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Researchers in Western Australia have identified a new species of bettong and two new subspecies of woylie from ancient fossils. These discoveries are significant, but they are tempered by evidence suggesting that some of these species may already be extinct. Source: All Top News — ScienceDaily
The Geminid meteor shower is expected to reach its peak this weekend, with dark skies providing a favorable opportunity for viewing in the UK, depending on weather conditions. Source: BBC News
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) recently released what it calls its most powerful family of models yet, Olmo 3. But the company kept iterating on the models, expanding its reinforcement learning (RL) runs, to create Olmo 3.1.The new Olmo 3.1 models focus on efficiency, transparency, and control for enterprises. Ai2 updated two of the three
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses inside the International Space Station’s cupola as it orbits 265 miles above the Indian Ocean near Madagascar.Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will recap his recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 3:30 p.m. EST Friday, Dec. 19, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in
In the realm of technological innovation and thoughtful design, Chipolo, a homegrown company, has once again captured the spotlight with their outstanding products. This time, they’ve clinched the prestigious Red Dot Design Award for their new item finders, and it’s a triumph not just for Chipolo but for local innovation as well! Chipolo has been
For more than 25 years, Mark Elder has helped make human spaceflight safe and possible. As the International Space Station EVA hardware manager in the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Office within the EVA and Human Surface Mobility Program, he leads the team responsible for the spacesuits, tools, and logistics that keep astronauts protected during spacewalks—and ensures
Scientists warn that mountains globally are experiencing warming at a faster rate than surrounding lowlands. This increased heat is leading to glacier melting and reduced snowfall, which poses a significant threat to fresh water supplies for over a billion people. Source: Yale E360
Recent satellite and GPS data reveal that the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf is losing stability due to increasing fractures and accelerated ice movement. Scientists caution that this trend may extend to other at-risk Antarctic ice shelves. Source: All Top News — ScienceDaily
The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft, three new papers published Tuesday by
Scientists are raising alarms about the environmental impact of the increasing number of satellite launches, which number in the hundreds annually. With tens of thousands more satellites planned, concerns focus on emissions from rocket fuels during launches and pollutants released when satellites and rocket stages reenter the atmosphere. Source: Yale E360
Dr. Anthony Letai has been sworn in as the 18th director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) by Secretary Kennedy. Source: NIH News Releases
Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for reinterpretation. Over centuries, writers, politicians, and artists reshaped these stories to reflect their own worldviews, from romantic heroism to dangerous nationalist myths. Pop culture and neo-paganism continue to amplify selective versions of this past. Scholars today are
Recent images from Mars’s Coloe Fossae show a landscape shaped by ancient ice ages, featuring deep valleys, cratered terrain, and preserved frozen debris flows. These findings indicate a significant climate shift on the planet. Source: All Top News — ScienceDaily
OpenAI has sent out emails notifying API customers that its chatgpt-4o-latest model will be retired from the developer platform in mid-February 2026,. Access to the model is scheduled to end on February 16, 2026, creating a roughly three-month transition period for remaining applications still built on GPT-4o.An OpenAI spokesperson emphasized that this timeline applies only
