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SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes
Monisha Ravisetti
There was a glimmer in the air tonight at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it wasn't only because a Falcon 9 rocket took to the skies carrying precious NASA cargo. As the agency's SPHE ...[Continue Reading]
Space.com
about 1 year ago
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NJ attorney general sues to block ICE from moving forward with Roxbury detention center
Mike Hayes
New Jerseys top law enforcement official has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, escalating a battle over a cavernous warehouse in Roxbury that the feds want to convert to an im ...[Continue Reading]
Gothamist
1 day ago
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Most people waste money on mini PCs when their old laptop is already a better home server
Samarveer Singh
There's a strange irony in the way we treat old laptops. The moment they stop keeping up with modern apps and games, we tend to quietly retire them, convinced they've outlived their usefulness. Meanw ...[Continue Reading]
XDA Developers
1 day ago
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Firefox 149: Free VPN, Split View, And New Features Boost Productivity And Privacy
Paulo Montenegro
Mozilla is set to release Firefox 149 on March 24, introducing a major overhaul of the browsers ecosystem. One of the most notable additions is a built-in, free VPN, designed to reduce reliance on th ...[Continue Reading]
Ubergizmo
1 day ago
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Agnes Pockels pioneering work was unfairly dismissed by tropes about womens domestic roles
Alexis Pedrick, Sophia Levin, The Lost Women of Science Initiative, Mariel Carr
This bonus episode of Lost Women of Sciencesseason on Katharine Burr Blodgett is a co-production with Distillations , a podcast produced by the Science History Institute . Agnes Pockels did pio ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
1 day ago
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Trump Team Changed a Report to Hide How Bad DOGE Made Things
Finn Hartnett
It should be unsurprising to hear that the Commission of Fine Arts, one of the few federal arts commissions Elon Musk didnt take the time to gut, is entirely filled with Trump appointees. These inclu ...[Continue Reading]
The New Republic
1 day ago