On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (2022) [pdf]
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Article URL: https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/papers/crisis/crisis.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46644962 Points: 8 # Comments: 0...
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After a four-year hiatus, conservationists in New Zealand are relieved that the flightless kākāpo is once again breeding. Fewer than 300 of the parrots exist....
Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2025-07-mammals-evolved-ant-eaters-dinosaur.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46683969 Points: 5 # Comments: 0...
A trial was about to launch for a vaccine that would ward off the HIV virus. It would be an incredible breakthrough. Then it looked as if it would be over before it started. (Image credit: Tommy Trenc...
Kimiya Yui released the timelapse footage to celebrate his 300th cumulative day spent orbiting Earth....
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Article URL: https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46712678 Points: 7 # Comments: 1...
NASA's preparing for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around since 1972....
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Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, a new report warns....
The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick atmospheres....
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