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‘Unnerving’ rise in fatal shark attacks recorded last year. Should we be worried?
The number of unprovoked shark attacks spiked slightly across the globe last year, with a high percentage being fatal, a…
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World’s 1st fault-tolerant quantum computer launching this year ahead of a 10,000-qubit machine in 2026
The world’s first commercial fault-tolerant quantum computer with “logical qubits” may be running before the year’s end. Logical qubits —…
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Doomsday Clock hovers at 90 seconds to midnight for 2nd year in a row
The Doomsday Clock, whose hypothetical hands strike the minutes and seconds left until a human-made apocalypse destroys the world as…
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Test flights for Hyunda’s vertical-takeoff SA-2 air taxi are starting this year ahead of 2028 rollout
A proof-of-concept four-passenger air taxi that can take off and land vertically is slated to hit the market by 2028.…
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CES 2024: 5 new tech products stealing the show this year
While the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was dominated by artificial intelligence (AI) embedded into everything from laptops to TVs,…
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Humans now kill 80 million sharks per year, 25 million of which are threatened species
An estimated 80 million sharks are dying in fisheries each year despite global regulations aimed at protecting them from finning,…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will touch the sun later this year while traveling faster than any human-made object has ever gone
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has already gotten closer to the sun than any other human-made object. Yet, later this year,…
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Last year AI entered our lives — is 2024 the year it’ll change them?
We’ve come a long way since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022. Back then, generative artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by…
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1st partial-heart transplant growing with baby 1 year later
A baby became the world’s first partial-heart transplant recipient in 2022, and now, more than a year later, the toddler’s…
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Full moon 2024: When to see all 12 full moons this year — and what they’re called
In 2024, you’ll have the chance to see 12 full moons, including two supermoons, a blue moon and two lunar…
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