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New perspectives of our home planet.
As Artemis II flew around the Moon on April 6, the crew captured these images of a crescent Earth from hundreds of thousands of miles away. See the latest photos and videos: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-multimed…
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Banksy's identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan — and uncovered much more than a name.
🔗 Read the full investigation: reut.rs/4cGMYnb
✍️ Simon Gardner, James Pearson and Blake Morrison
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1.5 million names are flying around the Moon on Artemis II. Is yours one of them?
It's not too late to add your name to the mission—and it's absolutely free: go.nasa.gov/artemisnames
ALT The Moon. This natural-color global mosaic is based on a composite of images from the wide-angle camera on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/SVS
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If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself. You don’t give a damn about people being oppressed and brutalised so long as it’s being done by the enemies of your enemies.
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It's Black Hole Friday!
This computer simulation shows a gas cloud encountering two supermassive black holes. As gravitational and frictional forces meet, the cloud condenses and heats. Each time the black holes orbit, some of the gas is ejected.
Learn how scientists use data like this to improve their observations and understanding of cosmic systems: go.nasa.gov/4rrYVlp
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"If you think freedom of speech and the provision of justice is for you and not those you disagree with, you need to change,” says @ianbremmer.
“Americans must learn from people we disagree with, not demonize them.” #QuickTake
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*** Ontario Variant Update (to: Aug. 16, 2025) ***
Ontario COVID sequence updates have been more frequent over the past month with the XFG.* "Stratus" family of variants now at 74% of sequences, NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" at 22% and LP.8.1.* down to 3%. #Variants #XFG #Stratus 🧵1/
ALT Line graph showing COVID-19 variant frequencies in Ontario, Canada, from May to mid August 2025, based on 1,772 sequenced genomes. The XFG.* Stratus variant rises sharply to dominate over 70% by August. Other variants, including FLiRT and LP.8.1.*, decline over the same period, while NB.1.8.1.* Nimbus remains steady around 20% and several minor variants remain at low levels.
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Protestors in Nepal overthrew the government in less than 48 hours due to corruption. They refused a curfew, spread protests across all cities, fought police in roaming street battles, burnt down politicians' houses, stole military weapons, stormed the parliament & burnt it, forced the PM to resign.
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#Oil prices rose more than 1% after an Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha escalated the Middle East conflict, raising the geopolitical risk premium for crude from the region that supplies about a third of the world’s oil.
#Forbes
For more details: 🔗 on.forbesmiddleeast.com/gc5e
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NEW: A painting by Banksy of a judge using a gavel to beat a protester on the walls of the Royal Courts of Justice in London has been removed.
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Xi called for the creation of an SCO Development Bank “as soon as possible,” along with a new center to address security challenges.
Xi Jinping outlines priorities at SCO Summit opening
🔶 The combined economies of SCO countries are nearing $30 trillion, with the organization’s global economic influence growing.
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The confidence in truth of scientific statements has to be stablished by rigorously evaluated empirical observation and first principles reasoning. Most humans construct confidence based on their social environment. Science must discourage this kind of social consensus building.
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Open Letter Against the rise of Fascism in 2025 stopreturnfascism.org
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#A new cosmological model proposes the #Universe originated from a bounce inside a black hole, challenging the idea that the #BigBang marked the absolute beginning of space and time. @ConversationEDU @PhysRevD @arxiv doi.org/dc6rn6 phys.org/news/2025-06-big-wa…
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"Diversity is essential for the incremental building of collective knowledge."
Economics sciences laureate Daron Acemoglu is a strong believer in diversity and encourages us to recognise its benefits.
Watch our full interview with the 2024 laureate: bit.ly/3S3azmt
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The non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch has launched a project aimed at rounding up flawed and fake medical-research papers and neutralizing their impact on public health.
go.nature.com/4kOp9um
