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As Trump escalates extreme attacks, Democrats – finally – rally round El-Sayed
Democratic leaders are rallying behind progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s closely-watched race, though some endorsements remain lukewarm amid party divisions over his nomination.
ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support
ReactOS, an open source Windows alternative, now supports installing directly onto NTFS partitions, marking a significant development milestone for the community-driven project.
Astronomers uncover new secrets of the Universe’s first five minutes
Astronomers have measured primordial helium with unprecedented 0.5% precision using telescope observations, offering new insights into the Universe’s first five minutes and testing fundamental physics theories.
DNA project to restore black poplar trees across Thames Valley
A DNA-testing conservation project aims to restore black poplar trees across the Thames Valley, where the native species has declined to just 50 recorded trees in Oxfordshire.
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Living with drought has taught pastoralists lessons the world needs
Pastoralists from Tanzania, Mongolia, and other regions are advocating at a UN conference for stronger protections and resources to address drought and desertification affecting their communities and livelihoods.
Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces ‘catastrophic’ cuts
Britain plans cuts to particle physics funding and international research collaborations, raising concerns about the future of blue-sky research that has historically driven major scientific breakthroughs.
From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa’s historic mission to the Moon
Four astronauts have completed a historic 10-day mission to the Moon and back, traveling further into space than humans have journeyed before aboard NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft.
Aditya-L1: Indian solar mission’s new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission has revealed new clues about why the Sun’s corona remains millions of degrees hotter than its surface despite constant energy loss.
Science or fiction? Shadowy ‘paper mills’ let you pay to be a published author – of fraudulent research
Shadowy organizations called “paper mills” profit by selling fraudulent academic authorship and falsified research, charging fees ranging from $30 to $800 per paper, with activity doubling approximately every 18 months.
King penguin chick hatches in UK for first time in 12 years
A king penguin chick has hatched at a British wildlife park for the first time in 12 years, with keepers hand-rearing the 188g bird after moving its egg to an incubator.
Scientists turn tiny “defects” into a 5.5x heat transfer boost
Researchers developed a polymer coating that boosts condensation heat transfer by up to 5.5 times by leveraging nanoscale surface structures to improve water droplet formation and removal.
A hidden “on switch” in human DNA has finally been decoded
Researchers at UC San Diego used artificial intelligence to decode the “initiator,” a DNA sequence that marks where genes begin to be expressed, finding it present in roughly 60% of human genes.
Scientists discover a real-life “dragon” and name it after Syrax
Scientists discovered a new lizard species in Thai mountain forests and named it Acanthosaura syrax after a dragon from House of the Dragon, citing shared traits including small size and high egg production.
NASA is about to launch a powerful new eye on the universe
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been cleared for launch after passing a Flight Readiness Review. The mission targets liftoff no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Starwatch: Lunar eclipse to reward early risers in UK and Europe
A partial lunar eclipse will be visible from the UK and Europe in the early morning hours of Friday 28 August, transforming the moon into a dramatic coppery-red sight.
UK’s rarest bird of prey rears new chicks in secret location
The UK’s rarest bird of prey, a male Montagu’s harrier, has successfully nested for the second consecutive year in a secret location, producing six chicks across two nests on English farmland.