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CNN‘Further and faster’: Why Trump’s NASA pick is sending shock waves through the space community
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for NASA administrator sent shock waves through the space community, eliciting excitement and concerns about conflicts of interest.
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US Military Alarmed by Russian Nuclear Weapon Platform in Orbit
A Russian spacecraft launched higher than most satellites has long had the Pentagon worried — and new revelations about what it contains onboard have made those concerns all the greater. Launched in early 2022, Russia's Cosmos 2553 spacecraft is nominally built to test out "newly developed onboard instruments and systems." According to new reporting from the New York Times, however, the mysterious satellite system contains a "dummy warhead"
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In Tests, OpenAI's New Model Lied and Schemed to Avoid Being Shut Down
OpenAI's latest AI is turning into a bit of a "scheming" menace — perhaps showing its ability to supposedly reason comes with a cost. In recent third party tests of the company's o1 large language model, the AI resisted evaluators' efforts to try to shut it down through an oversight protocol, according to a new report published by red teaming organization Apollo Research. "When o1 was led to believe that it would be shut down when acting on its goal and that its actions were monitored, it attemp
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Limit on human embryo research should be extended to 28 days, says UK regulator
Experts say increasing law from 14 days could lead to breakthroughs in understand of miscarriages
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Cornell Astronomer Hoping the James Webb Will Confirm Alien Life in 2025
The odds of us finding extraterrestrial life anytime soon are pretty slim. But if there's anything that can deliver us a sign of aliens, you'd put your money on it being the James Webb Space Telescope. As the world's largest and most powerful orbital observatory, the James Webb has its sights set on the star TRAPPIST-1, a cool red dwarf that's only 40 light years away. The star is surrounded by seven rocky, Earth-sized exoplanets — three of which orbit within TRAPPIST-1's habitable zone, where c
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China Deploys Fruit Flies in Space Station
Fly In the Haul Not long after it brought on a fresh crew of astronauts, China's Tiangong space station has received yet another group of new visitors: fruit flies. As Space.com reports, the critters caught a ride aboard the recent Tianzhou 8 resupply mission, which successfully linked up with the orbital outpost on November 15. Now, the fruit flies, which arrived frozen, will be used to study the biological effects of living beyond the pull of Earth's gravity — and beyond the purview of its mag
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Nasa Delays Moon Astronaut Flight to 2026
Nasa has announced another delay in its Artemis programme, pushing the astronaut flight around the Moon to April 2026. The mission was originally scheduled for November 2024 and then shifted to September 2025, BBC News reports. The delay to Artemis 2 also pushes the timeline for Artemis 3, the Moon landing mission, to at least mid-2027—one year later than initially planned.
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Wolves may be pollinators as well as predators, study suggests
The endangered Ethiopian wolf has been observed licking the flowers of red hot poker plants, and now scientists believe it may play a role in the distinctive plant’s pollination.
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NASA delays first crewed flight to the moon in over 50 years
The Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon this decade amid a renewed international push for lunar exploration, is facing more delays.
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NASA delays US return mission to the Moon until 2027
Technical problems with the Artemis 2 crew capsule will delay a US mission to the Moon, NASA officials said on Thursday. Among other objectives, the US plans to explore the Moon's south pole for water ice deposits that could sustain human bases for deeper missions into space. The United States is delaying its planned return to the Moon from 2026 to "mid-2027," citing heat shield issues and other problems plaguing its Orion crew capsule, NASA officials said Thursday.The announcement comes as Pres
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Mother and daughter who ‘terrorised’ neighbours with campaign of abuse jailed
Susan Chen, 61, and her solicitor daughter Linda Lu, 35, were jailed for five-and-a-half years on Friday for their ‘malicious’ behaviour.
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Actress Miho Nakayama found dead in bathtub aged 54 just hours before performance
Nakayama’s team said they were ‘shocked and saddened’ by her death
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Opinion - President Biden is leaving Trump a shocking mess to clean up
The Biden years have planted land mines on many fronts for the incoming Trump team. Shamefully, rather than trying to repair the damage they’ve caused, they are racing to do more.
- The Telegraph
Assad’s family ‘flees’ to Russia – but Kremlin won’t come to Syrian leader’s rescue
Bashar al-Assad’s family fled to Russia in the days after rebel forces launched a shock offensive that captured swathes of territory across northern Syria, it has been revealed.
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Aaron Kwok doesn't want to indulge daughters with luxury
The singer wants his two kids to learn that they have to work for what they want
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Cops Bust Notorious Hitwoman Known as ‘The Doll’
Police in Colombia have arrested a notorious alleged hitwoman nicknamed “The Doll” who is suspected of being involved in a string of killings, reportedly including one of her ex-boyfriends. The 23-year-old known to local authorities as La Muñeca, whose real name is Karen Julieth Ojeda Rodríguez, is considered one of the most feared women in the country and is accused of being the mastermind and perpetrator of several murders, according to El Espectador.
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Airport staff calmly escorts monkey invaders from Singapore airport
A pair of cheeky macaques caused a stir at Singapore's Changi Airport on December 3 after they were spotted wandering around the Terminal 2 concourse. Comical footage of the incident has gone viral, with users praising a female employee who appeared to be politely talking with one of the primate invaders as she calmly escorted it out of the building.
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The South Korean president's party says he needs to go — and that he tried to arrest its leaders during martial law
Yoon already faces an impeachment motion by the main opposition party, which holds a majority in parliament. His party leader now wants him out.
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Quan Ji Cooked Food: Wok hei-laden plates of char kway teow & Hokkien mee with crispy pork lard
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Jennifer Hung and Marcus Zhang are married and expecting!
The two stars suddenly surprised fans with news of their marriage and upcoming parenthood