What is Starshield, SpaceX’s military version of Starlink?
Ukraine said on Wednesday that Elon Musk’s SpaceX had restricted “military-grade” Starlink services, hampering Ukrainian drone strike missions…
Cavity-less Brillouin strong coupling in a solid-state continuous system
Novotny, L. Strong coupling, energy splitting, and level crossings: a classical perspective. Am. J. Phys. 78, 1199–1202 https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3471177…
Whalefall true story: How realistic is the movie? A sperm whale biologist weighs in.
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Unprecedented atlas explores mitochondria across the tree of life
The protein catalogue gives a dynamic picture of the mitochondria, beyond what was known from humans and yeast.…
Is coal really making a comeback?
Coal was on the way out. That’s how it looked last year, anyway, when the International Energy Agency…
Why can you see the moon during the day? This week is the perfect time to find out
I know perfectly well that the moon comes out during the day. I have known this for decades.…
Designing more efficient quantum circuits with Claude \ Anthropic
Quantum computers will need carefully designed circuits to run useful algorithms on limited hardware. We gave Claude plain-language…
Washington captures record 2.16 million invasive green crabs in 2025-26; first detected in 2016, the species threatens marine life despite $8 million in funding, with no populations eradicated
Washington state captured a record 2.16 million invasive European green crabs in fiscal year 2025-26, but established populations…
NASA’s ISS Crew-12 Reflects On Their Lengthy ISS Mission
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Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms | Amazon rainforest
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen its lowest level since records began, new government data shows. But…
On this day in space! Oct. 16, 1975: NASA launches the 1st-ever GOES weather satellite to watch Earth from space
On Oct. 16, 1975, NASA launched the first operational GOES satellite! GOES-A was the first in a series…
A Distant Supercluster of Galaxies Points To Self-Interacting Dark Matter
Seven billion light-years from Earth, there is an unexpected cluster of galaxies. It has two regions in the…