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AWS launches 'Ocelot' quantum processor — a chip inspired by Schrödinger's cat that corrects errors exponentially with scale

AWS's first-ever quantum chip uses "cat qubits" to reduce errors exponentially as more qubits are added to a system. Scientists say it will lead to scalable and efficient quantum computers.

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Cobra Kai season 6 ending explained: Cobra Kai forever

Cobra Kai season 6 episode 15, the series finale of the Netflix martial-arts favorite, is a satisfying end to a story decades in the making.

WhatToWatch

Tiny spacecraft could travel across interstellar space with this 'trampoline' lightsail

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry tiny spacecraft to distant star systems.

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SpaceX to launch water-hunting moon probe 'Lunar Trailblazer' on Feb. 26

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe has made it to Florida's Cape Canaveral to prep for its launch to the moon, which could occur as soon as Feb. 26.

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With Union Rights Uncertain Under Trump, Higher Ed Workers Seek to Speed Up Bargaining

Newly unionized Caltech, Occidental workers got union rights under Biden. Trump’s inauguration has them seeking quick contracts.

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20 years after crashing in the Utah desert, NASA's Genesis mission is still teaching us about solar wind

Despite crashing in the Utah desert in 2004, NASA's Genesis mission is still helping scientists study the effects of solar wind.

Space

Los Angeles fires leave NASA's Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years

Despite the evacuation of its Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, no space mission data has been lost, NASA says.

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NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Is About To Take One Small Step ... To Get Us Back To The Moon

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. First, Lunar Trailblazer needs to make a few measurements.

Inverse

Three California Colleges Extend Campus Closures Due To Wildfires

Prominent California colleges extend campus closures in response to wildfires, prioritizing safety and well-being of students and staff.

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Human thought runs at just 10 bits per second, say Caltech scientists — that's why we are mostly single-taskers

Humans process thoughts at just 10 bits per second, according to a recent paper from Caltech researchers.

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Air pollution caused by AI tech could lead to 1,300 U.S. deaths annually by 2030, researchers say

Air pollution already kills millions of people and more data centers could add to the burden, scientists warn

The Independent UK

Over 10,000 exploding stars catalogued by groundbreaking Zwicky Transient Facility

The Zwicky Transient Facility has reached an incredible milestone, classifying over 10,000 supernovas, cosmic explosions that mark the death of massive stars.

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Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show

Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests

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Future passenger planes could use AI to eliminate turbulence and maintain a smooth in-flight experience

Turbulence in airplanes could become a thing of the past with FALCON, a new AI system that helps vehicles learn how to adjust to turbulence within a matter of minutes.

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These 'failed stars' orbit so closely it took 29 years to tell they were a pair

The first and most famous "failed star" discovered by humanity isn't one brown dwarf, but two! The duo comprising Gliese 229B are so tightly bound they orbit each other in 12 days.

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4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen

All four technologies are grounded in reality, but some are more feasible than others.

The Guardian - UK

Pair of huge plasma jets spotted blasting out of gigantic black hole

Streams are the largest ever seen, measuring 23m light years and with combined power of trillions of suns

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Dark matter ghosts its way through powerful (and messy) collision of galaxy clusters

Using data from the Hubble and Chandra space telescopes, scientists have determined that dark matter ghosted through the wreckage of two colliding galaxy clusters over 5 billion light-years away.

Tom’s Hardware

Neural network learns to make maps with Minecraft — code available on GitHub

Neural networks are taught to create cognitive spatial maps of environments using Minecraft and predictive coding.

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LA may be spared 'horrifying' fate of the 'Big One' from San Andreas, simulation suggests

A new simulation of the shaking from a magnitude 7.8 south San Andreas earthquake suggests that Los Angeles might avoid a worst-case scenario.

Fortune

Exclusive: Holoclara raises $16 million Series A to develop therapeutics—with worms

Holoclara has raised $16 million for its Series A, Fortune has exclusively learned. Bold Capital Partners led the round, with participation from Horizons Ventures, Tarrasque, Endurance28, Freeflow Ventures, and a number of angel investors.

Fortune

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says a gardener provided one of the most “profound learnings” of his life: It’s why he can be on top of every detail at the $3.2 trillion chip giant

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Caltech students a conversation with a Japanese gardener changed his outlook on life.

Tom’s Hardware

Jensen Huang tells Caltech grads to pursue 'zero-billion-dollar markets' — hopes to inspire the next big tech leaders

'I hope you believe in something. Something unconventional, something unexplored. But let it be informed, and let it be reasoned, and dedicate yourself to making that happen.'

LiveScience

Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?

Astronomers have been scouring the outer solar system for signs of a hypothetical ninth planet for almost a decade, without success. However, we may finally be on the cusp of finding it, experts say.

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