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Elon Musk Slashes X's 'Election Integrity' Team
Elon Musk, the owner of X, announced on Wednesday a reduction in staff within X's "election integrity" division. The team initially was tasked with safeguarding the sanctity of elections and countering potential interference and manipulation on the social media platform.
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Astronaut Rubio, Two Russian Cosmonauts Return From ISS
U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio, who broke the record for the longest continuous spaceflight by an American, and two Russian cosmonauts began their journey back to Earth on Wednesday from the International Space Station (ISS), six months late.
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Winston Scott to Newsmax: Discovery of Exoplanet Gases 'Exciting'
The discovery of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18 b, a massive planet more than 100 light years away from Earth, is a "very small indication of the possibility" that it can sustain life, but humans couldn't live there, retired NASA astronaut Capt....
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Texas Prepares for 1M Visitors During Eclipse
As hundreds of thousands are expected to descend on a Texas county of 44,000 residents, located about 30 miles northwest of San Antonio, to get a view of the Oct. 14 annular solar eclipse, local first responders are getting ready for the crowds. "We have been preparing for ...
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CBP Secretly Releases Trove of UFO Docs, Videos
U.S. Customs and Border Protection early last month released a trove of documents and never-before-seen videos of UFOs in fulfillment of a Freedom of Information Act request, though the material went unnoticed until UFO enthusiasts and online sleuths discovered it.
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NASA Warns of Asteroid: Texas-Sized Impact Risk
Despite its slim 1-in-2,700 chance of impact, greater than a lightning strike's odds by fivefold, NASA scientists foresee a potential future collision with Bennu, which could affect an area the size of Texas.
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Google Sued After Man Dies Following Map Directions
The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system.
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NASA's Curiosity Reaches Mars Ridge Shaped by Water
In a triumph of persistence and ingenuity, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has defied adversity to conquer a formidable Martian ridge.
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Texas Church Uses ChatGPT to Create Worship Service
With artificial intelligence (AI) making inroads into a variety of spaces, from the classroom to the workplace, it's now being used in the sanctuary as well.
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FDA to Look Into IPhone 12 Radiation Concerns
Federal regulators are reportedly looking into whether Apple's iPhone 12 emits harmful levels of radiation after France earlier this week asked the tech giant to halt sales of the smartphone.
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NASA Adding UFO Research Chief to Further Studies
NASA on Thursday said it is naming a new director of research into what the government calls "unidentified anomalous phenomenon," or UAP, as an expert panel urged the U.S. space agency increase its efforts to gather information on what are commonly called UFOs.
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NASA to Publish Long-Awaited UFO Report
NASA is set to release on Thursday the findings of a long-awaited study on unexplained flying objects in Earth's skies. The US space agency announced last year it was reviewing evidence regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs -- which has replaced the term "UFO"...
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Mysterious 'UFO' Shootdowns Still Shrouded in Secrecy
It has been seven months since a U.S. military fighter jet shot down an unknown object flying off the northern coast of Alaska - and national security experts believe Americans are being purposefully kept in the dark about the details of what was lurking above.
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Study: Even Green Cleaning Products Emit Harmful Chemicals
A study published Tuesday in the ScienceDirect journal Chemosphere found that many cleaning products release volatile organic compounds that could harm humans.
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FDA Approves Updated COVID Vaccines
The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech...
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Cloned Sheep Scientist Dies at 79
The British scientist who led the team that created Dolly the sheep, a breakthrough in cloning, has died at the age of 79, his former university said on Monday.
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Moderna, Immatics Collaborate on Cancer Vaccines
Vaccine maker Moderna said on Monday it had struck a deal with Immatics for developing cancer vaccines and therapies and would pay the drug developer $120 million in cash and additional milestone payments. Moderna said the companies intend to combine Immatics' T-cell...
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Americans Are Worried About AI in the Workplace
Could an algorithm take your job someday? Concerns about artificial intelligence, or AI, are plaguing U.S. workers, according to a new American Psychological Association poll. Some workers are uncomfortable with the way their employers are tracking them, while others worry...
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Comet Makes Closest Approach to Earth in 400+ Years
Early risers and astronomy geeks will get to view something in the Earth's skies that has not been seen for more than 400 years. The Comet Nishimura, or C/2023 P1, which emits a green glow from its coma, will be making its closest approach to Earth this week.
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Hurricane Lee Charting a New Course in Weather
Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane.
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Sens. Hawley, Blumenthal Release Bipartisan AI Framework
As Congress races to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., released a bipartisan framework for the burgeoning technology sector on Friday.
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Category 4 Hurricane Lee 'Rapidly Strengthening' Across Caribbean
Hurricane Lee has intensified to a Category 4 storm and is "rapidly strengthening" as it churns through the Caribbean on Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.In Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has...
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Air Force Tests Minuteman III Missile in California
The Air Force on Wednesday tested an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile known as the Minuteman III at a military base in California, CBS News reports.
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4 Well-Preserved Roman Swords Found in a Dead Sea Cave in Israel
Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave, surfaced in a recent excavation by Israeli archaeologists near the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced.
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Avi Loeb to Newsmax: Metal Bits May be From Outside Solar System
Professor Avi Loeb, the head of Harvard University's Galileo Project, told Newsmax on Tuesday that researchers found metallic particles that test results suggest could be the first material found from outside the solar system.