SCIENCE

Hera mission set to revisit asteroid Didymos after NASA’s DART redirection test
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- . October 4, 2024
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will study the asteroids Dimorphos aided by two CubeSats called Juventas and Milani ESA/ScienceOffice.org

The best new sci-fi this month featuring an Alan Moore epic and a Blake Crouch reissue
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- . October 1, 2024
Tim Winton’s new novel Juice is being compared to the post-apocalyptic Station Eleven and The Road Buena Vista Images/Getty Images

CBD shows promise as pesticide for mosquitoes
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- . September 28, 2024
Mosquito larvae die after consuming hemp leaves because they react strongly to the cannabidiol in the foliage. The discovery might

Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second
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- . September 25, 2024
Smart TVs watch everything on the screen Shutterstock Popular smart TV models made by Samsung and LG can take multiple

XEC: What we know about the new covid-19 variant and its symptoms
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- . September 22, 2024
Covid-19 variant XEC may spread more easily than previous variants Jarun Ontakrai/Shutterstock A new covid-19 variant called XEC has started

Giant rats trained to sniff out illegal wildlife trade
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- . September 19, 2024
African giant pouched rats proved adept at detecting four commonly trafficked products derived from endangered species including rhino horn and

Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration
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- . September 16, 2024
An artist’s rendering of the spacewalk on the Polaris Dawn mission SpaceX SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is a leap forward

Weather forecasts could warn about events made worse by climate change
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- . September 13, 2024
A new kind of weather forecast could tell us beforehand whether extreme events, like the 2018 Hurricane Florence, were made

Astronomers worried by launch of five new super-bright satellites
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- . September 10, 2024
Five satellites due to launch this week could be brighter than most stars, and astronomers fear the growth of such

The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change
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- . September 7, 2024
Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east around the globe play a crucial role in weather – a