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  Ars Technica : science
11  june     18h34
After nearly breaking, NASA’s Deep Space Network worked well on Artemis II
Stephen Clark    Some missions are using more than what their paperwork would say.
    17h21
Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?
Jennifer Ouellette    Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools.
    13h19
Alaskans will be flying blind after NSF decommissions ocean monitoring network
Paula Dobbyn, Inside Climate News    Alaska’s multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk.
    12h44
The first complex cells had genes from a complex mix of species
John Timmer    Our ancestors’ genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.
10  june     22h16
Diabetes org apologizes for ejecting scientists over criticism of Trump
Beth Mole    For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice.
09  june     20h35
Three key vital signs make up the urban pulse of a city
Jennifer Ouellette    Cities are dynamic, not static grids, and urbanization is a spiky, cyclical, and asynchronous process.
    20h25
Commonwealth Fusion makes the physics case for its 400 MW reactor
John Timmer    Five peer-reviewed papers update the design and model its expected output.
    14h23
Gold isn’t inert, it just has bodyguards protecting it
Chris Lee    Individual gold atoms move around to form oxidation-proof structures.
    00h59
FCC lifts looming deadline for Amazon Leo satellite broadband constellation
Stephen Clark    The waiver serves the public interest by promoting a second large satellite broadband constellation.
08  june     18h50
Your empty cuppa could capture carbon
Scott K. Johnson    Polystyrene can be upcycled into carbon sponge material.
    11h00
The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary
Scott K. Johnson    Machine learning has its limits how is it being used?
06  june     20h53
Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints
Jennifer Ouellette    Those ousted included ADA journal Editor-in-Chief Steven Kahn and former ADA President Desmond Schatz.
    11h15
Some ancient microbes frozen with Ötzi the Iceman are still growing
Kiona N. Smith    What’s the difference between a person, an artifact, and an ecosystem?
05  june     19h23
Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test
John Timmer    The reactor, from a startup called Antares, isn’t ready to generate power yet.
    15h55
Trump admin tries again to revive dying coal industry
John Timmer    Money would keep coal plants open, build the first new plants in over a decade.
    14h20
Rocket Report: Blue Origin explosion still making headlines; Impulse raises money
Stephen Clark    NASA expects to begin stacking the SLS rocket this summer for next year’s Artemis III launch.
    13h55
Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do
Stephen Clark    Overpressure from the Blue Origin blast shattered windows at a hangar about a mile away from the pad.
04  june     18h00
Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds
Jennifer Ouellette    Scientists in Finland found bees could solve an insect version of the classic box-and-banana problem.
    16h21
After 11 years at Mars, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper
Stephen Clark    I think the team has really experienced the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission.
    11h00
Used Waymo robotaxi batteries become backup storage for power grids
Jeremy Hsu    Used Waymo batteries will bolster California and Texas energy storage projects.
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