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Expert ‘bat wranglers’ put GPS trackers on California’s bats 0
- Animals, Bats, Biology, Environment, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Wildlife
- October 19, 2026
October is officially Bat Appreciation Month. In the spirit of the season and conservation, a team of biologists in California recently spent time finding bats at Muir Woods National Monument and Samuel P. Taylor State Park. And while Halloween is fast approaching, the activity had nothing to do with spooky festivities and everything to do
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Lessons from Katrina: how to rebuild academia from the ground up 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- October 19, 2026
On 29 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a Category 3 storm, with sustained winds of 205 kilometres per hour and a storm surge reaching between 4.6 and 5.8 metres in eastern New Orleans. The storm remains one of the deadliest ever to hit the United States, with millions of people
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Three reasons why AI is not conscious and perhaps never will be 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- October 19, 2026
Artificial-intelligence systems such as large language models (LLMs) can exhibit behaviour that seems strikingly intelligent. This has led many people, including some experts, to wonder whether these systems could have some form of consciousness — the capacity for subjective experience. However, we think that existing AI systems are not conscious, and that, along current trajectories
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How to compare and strengthen research systems 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- October 19, 2026
How does a country get the biggest bang for its buck when it comes to science? Comparing science systems between countries can be a good way to see what’s working well and what’s not. But it’s difficult to do. Want to speed up scientific progress? First understand how science policy works Different countries analyse different
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Capillary-selective vasodilation through myosin inhibition halts ischaemic cascades – Nature 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- October 19, 2026
Freitas, F. & Attwell, D. Pericyte-mediated constriction of renal capillaries evokes no-reflow and kidney injury following ischaemia. eLife 11, e74211 (2022). Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar O’Farrell, F. M. & Attwell, D. A role for pericytes in coronary no-reflow. Nat. Rev. Cardiol. 11, 427–432 (2014). Article PubMed Google Scholar Rezkalla, S. H. &
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Autumn Paints Poland’s Bieszczady Mountains – NASA Science 0
- Earth Observatory, Landsat 9, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Topography, Vegetation
- October 19, 2026
As the air grows cooler and days shorter, brown bears prowl the Carpathian Mountains of southern Poland with the goal of fattening up ahead of winter hibernation. In a more conspicuous sign of autumn, beech and other deciduous trees blanketing the hillsides start to sport reds and golds. The seasonal transformation was underway in southeast
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