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2025 was the third hottest year on record

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/01/14/2025-was-the-third-hottest-year-on-record Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46659913 Points: 8 # Comments: 2...

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The string theory hype machine will never die

Article URL: https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=15407 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46621518 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...

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2025 was the third warmest year on record

Droughts, hurricanes and wildfires are becoming the new normal. Global temperatures have shattered records for more than a decade....

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Jupiter has more oxygen than the sun, new simulations reveal

Jupiter harbors more oxygen than the sun, a new study finds, giving astronomers a crucial clue about how our solar system's planets formed....

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China previews how powerful its new Xuntian space telescope will be ahead of 2027 launch (video)

Chinese researchers have completed a full end-to-end simulation of the Chinese Space Station Telescope's observing systems, offering a preview of how the powerful scope will survey the universe....

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1 month until a 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse puts on a show — mostly for penguins

The first solar eclipse of the year will take place on Feb. 17, 2026....

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Vera Rubin Observatory spots the fastest-spinning large asteroid ever found

The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever found....

Jan 8Space.comScience

ISS crew returns to Earth in first-ever medical evacuation

For the first time in the International Space Station's history, NASA safely returned a crew of four astronauts to Earth ahead of schedule due to medical issues affecting one of the group....

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How Earth's orbit might help us find oil reserves within the planet

Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but also the development of shale oil reserves....

Jan 12Space.comScience

What is below Earth, since space is present in every direction?

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our space neighborhood....

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Why the world’s fattest parrots now feel frisky enough to save their species

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....

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Was the Red Planet once blue? New evidence points to an ancient ocean on Mars

Ancient shoreline features hint that water on Mars once formed a vast ocean....

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Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-code-ai-7a46460e Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46668424 Points: 7 # Comments: 1...

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ISS astronaut medical evacuation latest news: Crew-11 prepares for departure

NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the Crew-11 astronauts. Here's the latest news....

Jan 12Space.comScience

2025 was third hottest year on record, climate experts see no relief in 2026

The world recorded its third-hottest year on record in 2025, extending an unprecedented streak of global heat with no relief expected in 2026, US and EU climate scientists said on Wednesday. The past ...

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Show HN: Streaming gigabyte medical images from S3 without downloading them

Article URL: https://github.com/PABannier/WSIStreamer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46656358 Points: 6 # Comments: 0...

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Show HN: I modeled personal success as a control system with Bayesian priors

I am a student and co-founder of an accessibility startup. Balancing product development with exams broke my workflow, so I looked for a debugger. Mathematica Successūs is my attempt to model the "Sel...

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Can we cheat death?

Is ageing a natural stage of life to be honoured or a biological flaw that humanity should overcome?...

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NASA prepares first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years

NASA's first moonshot with astronauts in more than a half-century is set to take place as soon as early February. The moon rocket moves to the pad this weekend at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, with ...

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NASA conducts first-ever medical evacuation from space station

NASA carried out its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut required care, bringing four crew members back to Earth earlier than planned. The early return tem...

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