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  1. Here’s NASCAR’s idea for a fully electric stock car

    The prototype is here to gauge interest and promote NASCAR's sustainability push.

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  2. Brad Pitt stages a Formula One racing comeback in first teaser for F1

    Pitt: "You've never seen speed, you've never seen just the G forces like this."

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  3. Review: Catching up with Doctor Who and Ncuti Gatwa’s stellar freshman season

    The Sex Education actor brings sparkling energy, charisma, and superb style to the role.

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  1. Alaska’s top-heavy glaciers are approaching an irreversible tipping point

    As the plateau of the icefield thins, ice and snow reserves at higher altitudes are lost.

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  2. Egalitarian oddity found in the Neolithic

    Men, women, and immigrants all seemed to have similar dietary inputs.

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  3. The greening of planes, trains, and automobiles

    We need new fuels as society moves away from coal, natural gas and oil.

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  4. Rocket Report: Firefly delivers for NASA; Polaris Dawn launching this month

    The all-private Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission is set for launch no earlier than July 31.

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  5. What we know about microdosing candy illnesses as death investigation underway

    Medical toxicologist walks through what we know and don't know about the cases.

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  6. ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034

    Full fusion power won't happen until nearly 2040 on new timeline.

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  7. ChatGPT’s much-heralded Mac app was storing conversations as plain text

    The app was updated to address the issue after it gained public attention.

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  8. Elon Musk denies tweets misled Twitter investors ahead of purchase

    Elon Musk says lawsuit over late disclosure of Twitter stake “makes no sense.”

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  9. Here’s why SpaceX’s competitors are crying foul over Starship launch plans

    Competitors have tried and failed to keep SpaceX from establishing launch sites before.

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  1. To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask “what if?”

    A hack on satellites could cripple much of our digital infrastructure.

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  2. Amazon is bricking $2,350 Astro robots 10 months after release

    Amazon giving refunds for business bot, will focus on home version instead.

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  3. How the Lincoln Nautilus surprisingly won me over with its ride, huge screen

    How I stopped worrying and learned to love the big screen.

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  1. SpaceX video teases potential Starship booster “catch” on next flight

    A booster landing would be a calculated risk to SpaceX's launch tower infrastructure.

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  2. The “Netflix of anime” piracy site abruptly shuts down, shocking users

    Animeflix shutters amid intensifying global crackdown on anime piracy.

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  3. Judge says FTC lacks authority to issue rule banning noncompete agreements

    Authority cited by FTC just a "housekeeping statute," US judge in Texas rules.

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  4. Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next

    Artists must wait weeks for Glaze defense against AI scraping amid TOS updates.

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  5. Swarm of dusty young stars found around our galaxy’s central black hole

    Stars shouldn't form that close to the black hole, so these would need explaining.

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  6. The dangers of sneezing—from ejected bowels to torn windpipes

    The benefits of a good sneeze can sometimes come with a greater risk of injury.

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  1. 384,000 sites pull code from sketchy code library recently bought by Chinese firm

    Many website admins, it seems, have yet to get memo to remove Polyfill[.]io links.

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  2. High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields a Denisovan fossil

    Cave deposits yield bones of sheep, yaks, carnivores, and birds that were butchered.

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  3. The hunt for the most efficient heat pump in the world

    A new generation of engineers has realized they can push heat pumps to the limit.

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  4. “Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts

    Patelco Credit Union in Calif. shut down numerous banking services after attack.

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  5. Japan wins 2-year “war on floppy disks,” kills regulations requiring old tech

    But what about fax machines?

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  6. Soda additive “no longer considered safe,” gets long-awaited FDA ban

    Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is used in citrus sodas but has largely been phased out.

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  7. NASA selects SpaceX to launch a gamma-ray telescope into an unusual orbit

    The Falcon 9 rocket is pretty much the only rocket available to launch this mission.

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