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  • Thu, June 19, 2025

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Salton Sea: California's Largest And Most Polluted Lake Is Even More Toxic Than Thought

T he Salton Sea, California's largest lake, is producing more toxic hydrogen sulfide gas than previously thought, according to a new study. The levels are so high that they exceed the state's air quality standards, posing a potentially greater risk to the health of local communities.
  • Thu, April 17, 2025

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Trump's Science Director Says US Can "Manipulate Time And Space", Prompting Wild Conspiracy Theories

The 13th director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Science Advisor to the President, Michael Kratsios, has sparked a number of conspiracy theories over on Reddit after appearing to claim that the US possessed technology that can "manipulate time and space".
  • Thu, March 27, 2025

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"Unprecedented" Study Shows How Biodiversity Loss Worldwide In All Species Is Linked To Human Activity

According to the results of a massive new synthesis study of over 2,000 publications, which leaves no room for ambiguity or doubt: humans are driving substantive and devastating biodiversity loss across the planet.
  • Thu, March 20, 2025

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First World-Spanning Ultra-Secure Quantum Satellite Link Joins South Africa And China

Images have been securely transmitted by satellite using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) between ground stations in China and South Africa, a record-breaking distance of 12,900 kilometers (8,000 miles).
  • Wed, March 19, 2025

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Dolphins Greet NASA Astronauts In Gulf Of Mexico As They Return From The ISS

Nevertheless, NASA will be relieved to have the two safely back on Earth, after a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft returned them just off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. The two were joined by Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague as they landed in the ocean at 5:57 pm EDT on Tuesday, March 18.
  • Mon, March 17, 2025

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A New Way To Detect Pacific Earthquakes Using Deep-Sea Cables Shows Groundbreaking Results

The Southern Cross NEXT is a 15,857-kilometre (9,853-mile) network of submarine cables that links Sydney and Auckland, as well as Los Angeles and the Pacific Islands of Fiji, Tokelau, and Kiribati. Using fiber-optic cables, it provides high-capacity broadband internet connectivity between this part of the Pacific.
  • Tue, March 11, 2025

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NASA Departments Eliminated As President Trump Sets His Sights On Mars

The move leaves the space agency, which President Trump says will land humans on Mars, without a chief scientist, and no plans to refill the role held by Dr Katherine Calvin. The position has existed since the 1980s, though it was removed by President George W. Bush in 2005, and reinstated by President Barack Obama in 2011.

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How Indigenous Myths, Story-Telling, And Knowledge Could Forewarn Us Of Natural Disasters

For generations, people across the world have lived within reach of the planet's most hazardous environments. What can their stories tell us about surviving the disasters of the future?
  • Sat, March 8, 2025

by: IFLScience

What's The Strongest Knot, And How Do We Know?

Of course, Alexander had no time for crafts. He broke the knot open, quite literally - with a sword - and went on to rule all of Asia. But what might a real Gordian knot - reputedly the strongest knot to ever exist - have looked like? That's an interesting question.
  • Fri, March 7, 2025

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Acoustic Sensors Detect Spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule Plummeting Into Earth's Atmosphere

A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Colorado State University.
  • Thu, March 6, 2025

by: IFLScience

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Lost And Likely Tumbling On Its Way To The Moon

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission is in jeopardy, after the US space organization lost track of the spacecraft on its way to the Moon. Part of NASA's Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program,
  • Wed, March 5, 2025

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Chinese Quantum Computer Prototype Is Million Billion Times Faster Than Best Supercomputer

If the numbers are confirmed, it means that Zuchongzhi-3 is 2 million billion times faster at RCS than Frontier and about 1 million times faster than Google's Sycamore. This new chip doesn't appear to be faster than Google's Willow; based on a press release from the Mountain View company, Willow is 10 billion times faster than Zuchongzhi-3.
  • Fri, February 21, 2025

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What Is That Horrible Sound When You Crack Your Knuckles?

One of the more bizarre study set-ups in 2015 saw a human participant lay down in an MRI machine with a contraption on their finger that meant scientists could capture the internal machinations of a knuckle crack in real-time.
  • Thu, January 9, 2025

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"Quantum Refrigerator" Is A Brand New Way To Reset Quantum Computers

The quantum refrigerator also uses qubits, one that is connected to a hotter part of the system and is the power supply, and another that is a heat sink, where the heat of the actual computational qubit would go in the refrigeration process. The approach works autonomously and this is why the team is excited to have developed such an approach.

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Why The USA Almost Had A Different Capital City

Finally, by 1800, the federal government moved to the District of Columbia, and Washington DC fulfilled its promise to become the capital city of the US. The White House was completed in November 1800 and has served as the residence of every US president since.
  • Tue, January 7, 2025

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Polar Vortex And Polar Jet Stream: What's Behind The Freezing Weather In The US?

The polar vortex is a low-pressure system of cold air that swirls above Earth's poles. There's one over the South Pole in Antarctica - but for this story, we'll be focusing on the one above the North Pole. Over the North Pole, the wind flows counterclockwise in the stratosphere around 16 to 50 kilometers (10-30 miles) high.
  • Fri, January 3, 2025

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Polar Vortex To Bring Freezing Weather To US, Spelling Chaos For Roads And Iguanas

Until at least mid-January, colder-than-average weather will affect the eastern half of the US. Meanwhile, many western portions of the US will experience warmer than usual weather, including the Southwest, the Pacific Coast, Alaska, and Hawai'i.
  • Thu, January 2, 2025

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A New Human Generation Officially Starts In 2025

T his year - 2025 - marks the beginning of a new generation. All kids born from now until 2039 will be branded as Generation Beta, a band of humans that will see a mind-boggling integration with technology and huge cultural shifts.
  • Tue, December 24, 2024

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Burt, A Gigantic Crocodile And Beloved 80s Movie Star, Has Died

B urt, perhaps one of the most famous crocodiles in the world, has died at the ripe old age of around 90. The beast-come-celebrity was the reptilian star of the 1986 movie Crocodile Dundee about an eccentric Aussie bushman's antics in New York City.
  • Wed, December 11, 2024

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Can You Crack The UK Spy Agency's Christmas Code-Breaking Challenge?

The challenges require codebreaking, math, lateral thinking, and a bit of ingenuity to reveal the name of a famous UK landmark. There are also three additional hidden elements in the pictures for those seeking an extra challenge.
  • Tue, December 10, 2024

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The Amazon River Doesn't Have Any Bridges - And For Good Reason

One of the main reasons is that there isn't much demand for an Amazon river crossing. The depths of the rainforests are sparsely populated with relatively little infrastructure and roads, making bridges unnecessary, unlike the bustling crossings over the Thames in London.

Salton Sea: California's Largest And Most Polluted Lake Is Even More Toxic Than Thought

T he Salton Sea, California's largest lake, is producing more toxic hydrogen sulfide gas than previously thought, according to a new study. The levels are so high that they exceed the state's air quality standards, posing a potentially greater risk to the health of local communities.
The Salton Sea, California's largest lake, is facing severe environmental challenges as it has been discovered to be even more toxic than previously thought. A recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey revealed that the lake's sediment contains high levels of toxic chemicals, including selenium and DDT, which are harmful to both wildlife and human health. The shrinking water levels due to prolonged drought and reduced agricultural runoff have exacerbated the problem, leading to increased dust storms that carry these toxins into the air, affecting nearby communities. The situation is dire, with calls for urgent action to mitigate the environmental and health risks posed by the lake's deteriorating condition.

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