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The Mississippi River, a major channel for shipping and tourism, water levels have fallen to historic lows, driving a shipping and industry crisis in the heart of the US. ⬇️.
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Barges are cutting their cargo, engineers are emergency dredging, and sea water is pushing its way up a historically low Mississippi River.
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Why living in space is almost impossible
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Explore the unsolved problems with space habitation as experts discuss radiation, gravity, and building bases on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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NASA veterans say political pressure and slashed funding are destroying mankind's ability to go on future missions
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In a letter to NASA's interim chief, Sean Duffy, the group slammed "wasteful changes" that undermine NASA's core mission.
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Priscilla Chan's recruiting pitch? We can't pay as well as tech companies, but we've got GPUs
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Mark Zuckerberg's wife, Priscilla Chan, said GPUs are key to recruiting for the couple's philanthropic organization, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
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The CEO of a key SpaceX rival says customers are drawn to his company because it's 'even-keeled'
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With Elon Musk on the political outskirts, Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck told BI customers value his company's simple focus on rockets and satellites.
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AI is learning how animals talk to each other, and could someday help humans talk to animals
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Researchers are using large language models to decode the communication patterns of animals.
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The hottest temperature ever recorded in every state
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A heat wave is underway across parts of the country, but some states had their hottest day on record decades ago.
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Starship's 4th straight rocket explosion is the latest public setback for Musk's Mars dreams
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SpaceX's flagship Starship model suffered its fourth explosion this year. NASA expects the company to put astronauts on the moon by 2027.
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26 photos of the worst hurricanes to have hit the US
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In 2024, Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic rainfall to North Carolina, causing flooding and landslides.
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How the Smithsonian safeguards 148 million specimens
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We went behind the scenes to see how the museum is digitizing its entire collection and building a DNA library to help solve real-world problems.
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I'm a scientist whose funding is held up by the federal government. All I'm trying to do is not fire people.
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This essay is based on a talk with Bradley Moore, a professor at UC San Diego's Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Axiom's CEO explains to us what a $70 million ticket to space gets you
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Axiom's crewed missions visit the International Space Station for about two weeks of extensive research work, where "every minute is accounted for."
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Elon Musk says he'll 'decommission' SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft after Trump threatens his businesses
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Elon Musk said SpaceX would decommission its Dragon spacecraft "immediately" after Trump threatened his government contracts in their online feud.
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Starship fumbled its 3rd flight in a row. It's another setback for Elon Musk.
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SpaceX's Starship failed its third attempt to put cargo into Earth's orbit, spinning out of control and breaking apart again.
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15 bizarre creatures from the bottom of the ocean that look like aliens
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To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes and needle-like teeth.
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A 17-year-old designed a cheaper, more efficient drone. The Department of Defense just awarded him $23,000 for it.
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Cooper Taylor built a drone with an innovative tilt mechanism that eliminates the need for extra motors. He hopes to make drones cheaper.
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Nuclear engineers want the industry to get 'unstuck' after years of bad PR. The AI boom could be the key.
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Nuclear engineers told BI that Big Tech's investments could propel nuclear out of a slump. Others are skeptical about buzzy "small modular reactors."
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Blue Origin's next crew includes entrepreneurs and founders. Here's who's following Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez into space.
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Blue Origin's next crew includes business figures and entrepreneurs after the high-profile mission featuring Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez.
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Jane Goodall, 91, on being objectified early in her career: 'If my legs were getting me the money, thank you legs'
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Jane Goodall's male peers told her that it was her looks — and not her work — that earned her a spotlight on National Geographic.
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9 stunning natural mysteries scientists can't fully explain
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Scientists have hypotheses about some of nature's biggest mysteries but are still working on proof. Some beautiful phenomena can't be explained yet.
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Andrea, Jerry, Wendy: Here's what hurricanes will be named in 2025
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The National Hurricane Center chooses storms' names in advance. This year's list of hurricane names includes Karen, Pablo, Wendy, Chantal, and Dexter.
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