Technology & Innovation
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The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are building a plane that should travel at those speeds but create only gentle thumps.
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Researchers analyzed satellite imagery of the volcanic plume and found evidence that the potent greenhouse gas had broken down. The work could inform artificial interventions aiming to mitigate global warming, scientists say.
One in every three bites of food you eat depends on pollinators! Our Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian Digitization Program Office are digitizing 325,000 insect pollinator specimens with a custom conveyor system.
Heard the buzz? Our Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian Digitization Program Office are digitizing 325,000 insect pollinator specimens with a custom conveyor system.
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In 1946, the mathematician Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem—and suggested a winning strategy. An A.I. model has now landed on a better one. Why didn’t humans get there first?
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The first three missions are targeted to launch this year. They’ll involve lunar landers developed by several aerospace companies, including Blue Origin, and deliver scientific instruments and a rover.
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Although the researchers did not create an entire cell that could function without a crucial building block, the findings represent a big step in synthetic biology and provide a glimpse at how Earth’s earliest organisms may have lived.
The United States will turn 250 this July 4th, and the ways that Americans are celebrating their nation’s birthday are as diverse as the nation itself.