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Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug, Bathydevius caudactylus, in the ocean’s deep-sea midnight zone. The creature, the first known nudibranch to live in the deep sea, uses bioluminescence for defense and has a unique feeding mechanism resembling a Venus fly trap plant.
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The Financial Times highlights the unprecedented defeat of incumbent parties in 2024, with the Democrats among those experiencing significant losses. Voters across ten major countries punished leaders for economic hardships, including inflation and rising living costs, regardless of specific policies or rhetoric used.
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A right-wing organization, the Voter Reference Foundation, operates VoteRef, a website allowing users to freely search for voter information in most U.S. states. This has raised significant privacy and security concerns, especially in light of intensified political polarization and an increased risk of data misuse.
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Major media outlets have declared former President Donald Trump the winner of the 2024 presidential election, securing 270 electoral votes. He is the first president in over 120 years to lose and then reclaim the White House, following Grover Cleveland’s precedent in 1892.
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Major media outlets have declared former President Donald Trump the winner of the 2024 presidential election, securing 270 electoral votes. This marks the first time in over a century a president has lost the White House before reclaiming it, following Grover Cleveland’s 1892 achievement.
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NASA reconnected with Voyager 1, located nearly 15 billion miles away, using a decades-old frequency. The communication issue began in November 2023, with the spacecraft’s fault protection system causing intermittent pauses.
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The Orionid meteor shower, caused by debris from Halley’s Comet, will light up the night sky through November, with up to 15 meteors per hour visible in the Northern Hemisphere. Clear skies and minimal light pollution are essential for optimal viewing.
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A U.S. startup, Heliospect Genomics, is offering wealthy couples the ability to screen embryos for genetic traits including IQ, raising ethical concerns. The service, priced at $50,000 for 100 embryos, is legal in the United States but not in the United Kingdom.
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SpaceX has completed four successful rocket launches in under 48 hours, marking a significant advancement in space exploration. The launches included the Starship rocket from Texas, a NASA mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa, and two Falcon 9 rocket launches, with the latter marking SpaceX’s 100th launch of the year.
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NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is set to investigate Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, seeking to determine if conditions there could support life. The mission, which will take five and a half years to reach Jupiter, aims to assess the moon’s subsurface ocean and its potential habitability.
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A severe geomagnetic storm, triggered by a coronal mass ejection from the Sun, has reached Earth, raising concerns about its potential impact on power grids amid ongoing recovery from two major hurricanes. NOAA warns of significant disruptions to power and radio communication, urging preparations as the storm’s effects are expected to escalate overnight.
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John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for their transformative contributions to artificial intelligence and machine learning. The award highlights both the groundbreaking benefits and the ethical concerns surrounding the rapid advancement of AI technology.