BEND, Oregon.- Firefighters battling two of the largest fires in Oregon were preparing for windy and dry conditions that are forecast to reach some areas of the state on Friday and into Saturday. Crews have been able to build some containment lines around the Akawa Butte Fire, which is burning near Sisters, a town about
Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Clouds of fire in the west. From the Arctic fringe to agricultural areas, NASA’s new class of Earth Venture suborbital missions is preparing to deliver science that will benefit communities in the United States and beyond. The six projects will mobilize hundreds of scientists and pilots from NASA,
Every research program is a commitment to the future. However, scientists rarely examine the assumptions behind those bets. Decisions about subsidies, infrastructure, contracting, regulation, and training often assume that certain technologies will mature, specific skills will be needed, the public will accept the resulting innovations, and few risks will materialize. However, these assumptions are rarely
July 20, 2026 – 12:57 p.m. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. TOTOTO Collingwood is working to part ways with premiership star Bobby Hill. The 2023 Norm Smith medalist is under contract through the end of 2030 with a deal reportedly worth
For much of my computer science career, I viewed software vulnerability detection as a craft. The best researchers combine technical skill with intuition: the ability to know whether a software bug was a minor bug or a sign of a more serious vulnerability. For decades, machines found bugs and humans decided which ones mattered. Now,
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