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Six of the hundreds of ‘anomalies’ discovered in the Hubble telescope archives, including three unusual galaxies and three gravitationally lensed objects. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. O’Ryan, P. Gómez (European Space Agency), M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble)) An artificial intelligence (AI) tool has uncovered more than 1,000 strange cosmic objects in the Hubble Space Telescope's image

Researchers have identified a rare form of dwarfism in a Stone Age skeleton. (Image credit: Adrian Daly) A Stone Age person buried 12,000 years ago in a cave in Italy had a rare genetic disorder that shortened her arms and legs, a new study finds. A DNA analysis of her skeleton revealed that she was

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Skip to content Image: Foundry The original Macintosh arrived 42 years ago. Draw a line from that event to this week, in which credible reports suggest that Apple is finally getting close to fulfilling many of the promises it made back in 2024 regarding adding intelligent agents to its devices. Sure, it took licensing Google

Image: Foundry This week is a big one for Apple, as the company has released a new AirTag, Apple Creator Studio, and more. Tune in to learn more!  This is episode 968 with Michael Simon, Jason Cross,  and Roman Loyola. Watch episode 968 on YouTube Listen to episode 968 on Apple Podcasts Listen to episode 968 on Spotify Latest Apple news

As the Trump administration doubles down on its energy and AI dominance agenda, U.S. energy companies have found themselves navigating tricky communication strategies. Touting the clean, carbon-free nature of renewable energy no longer carries the clout it did under the Biden administration , and policy has shifted against certain forms of renewables . At the

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In the 1990s, astronomers confirmed the first planets orbiting stars beyond our sun. Since then, the tally has risen steadily, and last year it crossed a striking milestone: more than 6,000 known exoplanets. NASA’s Exoplanet Archive has captured not just the growing count but how dramatically the pace has accelerated, as new techniques and space

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