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  • US biology lab locked down for more than a week amid smuggling inquiry

    US biology lab locked down for more than a week amid smuggling inquiry0

    A lab at the University of Indiana Bloomington is under scrutiny from the US Department of Agriculture.Credit: Michael Hickey/Getty Biologists at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington have been locked out of their laboratories for more than a week, after the university suddenly changed locks on its biology building on 7 May. Although university officials restored access

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  • If you use Google accounts, it’s time to do a free security checkup

    If you use Google accounts, it’s time to do a free security checkup0

    Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Your Google account likely stores a lot of important information, from your home address in Google Maps and your work emails in Gmail, to family pictures in Google Photos and personal conversations in Google Chat. You don’t want anyone

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  • Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock

    Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock0

    After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its robotic arm and pulled the entire rock off the surface with it. Engineers spent several days repositioning the arm and vibrating the drill to try and get the rock loose. When it finally detached on May 1,

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