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Developing a Combined COVID-Flu Vaccine: Potential Delays and Promising Progress
Alrighty, so there's this new vaccine by Moderna that's taking a swing at both the seasonal flu viruses and the COVID-19 virus. Two birds with one stone, you know? The vaccine, called mRNA-1083, seems...
Endless Clean Hydrogen Reservoirs: Power Earth for 170,000 Years
Recent breakthroughs suggest that hydrogen reservoirs are buried in countless regions of the world, including at least 30 U.S. states. This discovery could potentially accelerate the global energy transition away from fossil fuels. Scientists...
Risto Bergman Sentenced for AI-Generated Child Sex Abuse Images
A telecoms worker, Risto Bergman, who hails from Finland, was found guilty of creating AI-generated images of child sex abuse. He utilized a legit artificial intelligence app to produce indecent pictures of young girls...
Oseberg Tapestry: Viking Age Artwork Depicting Norse Tree of Life
The Oseberg tapestry is a pretty cool find, not gonna lie. It's just some fragments of a woven textile with a bunch of patterns on it, you know? This thing comes from Tønsberg, Norway,...
Location of Kosmos-482 Landing Site Remains Unknown
Accidental Alchemy, Flamingo Food Tornado, and Kosmos-482 LandsHey there, folks! It's your girl Allison Parshall here, stepping in for Rachel Feltman on Scientific American’s Science Quickly. Let's dive into some of the latest science...
Cyber Attack Exposes ‘Significant’ Data at Legal Aid Agency
Hackers have managed to access and download a "significant amount of personal data" of individuals who applied to the Legal Aid Agency, including sensitive information like criminal records, according to the Ministry of Justice....
NASA Employee’s Resilience Story Celebrated, Scrubbed from Internet, Then Fired
Rose Ferreira, 39, had a tough life, to say the least. From a poverty-stricken childhood in the Caribbean to years of homelessness, her journey to becoming a NASA intern and eventually working full-time at...
NASA’s Search for Alien Life Threatened by Trump’s Budget Cuts
NASA’s astrobiology ambitions are kinda in trouble, ya know? Like, the White House is thinking of cutting their budget, and that’s not great. But hey, you can actually do something about it. Crazy, right?So,...
Sharing Priceless Moon Samples: China Collaborates Globally, Excludes NASA
China's Chang's 5 return capsule with samples of the moon is seen after landing in Inner Mongolia, China, on Dec. 17, 2020. (Image credit: CASC)Precious moon samples brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e...
Advanced Math and Science Problem-Solving with Google’s AI Chatbot
A Google DeepMind System Making Waves in Chip Designs and Math ProblemsIn a groundbreaking move, Google DeepMind has introduced a new system called AlphaEvolve that is revolutionizing the design of AI chips and tackling...