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boeing high-supersonic aircraft concept illustration

August 21, 2026

From High Supersonics To Design Uncertainty, NASA Funds University Projects | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content…

PPhysics

August 21, 2026

Insider Brief NISQ, or Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum, describes current quantum computers that can run quantum algorithms but remain…

WWildlife

In 1979, about 30 mongooses were released on Japan’s Amami Oshima to control habu snakes; their population later grew to roughly 10,000 and threatened rare wildlife, but after decades of trapping Japan declared them eradicated in 2024

August 21, 2026

In 1979, about 30 mongooses were released on Japan’s Amami Oshima to control habu snakes Japan has officially…

SScience

A strange new quantum droplet can hold itself together

August 21, 2026

For decades, physicists believed that mixtures of two fundamentally different quantum particles, bosons and fermions, couldn’t form stable…

EEnvironment

August 21, 2026

Scotland’s public water utility has recently become the first in the world to adopt a new technology that…

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SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites; the Falcon 9 first stage landed on the platform

August 21, 2026

On August 21, SpaceX launched 29 Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket…

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Final tests for the AMS upgrade before spaceflight – Home

August 21, 2026

Suspended in the path of a proton beam from CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) was an unusual target:…

WWildlife

August 21, 2026

In July 2024, whale experts shared adorable footage of a baby humpback whale breaching off the coast of…

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Wild Asian elephants in India have been seen using branches to swat flies, while elephants in a naturalistic captive setting modified branches that were too long or bushy before using them — evidence that elephants can both use and manufacture simple tools

August 21, 2026

If an elephant tears the leafy end off a branch because the branch is too bushy to swat…

EEnvironment

Iraq’s solar villages show how to build an energy transition that lasts | Renewable Energy

August 21, 2026

For years, the day in Kulak ended when the generator powered down. Like thousands of villages across Iraq,…

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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)

August 21, 2026

SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit…

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ORNL's John Lajoie Credit: Alonda Hines/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy.

August 21, 2026

Insider Brief ORNL physicist John Lajoie develops advanced particle detectors to study fundamental physics and support research at…

From High Supersonics To Design Uncertainty, NASA Funds University Projects

What Is NISQ Quantum Computing: The Current Era of Quantum Machines

In 1979, about 30 mongooses were released on Japan’s Amami Oshima to control habu snakes; their population later grew to roughly 10,000 and threatened rare wildlife, but after decades of trapping Japan declared them eradicated in 2024

Scientists Predict a Strange New Quantum Droplet

UK turns 72,000 lab bottles into recyclable plastic with new tech

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites; the Falcon 9 first stage landed on the platform

Final tests for the AMS upgrade before spaceflight – Home

“Blows my mind”: when this drone pilot saw a baby humpback whale off the coast of Australia, he wasn’t expecting it to do this

Wild Asian elephants in India have been seen using branches to swat flies, while elephants in a naturalistic captive setting modified branches that were too long or bushy before using them — evidence that elephants can both use and manufacture simple tools

Iraq’s solar villages show how to build an energy transition that lasts | Renewable Energy

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)

ORNL Researcher Advances Particle Detection for the Electron-Ion Collider