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Chinese Lunar Lander Makes The First Ever On-Site Detection of Water on The Moon

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When China’s Chang’E-5 probe visited the Moon in December of 2020, it didn’t just collect a sample of lunar material to return to Earth. While it was there, the mission took observations of the surrounding lunar rock – data vital for contextualizing the sample in future studies.   Those observations have turned out to be … Read more

Why Discovering ‘Nothing’ in Science Can Be So Incredibly Important

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In science, as in life, we all like to celebrate the big news. We confirmed the existence of black holes by the ripples they create in space time. We photographed the shadow of a black hole. We figured out how to edit DNA. We found the Higgs boson!   What we don’t usually hear about is … Read more

Mobile phone detection cameras catch over 270,000 offenders in Australia

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The proportion of drivers in New South Wales illegally using their mobile phones has dropped fivefold since AI cameras began catching offenders Technology 8 December 2021 By Alice Klein A driver using their phone in a photo captured by a mobile phone detection camera in New South Wales, Australia Uncredited/AP/Shuttersto​ck World-first cameras in Australia that … Read more