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[l] at 4/3/25 2:14pm
300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning.

[Category: Science, animal intelligence, Biology, bonobos, communication, language]

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[l] at 4/3/25 1:10pm
Voice breaks in Latin American monkey calls resemble human yodeling, but over a much wider frequency range.

[Category: Science, acoustics, animal behavior, animal vocalizations, animals, Biology, monkeys, yodeling]

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[l] at 4/3/25 11:11am
SpaceX hasn't said whether the next Starship flight will use a new or flight-proven booster.

[Category: Science, Space, Commercial space, launch, spacex, Starbase, starship]

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[l] at 4/3/25 8:39am
The study shows a sharp change when the vaccine was introduced in Wales.

[Category: Science, Biology, chicken pox, dementia, medicine, shingles, vaccines]

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[l] at 4/2/25 1:50pm
Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier by stimulating the production of sex pheromones.

[Category: Science, Biology, fruit flies, Pheromones]

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[l] at 4/2/25 10:46am
It's slow and inefficient, but the semiconductor is only one molecule thick.

[Category: Science, 2D materials, atomically thin materials, materials science, processor, RISC-V, transistor]

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[l] at 4/2/25 10:21am
The ’80s comedy has stood the test of time, even inspiring a 2009 Mythbusters episode.

[Category: Gaming, Science, entertainment, film, Real Genius]

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[l] at 4/1/25 3:05pm
A tokamak moves forward as two companies advance plans for stellarators.

[Category: Science, fusion, Physics, plasma, stellarator, tokamak]

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[l] at 4/1/25 10:23am
"I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit."

[Category: Science, Space, Commercial space, dragon, falcon 9, fram2, human spaceflight, Kennedy Space Center, launch, spacex]

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[l] at 3/31/25 1:49pm
Also: testing the efficacy of WWI "dazzle" camouflage; how the male blue-lined octopus survives deadly mating ritual.

[Category: Science, research roundup]

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[l] at 3/31/25 10:26am
"Today, we know twice as much about our launch system as yesterday before launch."

[Category: Science, Space, Commercial space, european space agency, germany, isar aerospace, launch, Norway, spectrum rocket]

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[l] at 3/30/25 1:41pm
Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.

[Category: Policy, Science, Security]

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[l] at 3/30/25 5:00am
It’s a significant finding in the search for alien life.

[Category: Science, Space, Curiosity rover, mars rover, NASA, syndication]

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[l] at 3/28/25 4:11pm
New Spectral JPEG XL compression reduces file sizes, making spectral imaging more practical.

[Category: Biz & IT, Science, compression, data science, image compression, image formats, JPEG, jpeg xl, multispectrum images, spectral imaging]

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[l] at 3/28/25 9:53am
New executive order slams museum for recognizing "race is not a biological reality."

[Category: Science, eugenics, race, Racism, scientific racism, Smithsonian, Trump]

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[l] at 3/28/25 5:00am
"The idea that we will be able to do it through America… I think is very, very doubtful."

[Category: Science, Space, artemis II, european space agency, falcon 9, isar aerospace, launch, NASA, rocket lab, rocket report, space launch system, spacex, united launch alliance]

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[l] at 3/27/25 2:22pm
Researchers ascribe it to "animus or prejudice against minority drivers."

[Category: Science, bias, minorities, speeding tickets, structural racism, tickets, traffic violations]

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[l] at 3/27/25 11:01am
"I want to promise you now that we are going to do more with less," RFK Jr. said.

[Category: Health, Science, CDC, fda, funding, HHS, NIH, reductions, research, robert f kennedy jr, science, trump administration]

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[l] at 3/27/25 9:32am
New approach to improving AI performance turns a silicon problem into a feature.

[Category: Science, materials science, neural networks, semiconductor, silicon, spiking neurons]

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[l] at 3/27/25 9:08am
Trump created the Space Force, Biden grew it, and now its top general worries about cutbacks.

[Category: Science, Space, chance saltzman, Donald Trump, golden dome, Iron Dome, military space, missile defense, US Space Force]

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[l] at 3/26/25 7:58am
A recent lawsuit highlights the vulnerability of programs intended to promote DEI.

[Category: Policy, Science, diversity, syndication]

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