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#wired.com. #Mar.25.2025 Trump Admin Plans to Cut Team Responsible for Critical Atomic Measurement Data. The team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology publishes measurement data crucial for advanced research in areas like astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and semiconductors.

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#techcrunch.com. #Mar.25.2025 Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone | TechCrunch. Commonwealth Fusion Systems marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component of its Sparc demonstration reactor.

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#computerweekly.com. #Mar.25.2025 Government needs to fix tech staff hiring process, says Whitehall’s AI boss. Giving evidence to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, tech experts highlighted the lack of clarity on data exchange, the need for the new Government Digital Service (GDS) to execute, and

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#wired.com. #Mar.25.2025 Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time. The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and Saturn.

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#bbc.com. #Mar.25.2025 'Unprecedented' Melsonby Iron Age hoard found by archaeologists. Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.

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#wired.com. #Mar.24.2025 How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe. DNA-testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. Here’s what that means for your genetic data.

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#wired.com. #Mar.24.2025 The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling. As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, students and researchers are left to figure out what's next.

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#wired.com. #Mar.24.2025 Quantum Computing Is Dead. Long Live Quantum Computing!. Schrödinger’s cat is alive and dead at the same time. Ironically enough, so is quantum computing.

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#wired.com. #Mar.24.2025 The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid. What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—the worst holiday maybe ever.

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#wired.com. #Mar.24.2025 Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space. A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in the Milky Way that does not orbit a star.

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#bbc.co.uk. #Mar.23.2025 What in the World - Why were NASA astronauts ‘stuck’ in space? - BBC Sounds. And did they have enough underwear?

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#wired.com. #Mar.22.2025 The Art of the Perfect Nap. Done wisely, naps can be a valuable way to boost your focus and energy. A sleep researcher explains how to get it right.

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#aljazeera.com. #Mar.21.2025 Beijing slams request by US lawmaker for information on Chinese students. US congressional panel asks six universities to share data on students enrolled in science and technology programmes.

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#bbc.com. #Mar.21.2025 Schools and hospitals get £180 solar investment from Great British Energy. The government has announced the funding for 200 schools and hospitals apiece across the UK.

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#bbc.com. #Mar.21.2025 New national forest to see 20m trees planted across West by 2050. The government says the new Western Forest project will help the UK meet its tree-planting targets.

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#bbc.co.uk. #Mar.20.2025 BBC Inside Science - Wild birds in crisis - BBC Sounds. And after two Nasa astronauts were finally brought home, we ask why SpaceX stole the show.

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#wired.com. #Mar.20.2025 Evidence Grows That Dark Energy Changes Over Time. The latest Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument results fall short of the discovery threshold but strengthen evidence for dynamical dark energy.

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#bbc.com. #Mar.19.2025 Dark Energy experiment shakes Einstein's theory of Universe. New research could force a fundamental rethink of the nature of space and time.

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#bbc.com. #Mar.19.2025 Greenpeace ordered to pay more than $660m for defaming oil firm in protests. Greenpeace has warned it could be forced into bankruptcy because of the case brought by Energy Transfer.

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#bbc.com. #Mar.19.2025 300 year-old Polish beech wins Tree of the Year contest. The win by Poland’s Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills tree marks Poland’s fourth victory in a row.

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#wired.com. #Mar.19.2025 Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data. Nvidia has acquired synthetic data startup Gretel to bolster the AI training data used by the chip maker's customers and developers.

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