2025 Technological Advancements: AI, Genome Editing, and Beyond
2025 will see widespread AI integration, advancing genome editing for agriculture and medicine, potential cancer vaccines, improved healthcare access, AI-driven disinformation countermeasures, potential animal language understanding, and energy innovations.
2025 Technological Advancements: AI, Genome Editing, and Beyond
2025 will see widespread AI integration, advancing genome editing for agriculture and medicine, potential cancer vaccines, improved healthcare access, AI-driven disinformation countermeasures, potential animal language understanding, and energy innovations.
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40% Bias Score
Sweden Begins Construction of Massive Permanent Nuclear Waste Repository
Sweden has started building a permanent nuclear waste repository in Forsmark, aiming for 100,000 years of safe storage, addressing a global challenge in managing 300,000 tons of spent fuel, though facing potential legal delays.
Sweden Begins Construction of Massive Permanent Nuclear Waste Repository
Sweden has started building a permanent nuclear waste repository in Forsmark, aiming for 100,000 years of safe storage, addressing a global challenge in managing 300,000 tons of spent fuel, though facing potential legal delays.
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36% Bias Score
Ancient Egyptian Tombs Unearthed in Luxor Yield Wealth of Artifacts
Archaeologists in Luxor, Egypt, announced the discovery of 11 ancient coffins, including a child's, from rock-cut tombs, revealing artifacts spanning various periods and offering insights into ancient Egyptian life, rituals, and military practices.
Ancient Egyptian Tombs Unearthed in Luxor Yield Wealth of Artifacts
Archaeologists in Luxor, Egypt, announced the discovery of 11 ancient coffins, including a child's, from rock-cut tombs, revealing artifacts spanning various periods and offering insights into ancient Egyptian life, rituals, and military practices.
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44% Bias Score
India Achieves Historic First: Successful Space Docking
India successfully completed its first space docking experiment, SpaDeX, on January 11, 2024, using two 220kg spacecraft, becoming the fourth country to achieve autonomous space docking after the US, Russia, and China, a crucial step towards building a space station and lunar missions.
India Achieves Historic First: Successful Space Docking
India successfully completed its first space docking experiment, SpaDeX, on January 11, 2024, using two 220kg spacecraft, becoming the fourth country to achieve autonomous space docking after the US, Russia, and China, a crucial step towards building a space station and lunar missions.
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48% Bias Score
Cancer Death Rates Decline, But Diagnoses Rise in Certain Groups
The American Cancer Society's annual report reveals a 34% drop in cancer death rates from 1991-2022, but also highlights rising diagnoses among younger and middle-aged women, particularly for oral cavity, pancreatic, uterine corpus, and liver cancers; pancreatic cancer shows lagging progress, urging...
Cancer Death Rates Decline, But Diagnoses Rise in Certain Groups
The American Cancer Society's annual report reveals a 34% drop in cancer death rates from 1991-2022, but also highlights rising diagnoses among younger and middle-aged women, particularly for oral cavity, pancreatic, uterine corpus, and liver cancers; pancreatic cancer shows lagging progress, urging...
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36% Bias Score
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Achieves Successful Orbital Test Flight
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, carrying a Blue Ring prototype, aiming to compete with SpaceX in commercial spaceflight; the rocket's first stage is designed for 25 flights.
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Achieves Successful Orbital Test Flight
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, carrying a Blue Ring prototype, aiming to compete with SpaceX in commercial spaceflight; the rocket's first stage is designed for 25 flights.
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52% Bias Score
Global Study Reveals Increasing Severity and Frequency of Prolonged Droughts
A new study in Science reveals that prolonged droughts are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change, impacting ecosystems globally; researchers mapped over 13,000 multiyear droughts (1980-2018), showing affected areas expanding by 50,000 square kilometers annually since 1980.
Global Study Reveals Increasing Severity and Frequency of Prolonged Droughts
A new study in Science reveals that prolonged droughts are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change, impacting ecosystems globally; researchers mapped over 13,000 multiyear droughts (1980-2018), showing affected areas expanding by 50,000 square kilometers annually since 1980.
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24% Bias Score
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Launches Successfully
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday from Cape Canaveral, sending a prototype satellite into orbit; the mission, which cost over $1 billion, aims to increase space accessibility and potentially send astronauts to the moon.
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Launches Successfully
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday from Cape Canaveral, sending a prototype satellite into orbit; the mission, which cost over $1 billion, aims to increase space accessibility and potentially send astronauts to the moon.
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48% Bias Score
Blue Origin's New Glenn Achieves Orbit in Maiden Launch Despite Booster Landing Failure
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully reached orbit on its maiden voyage Thursday, deploying the Blue Ring Pathfinder technology, but failed to land its first-stage booster on a sea platform, a setback in its reusability efforts.
Blue Origin's New Glenn Achieves Orbit in Maiden Launch Despite Booster Landing Failure
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully reached orbit on its maiden voyage Thursday, deploying the Blue Ring Pathfinder technology, but failed to land its first-stage booster on a sea platform, a setback in its reusability efforts.
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36% Bias Score
Colossal Biosciences Secures \$200 Million in Funding, Valued at \$10.2 Billion
Colossal Biosciences, a company working to revive extinct species like the woolly mammoth, secured \$200 million in Series C funding, bringing its total funding to \$435 million and valuing the company at \$10.2 billion. The company plans to use the funds to advance genetic engineering technologies ...
Colossal Biosciences Secures \$200 Million in Funding, Valued at \$10.2 Billion
Colossal Biosciences, a company working to revive extinct species like the woolly mammoth, secured \$200 million in Series C funding, bringing its total funding to \$435 million and valuing the company at \$10.2 billion. The company plans to use the funds to advance genetic engineering technologies ...
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44% Bias Score
Norovirus Surge: US Records Highest Outbreaks in Over a Decade
The US is experiencing its worst norovirus outbreak in over a decade, with nearly 100 outbreaks reported in the first week of December—a 40% increase compared to the same period from 2010–2024—likely driven by a new variant and weakened immunity.
Norovirus Surge: US Records Highest Outbreaks in Over a Decade
The US is experiencing its worst norovirus outbreak in over a decade, with nearly 100 outbreaks reported in the first week of December—a 40% increase compared to the same period from 2010–2024—likely driven by a new variant and weakened immunity.
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44% Bias Score
Anthropocene: Humanity's Geological Impact
Arte.TV's documentary, "Anthropocene, l'implacable enquête," examines human impact as a new geological era, showcasing Tunel Boca beach formed from industrial waste and the global spread of microplastics as evidence. The film explores various sites worldwide, revealing irreversible ecosystem changes...
Anthropocene: Humanity's Geological Impact
Arte.TV's documentary, "Anthropocene, l'implacable enquête," examines human impact as a new geological era, showcasing Tunel Boca beach formed from industrial waste and the global spread of microplastics as evidence. The film explores various sites worldwide, revealing irreversible ecosystem changes...
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40% Bias Score