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Boots on the moon and beyond. Where next after Artemis II mission success?

It is tempting to view the Artemis II splashdown as the exclamation point on a successful lunar mission. And from launch to completion, it was indeed a textbook voyage of discovery for four astronauts, shared with enthralled millions watching across the globe.

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BWC: Man fleeing in U-Haul crashes into oncoming traffic, points gun at Calif. cops before OIS

The suspect surrendered to Kern County Sheriff’s Office deputies after barricading himself and pointing a gun at them, prompting them to open fire

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‘Shots Fired’ podcast: How a principal ‘took the attack to him’ to stop a school shooter

After a former student opened fire inside an Oklahoma high school, “Shots Fired” hosts break down how the principal’s close-range response stopped the attack

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BWC: Rookie N.J. officer on his first solo shift helps save driver suffering medical emergency

A Washington Township officer on his first solo shift performed CPR on an unresponsive driver while fellow officers delivered multiple AED shocks after a crash

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Quantum Fourier transform reaches 52 qubits, shattering the previous 27-qubit record

The spin-off company ParityQC has implemented the largest quantum Fourier transform ever reported using an IBM quantum computer, thereby setting a new milestone on the path toward the industrial application of quantum computers. The quantum Fourier transform is a cornerstone algorithm with applications in cryptography, financial modeling, and materials science.

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The Dyatlov Pass Incident: What Really Killed 9 Hikers in 1959?

Nine experienced Soviet hikers died under baffling circumstances in the Ural Mountains. Their tent was slashed from the inside, bodies showed signs of extreme force with no external wounds, and one hiker was missing her tongue. Decades later, the truth remains terrifyingly unclear.

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Newly Authenticated 1947 Documents Describe Roswell Bodies at Wright-Patterson — The Cover-Up Memo Has Been Found

47 pages of authenticated 1947 Army Air Force documents describe ‘non-human biological specimens’ recovered at Roswell and transferred to Wright Field — and a memo explicitly ordering the weather balloon cover story.

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Scientists Deploy Military-Grade Equipment at The Stanley Hotel — The Data From Room 217 Is Inexplicable

A Colorado physics team deployed quantum magnetometers and aerospace-grade acoustic arrays at The Stanley Hotel. What they recorded in Room 217 at 2:17 AM has no conventional explanation.

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Scientists Finally Have a Explanation for the Bermuda Triangle — And It’s Stranger Than Any Theory Before It

Marine geologists have identified a pattern of spontaneous methane hydrate eruptions beneath the Bermuda Triangle floor that could explain disappearances — but new data suggests something far more anomalous.

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Colo. PD drops college credit requirement

The Colorado Springs Police Department will now allow anyone with a high school diploma or GED to apply

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Solar flares’ domino effect isn’t limited to the sun, 16,000-star sweep reveals

Our sun is a roiling mass of energy, with solar flares exploding on its surface, sending gas, plasma, and light that blasts across the solar system. When radiation from extra-powerful flares breaks through Earth’s outer protective magnetosphere, it can affect satellites and even electric grids and cause the aurora borealis—lighting up the night sky.

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Laser-plasma accelerator drives free-electron laser for record 8 hours

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a laser-plasma accelerator can reliably drive a free-electron laser for more than eight hours. Published in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, the result was achieved by a team led by Finn Kohrell at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in collaboration with Texas-based company Tau Systems—and could soon make the technology vastly more accessible for a broad range of applications in industry and research.

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Titan’s lakes may spawn 10-foot waves in gentle winds, new model suggests

On a calm day, a light breeze might barely ripple the surface of a lake on Earth. But on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, a similar mild wind would kick up 10-foot-tall waves. This otherworldly behavior is one prediction from a new wave model developed by scientists at MIT. The model is the first to capture the full dynamics of waves and what it takes to whip them up under different planetary conditions.

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ALMA confirms rare quasar pair at redshift 5.7 in merging galaxies

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have discovered a close pair of quasars, which is a result of a distant massive galaxy merger. The detection of the quasar pair was detailed in a research paper published April 7 on the arXiv pre-print server.

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‘Dancing jets’ from black hole reveal an immense power equivalent to 10,000 suns

New Curtin University-led research has used a radio telescope that spans Earth to snap images that measure the immense power of jets from black holes, confirming scientists’ theories of how black holes help shape the structure of the universe.

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