Question Corner | Why does wildfire smoke swirl only one way in the air?

Question Corner | Why does wildfire smoke swirl only one way in the air?

Wildfire smoke in the northeast Pacific Ocean, September 2020. | Photo Credit: NASA A: Sometimes wildfire smoke in the stratosphere collects into a compact bubble of smoke that spins in a coherent vortex, clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Two new studies, published in Weather and Climate Dynamics and presented…

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Trump demands Netflix fire Susan Rice as DOJ probes Warner deal

Trump demands Netflix fire Susan Rice as DOJ probes Warner deal

President Donald Trump late Saturday called on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences,” after she said Democrats would push for corporate accountability if they regain power in the November midterm elections. In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump described Rice, who served as President Joe Biden’s domestic policy chief…

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Conduent ransomware breach allegedly affects millions across states

Conduent ransomware breach allegedly affects millions across states

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A ransomware attack on government technology giant Conduent is turning out to be far bigger than first reported. What initially sounded like a limited incident now appears to affect tens of millions of people across multiple states. In Texas alone, at least 15.4 million residents may have…

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Moon mission delayed again as NASA faces fresh Artemis II technical trouble |

Moon mission delayed again as NASA faces fresh Artemis II technical trouble |

Moon mission delayed again as NASA faces fresh Artemis II technical trouble (Image Source – NASA) NASA is working through a technical issue affecting the Artemis II rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft remain on the launch pad at Complex 39B. Engineers observed an interruption in…

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Science Snapshots: February 22, 2026

Science Snapshots: February 22, 2026

Chicks, like humans, often match “bouba” with round shapes and “kiki” with spiky ones. | Photo Credit: Michael Anfang/Unsplash Scientists find bouba-kiki effect in three-day chicks Humans often match “bouba” with round shapes and “kiki” with spiky ones. Researchers raised baby chicks, then played the sounds while showing them the two shapes. Three-day-old chicks chose…

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Apple sued by West Virginia for alleged child safety failures

Apple sued by West Virginia for alleged child safety failures

West Virginia’s attorney general has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Apple, alleging that it has failed to prevent child sexual abuse materials from being stored and shared via iOS devices and iCloud services. John “JB” McCuskey, a Republican, accused Apple of prioritizing privacy branding and its own business interests over child safety, while other…

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“Boomerang” earthquake: The earthquake that can turn around and strike the same area again |

“Boomerang” earthquake: The earthquake that can turn around and strike the same area again |

“Boomerang” earthquake: The earthquake that can turn around and strike the same area again Earthquakes are generally understood to rupture outward from their starting point beneath the ground, sending seismic waves along a fault line in one or two directions. New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests that, in certain conditions, a rupture…

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In manifesto, scientists oppose ‘militarisation’ of quantum research

In manifesto, scientists oppose ‘militarisation’ of quantum research

A group of quantum researchers has issued a manifesto urging colleagues to resist what it calls the “militarisation” of quantum science. The authors, who describe themselves as “Quantum Scientists for Disarmament”, say they oppose military uses of quantum research, reject military funding for academic work, and want universities to disclose which quantum projects take defence…

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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei avoid holding hands at India AI summit

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei avoid holding hands at India AI summit

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) takes a group photo with AI company leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (C) and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (R) at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei had an awkward…

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The Moon is getting an AI brain this summer and it won’t need Earth to think |

The Moon is getting an AI brain this summer and it won’t need Earth to think |

Source: National Geographic The Moon is about to get its own brain. For the first time, real-time artificial intelligence and edge computing have been installed on a lunar rover. The milestone might not make headlines like a rocket launch, but it is huge. 384,400 kilometres from Earth, machines will soon process data instantly, analysing sensor…

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