Science
Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity’s only active Venus probe
The Japanese space agency said it has lost contact with its intrepid Venus spacecraft Akatsuki. Akatsuki is Japan’s mission dedicated to ...
A greener, more effective way to kill termites
UC Riverside scientists have discovered a highly effective, nontoxic, and less expensive way to lure hungry termites to their doom. ...
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Ecobee’s smart thermostat can automatically respond to a heatwave
Smart home company Ecobee launched a new feature for its thermostats today that will automatically adjust temperatures to save energy ...
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The ESA is visiting the asteroid punched by NASA’s DART mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) is running some of the final tests required to launch its Hera mission this October, ...
Does String Theory Actually Describe the World? AI May Be Able to Tell
A group led by string theory veterans Burt Ovrut of the University of Pennsylvania and Andre Lukas of Oxford went ...
UBS backs $37 million round for climate fintech startup Doconomy
From left to right: Johan Pihl, Doconomy’s chief creative officer and co-founder, and Mathias Wikstrom, chief executive officer and co-founder. ...
Space debris is an ‘increasing issue’ for Earth. What Canada is doing now
The Canadian Space Agency says it takes the issue of space debris “very seriously” and is working to ensure it ...
Nightmarish ‘footballfish’ washes up dead on US beach in potential 1st-of-its-kind occurrence
An extremely rare, deep-sea “footballfish” recently washed up dead on a beach in Oregon — potentially for the first time ...
Improved refrigeration could save nearly half of the 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each year globally
About a third of the food produced globally each year goes to waste, while approximately 800 million people suffer from ...
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Microsoft’s AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions
Microsoft’s producing a lot more planet-heating pollution now than it did when it made a bold climate pledge back in ...
