When hurricanes strike, social media can save lives
Everyone knows that while disinformation is a problem, social media is a powerful tool for communicating fast in an emergency.
Everyone knows that while disinformation is a problem, social media is a powerful tool for communicating fast in an emergency.
Environment
May 27, 2022
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Comets that circle the Sun in very elongated orbits spread their debris so thin along their orbit or eject it out of the solar system altogether so that their meteor showers are hard to detect. From a new meteor shower survey ...
Space Exploration
May 20, 2021
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UNSW Canberra Space's M2 CubeSat satellites successfully launched with Rocket Lab's "They Go Up So Fast' mission from New Zealand earlier today, representing a significant step forward in Australia's sovereign space capabilities.
Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2021
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A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory research group will use its background in space system development to help ensure future satellites have the capability to work together.
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2020
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The United States on Wednesday pledged closer cooperation with France's space agency, saying the two were advancing the commercial development of space.
Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2019
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U.S. Navy pilots and sailors won't be considered crazy for reporting unidentified flying objects, under new rules meant to encourage them to keep track of what they see. Yet just a few years ago, the Pentagon reportedly shut ...
Other
May 17, 2019
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A multi-hazard camera technology developed at the University of California San Diego and the University of Nevada, Reno that improves fire detection and response capabilities is expanding to include 70 cameras in high fire ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2019
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A group of Microsoft workers is demanding the company cancel a contract supplying the U.S. Army with HoloLens headsets that they say would turn real-world battlefields into a video game.
Business
Feb 23, 2019
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One of the key functions of the government is to collect and archive national records. This includes everything from property records and registers of births, deaths and taxes, to Parliamentary proceedings, and even the ABC's ...
Security
Dec 6, 2018
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When mass casualty incidents occur—shootings, earthquakes, multiple car pile ups—first responders can easily be overwhelmed by the sheer number of victims. When every second counts, monitoring all the victims in a chaotic ...
Engineering
Nov 27, 2018
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