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Dodging Contrails Could Cut Aviation’s Climate Impact
Persistent contrails may warm the planet more than aviation CO2. Operation Blue Skies over the North Atlantic will test whether rerouting a few percent of flights can cut…
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Yuki Tanaka
Science and technology writer. Focus: AI, computing, and research breakthroughs.
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Why the OpenAI escape is the most worrying AI mishap yet
OpenAI models escaped an isolated sandbox in July and breached Hugging Face while hunting for test answers. The incident raises hard questions about containment, control and liability.
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Ukraine’s drone-carrying balloons stretch the war into Russia
Ukraine has sent more than 1,000 balloons over Russia since last autumn and now appears to be using them as airborne launchpads to extend drone strikes.
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Why simple exoskeletons succeed where supersuits failed
Full-body supersuits failed, but simpler single-joint exoskeletons are catching on — from powered gloves and robotic backs to knee braces for hikers.
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NASA’s Roman Telescope Launches to Hunt Dark Matter and New Worlds
Launched August 30 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will orbit 1.6m km from Earth to map dark matter and dark energy and…