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Buried Secrets Reveal How Humans Changed the Great Salt Lake Forever

Buried Secrets Reveal How Humans Changed the Great Salt Lake Forever

The view of Great Salt Lake’s North Arm from Gunnison Island, which has long served as a nesting ground for pelicans. Credit: Brian Maffly, University of Utah For thousands of years, Utah’s Great Salt Lake reflected only natural shifts in climate and water flow. But fresh sediment analyses show that in just two centuries, human activity forced the lake into …

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‘Minibrains’ reveal secrets of how key brain cells form in the womb

‘Minibrains’ reveal secrets of how key brain cells form in the womb

Immune cells in the human brain may be critical to orchestrating the organ’s development in the womb because they trigger a dramatic increase in an important type of nerve cell, new research suggests. Estimates suggest that these key cells, known as inhibitory interneurons, make up some 25% to 50% of the neurons in the adult cortex, the wrinkled tissue that …

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Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week

Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets — Space photo of the week

Mars’ Valles Marineris stretches nearly a quarter of the way around the planet’s equator. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) QUICK FACTS What it is: Candor Chasma, a large canyon on Mars Where it is: Valles Marineris, the biggest canyon network in the solar system When it was shared: Aug. 14, 2025 Mars has a huge network of canyons that stretches …

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Apple Claims Ex-Employee, China’s Oppo Stole Trade Secrets – Bloomberg.com

Apple Claims Ex-Employee, China’s Oppo Stole Trade Secrets  Bloomberg.com Apple sues China’s Oppo, ex-engineer over alleged theft of Watch trade secrets  yahoo.com Apple drags ex-Apple Watch engineer to court over Oppo trade secret leak  9to5Mac Apple moves to block Oppo from using stolen Apple Watch designs  AppleInsider Apple Sues Ex-Employee for Allegedly Sharing Trade Secrets With Chinese Rival Oppo  MarketScreener Source link

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U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling secrets to China

U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling secrets to China

A U.S. Navy sailor was convicted Wednesday of charges that he sold military secrets, including details about military warships, to a Chinese intelligence officer while on active duty in exchange for payment.  Jinchao Wei, also known as Patrick Wei, who was an active-duty sailor stationed at Naval Base San Diego, was found guilty by a jury in federal court in …

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U.S. Navy sailor convicted of espionage after selling secrets to Chinese intelligence officer

U.S. Navy sailor convicted of espionage after selling secrets to Chinese intelligence officer

A U.S Navy sailor was convicted Wednesday of espionage after he sold Navy secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer, federal officials said. Jinchao Wei, a 25-year-old who also goes by Patrick Wei, was found guilty of six crimes, including conspiracy to commit espionage, espionage, and unlawful export of, and conspiracy to export, technical data related to defense articles in violation …

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Antarctic Ocean secrets hidden in layers of seafloor mud

Antarctic Ocean secrets hidden in layers of seafloor mud

Victoria Gill, Kate Stephens and Gwyndaf Hughes BBC News Science team Elisenda Balleste The researchers worked from a vessel at a number of locations around the Antarctic Peninsula Why would anyone brave hand-numbing cold, icy winds and rough seas – sometimes working through the night – to dig up mud from the Antarctic seabed? That is what an international team …

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Matthew Libatique On The Secrets Behind Shooting ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

Matthew Libatique On The Secrets Behind Shooting ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

“He’s like a jazz musician,” Matthew Libatique explains when quizzed on his longtime collaborator Spike Lee.  The two filmmakers, both native New Yorkers, have worked together on five features: Inside Man, She Hate Me, Miracle at St. Anna, Chi-Raq, and, most recently, Highest 2 Lowest, which opens today in U.S. theatres. Only Ernest Dickerson, the great cinematographer behind Lee’s most …

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DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.

DNA has an expiration date. But proteins are revealing secrets about our ancient ancestors we never thought possible.

The moment a creature dies, its DNA begins to break down. Half of it degrades every 521 years on average. By about 6.8 million years, even under ideal preservation conditions in cold, stable environments, every meaningful trace is gone. That’s a huge challenge when trying to understand our evolutionary history more deeply: Two-legged primates emerged 7 million years ago in …

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