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Japanese scientist Shirakawa, co-winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, dies at 90
1+ week, 2+ day ago (177+ words) Japanese scientist Hideki Shirakawa, co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering and developing conductive polymers, has died. He was 90. The discovery by Shirakawa and two fellow American scientists, Alan Heeger and Alan MacDiarmid, demonstrated that plastic could conduct…...
How the Aquarium of the Pacific scrambled to save hundreds of sea creatures after 2 smuggling busts
2+ week, 1+ day ago (833+ words) Clownfish clamber around a watery enclosure, a couple of brownbanded bamboo sharks weave between rocks and lines of coral sit in tanks basking under artificial grow lights — all creatures seized from illegal wildlife trafficking and placed at the Aquarium of…...
Bill Gates warns AI could unleash biological attacks as he seeks meeting with Xi
2+ week, 3+ day ago (657+ words) Gates wants countries to monitor AI's ability to create molecules and carry out biological attacks Bill Gates is seeking to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year to propose joint international initiatives to address the escalating risks of…...
Elon Musk’s plan to launch rockets to space from Louisiana divides locals
2+ week, 4+ day ago (484+ words) While the project will create thousands of jobs, residents worry about disruptions to the region Tech billionaire Elon Musk has set his sights on Louisiana to build a new facility to launch rockets into space, but locals are divided on…...
Elon Musk's space company to build new rocket launching site in Louisiana
2+ week, 4+ day ago (450+ words) Elon Musk's space company plans to spend $100 billion to build a new spaceport in Louisiana to launch rockets, state officials and the company announced Tuesday. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said the deal was a big win for the state and…...
DOGE destroyed how America forecasts its weather. Everyone is mad about it
3+ week, 3+ day ago (476+ words) Fewer weather balloons and wave-monitoring buoys are being launched to collect data for weather forecasts Cuts to federal weather monitoring programs and workforce — enacted during Elon Musk’s government-gutting days at DOGE — are leaving Americans frustrated as forecasts become less and…...
Mesmerizing jellyfish take center stage at 1st US museum dedicated solely to the floating predators
3+ week, 3+ day ago (441+ words) The floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on the walls and the glowing light from the saltwater tanks. The private Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach, Florida, just…...
The hidden politics of time: How clocks, calendars — and now-contentious time zones — came to be
4+ week, 1+ day ago (917+ words) It flies. It heals all wounds. It can be of the essence, and it can be money. We thrill in the best of it, lament the worst. We're warned not to waste it, since we can't turn it back — even…...