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Oct 15 2024TECHNOLOGY

SpaceX's Giant Rocket Lands Successfully: Musk Proves Doubters Wrong

In a historic moment, SpaceX managed to land its massive Super Heavy booster rocket back at its Texas launch site. This success is a big deal for Elon Musk, often accused of making promises he can't keep. He's been promising reusable rockets to cut costs and make space travel easier, and this landin

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Oct 12 2024TECHNOLOGY

AI Promises: A Glimpse into Our Future?

The head of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, isn't worried about AI taking over the world. In a lengthy blog post, he painted a vision where AI solves all our problems. From curing diseases to ending world hunger, Amodei believes AI can do it all. He thinks powerful AI, smarter than a Nobel Prize winner, wi

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Oct 12 2024HEALTH

Coroners Team Up for Better Child Death Investigations

In the Lowcountry of South Carolina, the coroners from Berkeley and Charleston counties are making child death investigations a top priority. Recently, Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell organized a training session for over 70 attendees from various agencies across the region. This comes afte

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Oct 11 2024SCIENCE

AI’s Big Wins: Nobel Prizes Reflect AI’s Growing Power in Science

This week, AI has made a significant impact on the Nobel Prizes. John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their groundbreaking work in machine learning, which laid the foundation for today’s AI. Just yesterday, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper of Google DeepMind, along with

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Oct 11 2024SCIENCE

SpaceMilestones: Top Satellite Launches That Changed History

Have you ever stopped to think about how satellites, tiny objects in space, affect our daily lives? Satellites have been around for just over six decades, making them one of the newest tools in human history. But in that short time, they've changed how we communicate, navigate, and even predict the

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Oct 09 2024SCIENCE

Protein Pioneers: Award Reveals Big Breakthroughs in Science

Meet the new Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry! David Baker, a US biochemist, and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have just been honored for their incredible work on proteins. They've each received half of the Swedish Krona (SEK 11mn, $1.06mn) prize for pushing the boundaries of prot

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Oct 09 2024TECHNOLOGY

The Man Who Unleashed AI Fears What He's Created

Meet John Hopfield, a 91-year-old physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work on artificial intelligence (AI). He's not exactly thrilled with how AI is developing these days. Speaking from Britain, Hopfield admitted that recent AI advances have him feeling "very unnerving," like wh

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Oct 07 2024HEALTH

Is Our Life Expectancy Hitting a Wall?

Scientists have discovered that the rapid increase in life expectancy we've seen since the 20th century is slowing down. They studied data from countries like Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. from 1990 to 2019. The results show that while life expectancy is still rising, the rate has significantly d

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Oct 07 2024BUSINESS

Young Finance Chiefs: What's Their Secret?

Ever wondered how some finance chiefs climb the corporate ladder so quickly? Let’s take a look at three young stars who have proven their mettle in the world of business. Shawn Flores, 35, has been with Par Pacific Holdings for nearly a decade and is now its CFO. He believes in creating an efficient

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Oct 07 2024POLITICS

Trump's VP Pick Excites Crypto Fans

JD Vance, the Ohio senator and well-known figure in Silicon Valley, has been chosen by Donald Trump to be his running mate. This decision is huge news for those involved in the cryptocurrency world. Vance is the first person on a presidential ticket to own Bitcoin, which could bring millions of cryp

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