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On this day in space! Sept. 6, 1947: The US Navy launches 1st V-2 rocket at sea in ballistic missile test

On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2 rocket was captured from a German manufacturing site by the Allied forc…

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites, lands on ship at sea (video)

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites today (Sept. 6), sending them up from California's central coast.…

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Feel the Force with these 10 out-of-this-world Lego Star Wars starships

Whether you're a Jedi or a Sith, if you love Star Wars' iconic vessels you'll want to own these ten Lego Star Wars starships.…

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NASA expands Deep Space Network with giant new dish in California desert

The new antenna will boost capacity on NASA's increasingly strained deep-space communications network as Artemis and other missions drive up demand.…

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AI's water use is a problem, but shifting from electricity to solar or wind power could help

It depends. Though water consumption by data centers pales in comparison to that of some other industries, it's a problem in water-stressed regions. Water-savin…

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'Extreme' transistor can withstand heat of 1000-plus F — priming it for use in Venus-bound probes

The silicon carbide transistor is designed to avoid low controllability and current leakage, which typically become problems at high temperatures.…

AMD pretende entrar na lista de fornecedores para supercomputador de IA do Brasil

A empresa americana de processadores AMD tem interesse em fornecer componentes para o supercomputador de inteligência artificial (IA) do governo federal, cujo i…

James Webb telescope finds one of our galaxy's rarest stars inside the 'Treasure Chest' globule — Space photo of the week

A dazzling new James Webb Space Telescope image reveals about 70 newborn stars buried inside a strangely shaped cloud in the Carina Nebula.…

ChatGPT leva profissionais a assumir tarefas de outras áreas, diz estudo

Uma pesquisa realizada pela OpenAI apontou que profissionais têm recorrido ao ChatGPT para realizar atividades tradicionalmente associadas a outras áreas, fenôm…

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For decades, engineers have been working to create smaller and smaller transistors to fit ever-larger numbers of them onto computer chips, all in the name of gr…

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A temperatura mais quente durante as viagens de carro podem contribuir (e muito) para o superaquecimento do seu smartphone. Torna-se então necessário tomar medi…

Nathan Fielder Drops Weird Trailer for Secret Elizabeth Holmes Doc ‘You Can See Everything’

For years, it’s been rumored that Nathan Fielder had been interviewing Theranos founder (and certified huckster) Elizabeth Holmes — including visiting her in pr…

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La Chine franchit peut-être une nouvelle étape dans sa quête d’un riz toujours plus performant. Des chercheurs ont identifié le verrou génétique qui empêche de …

‘Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff’ Review: Nanette Burstein’s NatGeo Doc Prioritizes the Human Over the Intellectual, for Better and Worse

The Telluride premiere focuses on the 'Cosmos' creator's marriages, kids and enjoyment of recreational drugs nearly as much the Viking and Voyager missions.…

Golpe do sósia usa tecnologia para tentar burlar biometria

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O mundo encolheu? ONU reduz distorções nas projeções cartográficas do mapa-múndi

Um Alasca com dimensões semelhantes ao Brasil, embora o território brasileiro seja cerca de cinco vezes maior do que o gelado estado norte-americano.  Groelândi…