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NASA and IBM built an AI to predict solar flares before they hit Earth

Solar flares can be a threat to GPS and communications satellites NASA/SDO/AIA An artificial intelligence model trained on NASA satellite

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It is impossible to build a practical quantum broadcaster

Can we broadcast quantum information? Weiquan Lin/Getty Images Sharing quantum information the same way we broadcast TV or radio programs

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2024 saw a record-breaking number of dangerously hot and humid days

Shanghai saw many days of extreme heat and humidity in 2024 REUTERS/Nicoco Chan The planet experienced a record number of

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Oddly viscous stars could be impersonating black holes

Is that gravitational wave signal coming from a black hole, or something even stranger? titoOnz / Alamy Exotic viscous stars

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Europe could face weeks of 40°C heat in current worst-case scenario

Volunteers work to extinguish a wildfire near the town of Stamata, Greece, in 2024 Nick Paleologos/Bloomberg via Getty Images In

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Deep-living microbes could ‘eat’ energy generated by earthquakes

Microbes might find energy in surprisingly inhospitable places ublic domain sourced / access rights from The Book Worm / Alamy

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Could we get quantum spookiness even without entanglement?

Light particles seem to exhibit quantum weirdness even when they aren’t entangled WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Particles that don’t seem

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Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey

An ancient Greek bronze jar on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford that was found to contain honey American

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Solar drone with wingspan wider than jumbo jet could fly for months

The Skydweller drone Skydweller A solar-powered surveillance drone with a wingspan larger than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet could fly

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Our brain’s mitochondria may play a crucial role in the onset of sleep

Mitochondria may have a function beyond providing energy CNRI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The components of cells that provide them with energy