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Poem: 'A Quantum Cento'

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Chinese Spy Balloon Has Unexpected Maneuverability

Pentagon officials announced on Thursday that they had detected a Chinese “surveillance balloon” flying over Montana. On Friday the Pentagon’s…

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A Climate Scientist Is Evaluating the U.S.’s Spy Programs

President Joe Biden's Intelligence Advisory Board now includes a top climate scientist. Biden recently announced the appointment of Kim Cobb,…

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A Secret Weapon in Preventing the Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats

More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of…

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War, Politics, Business Make Meeting 1.5 Degrees C Target Unlikely

Keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius is “currently not plausible,” warns a new report from the University of Hamburg.…

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Should COVID Vaccines Be Given Yearly?

Scientists are split on a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal to update COVID-19 vaccines once a year, similar…

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More Airports to Use Greener ‘Glide’ Approach to Landing

Eleven more U.S. airports plan to adopt a new way of landing planes that reduces both emissions and noise —…

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Size, Sex and Breed May Predict Dogs’ Cancer Diagnosis

Cancer is common in dogs. About one in four will develop cancer at some point during its lifetime—and that proportion…

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Will an AI Be the First to Discover Alien Life?

From the hills of West Virginia to the flats of rural Australia, some of the world’s largest telescopes are listening…

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Mammals That Live Together Live Longer

Mammals only have one life to live, but the length of that life varies greatly. While some shrews shuffle off…

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