Cooling towers at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga. President Trump signed executive orders which seek to reorganize America’s nuclear regulator while giving a boost to new nuclear technologies. Mike Stewart/AP […]
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President Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025, announcing plans for the “Golden Dome,” a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty
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Flamingos are filter feeders that live off shrimp, algae and other nibbles in wetlands around the world. Serhat Cetinkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Serhat Cetinkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Flamingos look graceful, but when it’s time to eat,
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Reporters have been looking at federal agencies and employees impacted by DOGE cuts from food inspectors to nuclear scientists to firefighters, and the broader effects of the restructuring efforts. Source link Geoff Brumfiel
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The Tesla robot is one of the many iterations looking to make headway as AI accelerates robotic development. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite hide caption toggle caption AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The Tesla robot is one of the many iterations looking
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The shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant stands in the middle of the Susquehanna River on October 10, 2024. One of the plant’s two reactors partly melted down in 1979, but the second one operated for decades before it
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Chelsea Finn (left) and Moo Jin Kim conduct a demonstration with a robot at Stanford University. Moo Jin Kim/Stanford University hide caption toggle caption Moo Jin Kim/Stanford University STANFORD, Calif. — Artificial intelligence can find you a recipe or generate
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft stands ready for a mission to the International Space Station on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Terry Renna) Terry
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Astronauts Suni Williams (lower) and Butch Wilmore (left) were originally supposed to return to Earth in June of last year. Instead, they’ve been part of the latest crew of the International Space Station, along with astronaut Nick Hague (right). AP/NASA
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Visitors watch as SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Sunday, March 2, 2025. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP A little over a month after a catastrophic failure
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