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The IndependentThere is something unexpected happening in the universe, Nasa’s most powerful ever telescope shows
For years, scientists have been troubled by an unusual feature of our universe. It appears to be expanding faster today than it did in the past
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Nasa's Hubble telescope spots ‘weird' objects around black hole
Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to gain a unique view of a vast black hole that is powering a glowing ‘quasar’.
- Prevention
A Genetic Time Machine Is Responsible for Chimps Evolving Like Humans
Scientists piece together genetic links between chimpanzee groups over thousands of years and discovered a surprisingly complex connection.
- The Guardian
EU should ban space mirrors and other solar geoengineering, scientists say
European Commission scientific advisers say technology to offset global heating could wreak havoc on weather
- CNN
‘A really stocky, powerful-looking little animal:’ Scientists are gaining precious clues about the world’s rarest whale
Anton van Helden, an expert on some of the world’s rarest whales, was sitting on the couch in July recovering from surgery, when a photo flashed on his phone that would change the course of his career.
- AFP
Google announces quantum computing chip breakthrough
Google on Monday showed off a new quantum computing chip that it said was a major breakthrough that could bring practical quantum computing closer to reality.The breakthrough in error correction, published in leading science journal Nature, showed that adding more qubits to the system actually reduced errors rather than increasing them -- a fundamental requirement for building practical quantum computers.
- ACCESSWIRE
Young Girl Discovers a 3,500-year-old Egyptian Amulet
LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / December 9, 2024 / Dafna Filshteiner, age 12, was recently hiking below the ancient site of Tel Qana in Hod Hasharon, when suddenly, to her surprise, she discovered an unusual find a beetle-like stone used as an Egyptian ...
- The Conversation
Pearl Young, the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA, overcame barriers and ‘raised hell’ − her legacy continues today
Many of her male colleagues believed Pearl Young had an attitude problem based on her efforts to advocate for herself and her team.
- Reuters
Europe's Maiaspace steps up effort to counter SpaceX with reusable rocket
In a discreet forest clearing on a plateau above the town of Vernon in Normandy, France, workers adjust a steel cylinder held under giant red claws - part of a reusable rocket that Europe hopes will slow the meteoric rise of Elon Musk's SpaceX. Maiaspace, a two-year-old subsidiary of Europe's largest rocket maker ArianeGroup, is entering a crucial period of testing for plans to launch Europe's first partially reusable launcher in 2026, targeting mainly small commercial satellites. The effort to make Europe more competitive comes a decade after major European governments decided to develop the Ariane 6 heavy launcher without making it reusable, with some critics calling it outdated even before its commercial debut next year.
- Fortune
Generative AI can’t shake its reliability problem. Some say ‘neurosymbolic AI’ is the answer
Neurosymbolic AI could be a best-of-both-worlds marriage between deep learning and “good old-fashioned AI.”
- TechCrunch
Blue Origin says New Glenn on track to launch before end of 2024
Blue Origin says it's on track to launch its towering New Glenn vehicle before the year’s end, though the company is still awaiting regulatory approval to conduct a final key test of the massive rocket. If all goes to plan during the hot fire test, Blue Origin will move to integrate the fairing (the part of the rocket that holds the payload) as the final step before launch. As Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said in an interview at The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit earlier this month, New Glenn is key to his vision to lowering the cost of launch enough to move all polluting industry into orbit: “I know that sounds fantastical, so I beg the indulgence of this audience to bear with me for a moment,” he said.
- Euronews
‘Redefining life on Earth’: Three-quarters of the world’s land is permanently drying up
A UN summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, hopes to address global desertification - once-fertile lands turning arid.View on euronews
- The Telegraph
Google’s quantum chip solves ‘impossible’ problems in five minutes
Google has made a quantum computer chip that can solve a problem that would be impossible for the world’s most powerful traditional computers in just five minutes.
- Wales Online
'Cold Moon' final full moon of 2024 to be visible on Sunday - best ways to see it
Sunday, December 15, will be the final chance to see a full moon in 2024
- The Guardian
Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip
Chip takes minutes to complete tasks that would otherwise take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years
- Evening Standard
Danny Jones 'forced to return I'm A Celebrity crown and sceptre' after winning without cash prize
The singer claimed the title on Sunday night after beating fellow finalists Coleen Rooney, 38, and Reverend Richard Coles, 62
- Prevention
Geologists Might Have Stumbled Upon the Largest Gold Mine in the World
$83 billion has just been sitting there underground this whole time.
- Hello!
Prince William's transformation 'trebles' requests for controversial £2.7k treatment
The Prince of Wales debuted a new look this summer – and his makeover has sparked a trend among men
- Manchester Evening News
Jose Mourinho 'gets £5m offer' as surprise Manchester United reunion emerges
Jose Mourinho has not managed in the Premier League for over three-and-a-half years but the veteran manager could make a controversial move back to England
- Wales Online
UK passport warning as people risk being turned away at airports
People have been warned they could also 'be refused entry to your destination country'