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China's sci-fi industry saw accelerated growth in 2023, generating a total revenue of 113.29 billion yuan ($16 billion), according to a report released on Saturday. The revenue represented year-on-year growth of 29.1 percent, according to the 2024 China Science Fiction Industry Report.
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8 months ago Read more at China Daily

Ben Jones suspected he had found something special when he squeezed into a volcanic cave and saw pale wooden poles, some with ends shaped like a willow leaf. When he crawled in farther, he found a cache of items — several paddles and a spear with a stone tip that was still attached. Jones, now with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Northern Engineering, was then with the U.S. Geological Survey on a NASA grant to study perma
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8 months ago Read more at Anchorage Daily News

The 3rd annual Kansas Science Festival went on today in downtown Manhattan. The festival had 150 presenters in 50 booths with a broad array of activities by STEAM practitioners across the state. K-State, NBAF, along with others were present with things like paper microscopes, exploration of Kansas’s native fish, and biophysics.
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8 months ago Read more at WIBW

Chicago Police are searching for man who sexually assaulted 10-year-old girl. The girl told police she was separated from her group when a man offered to help her. Police say the man is about 30 to 40 years old with a light complexion, curly brown hair.
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8 months ago Read more at CBS News

RJ Krishnaswamy, 17, received a master's degree in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh on Saturday. RJ got his bachelor's degree from Pitt last year and told KDKA-TV he's happy to have something to show for his hard work.
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8 months ago Read more at CBS News

Issue 22 (May 2024) of CURIOUS is out now, bringing you science highlights for the month plus deep dives into intriguing topics, interviews, exclusives, diary dates, and explanations for some of Earth’s most perplexing natural phenomena and landscapes. The nuclear weapons of today are much more powerful than those of WW2.
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8 months ago Read more at IFLScience

Several recent TikToks have claimed that freezing bread actually makes it healthier. The actual health effects are not as significant as they’ve been made out to be. When bread is cooked, it transforms the moist, bubble-filled dough into a fluffy loaf.
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8 months ago Read more at New Zealand Herald

Governor Kathy Hochul says 67 percent of third graders at the school are proficient in English language arts, where the statewide average is 45 percent. That's why the governor is investing $10 million in teachers to train them on this teaching philosophy. It’s not just one book that says teach this, it’s a series of strategies to have them incorporate into the curriculum.
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8 months ago Read more at WRGB

In The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds the Bunbury Players invite the audience into the Albany Barn theater where beneath the stage is the Hunsdorfer home. As Tillie explains to her the meaning of half-life in scientific terms, Beatrice, as a single mother, abandoned by her husband forced to take care of her disabled daughter, Ruth (Rosalynn Annely) We see her sacrifice her gifted daughter’s education as she makes fun
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8 months ago Read more at Berkshire On Stage

The fossils were found on private land in Gateway, Oregon. It's a discovery that scientists say is a game-changer to understanding the origins of salmon. Extinct salmon from Central Oregon were the largest of its kind to ever live.
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8 months ago Read more at KGW.com