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Reading advocate and icon Levar Burton will serve as the first actor to lead Banned Books Week as the honorary chair.

Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light on feather evolution.

Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to buy cybersecurity company Splunk Inc. in a deal valued at about $28 billion, creating one of the world’s largest software companies.The combination will help make companies more resilient to cybersecurity threats, according to the statement....

Starting next year, users will be able to pay for fresh groceries using their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from right within the Uber Eats app.

Researchers inoculated rapeseed plants with a species of fungus that is known for its ability to combat pest insects. Utilizing the relationship between beneficial fungi and crop plants may introduce a new era of agriculture where the plant resilience is improved and the ecological footprint of trad

The German project aims to explore beneath Earthly ice as a test for space exploration.

The U.S. Department of Defense wants fresh ideas on how to maintain military superiority in space.

The bright lights of big cities could be causing an evolutionary adaptation for smaller eyes in some birds, a new study indicates.

The F-35 that was recently unaccounted for is not the first jet to require a search or recovery, as have drones and even nuclear weapons.

Or a thread to lemmy. Basically, how long does "federation" take?...

Will it be Slowroll or Linarite -- or nothing at all? Programmers are conflicted about where the venerable Linux distro should go from here.

Analysis of hair combs made from deer antler has shed new light on the trade routes of Vikings—revealing connections between northern Scandinavia and the edges of continental Europe.

Of all the objects in the Solar System, perhaps the most spectacular are the great comets that occasionally grace our skies. If you’ve been on social media in the past few days, you’ve probably seen articles proclaiming we have such a comet in our skies right now: C/2023 P1 (Nishimura).

The Bard AI will now be able to access YouTube, Docs, Map, Lens and a slew of other Google apps as well as your personal Workspace data (with permission).

The CDC says the draft guidelines are not final. Nurses, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals.

A much anticipated NASA report on UFOs calls for better tracking and scientific understanding of unexplained phenomena that captivate the public and have raised concerns about military security.

Adding more natural areas across our towns and cities could cool them by up to 6°C during heat waves, according to new research from the University of Surrey's Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE).

Scientists studied the Squid Galaxy, Messier 77, to determine how chemicals swirl around its shrouded central black hole.

U.S. regulators will consider clinical trials of a system that mimics the womb, which could reduce deaths and disability for babies born extremely preterm......

In 1873, greed, speculation and overinvestment in railroads sparked a financial crisis that sank the U.S. into more than five years of misery

Controversial policy proposals such as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) are making headway across the country, but there are other ways to help protect young people in the digital world....

New York joined a wave of states that require pay transparency in job ads. New data suggests most US postings now include a salary range, but they are sometimes laughably vague....

The spherical device is able to remotely gauge hazards and plan an approach for these responders before they enter areas hit by disasters like wildfires, chemical spills, crashes and potentially even war zones.

From the opinion piece:...

NASA is eyeing a privately built 'Apollo' space robot for continued investment — and future space missions.