NASA’s Mars mission MAVEN is lost forever

NASA has officially lost a decade-old Mars orbiter that performed vital scientific and communications work at the Red Planet. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which launched in November 2013, was the first successful spacecraft dedicated to studying the atmosphere of the Red Planet and became a key node in the communications network…

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Typhoon Jangmi’s giant eye lights up the night as it approaches Japan

A large, slow-moving storm system tracked north-northwest across the Philippine Sea toward southern Japan from late May into early June 2026. As Typhoon Jangmi advanced, its sprawling rainbands delivered intense rainfall across a broad area, prompting concerns about flooding in several locations. A nighttime image captured by the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument…

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White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to “at-will” hires

The White House on Wednesday moved to strip civil service protections from about 8,000 federal workers, including many working at public health agencies. The executive order effectively transforms these positions—which include “epidemiologist”, “health scientist” and “toxicologist” jobs—into “at-will” positions—meaning they can be readily fired without cause. The job category, initially called Schedule F and now…

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Scientists just built a powerful AI computer worm that learns as it spreads

A new study shows that computer malware powered by easily accessible artificial intelligence models is here—the research is a “wake-up call” to take cybersecurity risks from AI more seriously, one expert says. In the study, researchers created an AI-powered computer “worm” designed to attack and spread between devices—revealing a threat that they say the world…

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