousands of satellites and spent rocket stages are crowding low-Earth orbit, and a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage recently crashed into the moon…
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Study finds bacteria and archaea evolved metabolism independently
Researchers analyzed protein structures of core metabolic enzymes across bacterial and archaeal genomes and used an algorithm to order enzyme…
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Inouye telescope reveals Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices on the sun
The Inouye solar telescope on Haleakalā captured the highest spatial resolution images yet of a magnetically active region near a sun spot, revealing…
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PUNCH imagery predicts solar storm arrival within 30 minutes
Using continuous imagery from NASA's PUNCH mission, scientists tracked a coronal mass ejection that left the Sun on May 31, 2025 and retroactively…
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Apheresis filters reduce levels of some forever chemicals
A new study examined discarded apheresis filter material from a large treatment centre after double-filtration plasmapheresis in 34 patients and…
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Scientists find winter temperature thresholds that accelerate lake ice loss
Researchers analyzed ice records and air temperature data from 724 lakes (2000–2022) and found that lake ice loss is not always gradual: when average…
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Idle ships spread invasive marine species
Marine biologist Mario Tamburri warns that ships idled for extended periods in the Strait of Hormuz develop thick biofouling layers that begin with…
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Scientists note about 891 natural satellites in the solar system
Throughout most of human history only Earth's Moon was known until Galileo used the first telescope on January 7, 1610, to reveal several of…
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NASA opens new Flight Dynamics Research Facility
NASA opened the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at Langley, a 25,000-square-foot wind tunnel that consolidates and replaces the 20-Foot Vertical…
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Climate change increases global heat-related deaths
Extreme heat is a growing global health hazard that is becoming more frequent, intense and longer because of climate change, and it already causes…
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Wildfires expose millions to air pollution in France and Spain
Smoke from wildfires in France and Spain pushed fine particulate matter (PM2.5) to very high levels across wide areas, with Copernicus data showing…
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Rocket debris falls in Kenya farmland
A large metal ring that had connected parts of a rocket fell into a patch of farmland in Mukuku, about three hours south of Nairobi, startling…
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Tire particles may spread antibiotic resistance
Researchers reviewing available studies warn that tire microplastics form a distinct "tire plastisphere" that supports dense bacterial communities…
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Study finds southern Europe becoming more flammable
A study published in Scientific Reports finds that southern Europe has seen a major rise in extreme fire-weather days since 1981, driven and…
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Cold front brings storms to Florida as tropics stay quiet
A cold front moving into Florida is easing extreme heat while creating a risk of strong to severe storms, with wind gusts up to 60 mph possible in…
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Heatwaves cause 2,877 excess deaths in England
Rapid early assessment by UKHSA estimates 2,877 heat-associated deaths during two hot periods in May and June 2026, with 753 deaths linked to 24–27…
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