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Aurora expert captures rare pulsating northern lights in remarkable detail: 'One of the most profound sightings of my career'

When Tom Kerss, chief aurora chaser for the Norwegian coastal voyage operator Hurtigruten, was looking back through footage from his latest season of northern lights voyages, he stumbled upon something truly remarkable. “I’ve been chasing the Northern Lights for more than 18 years, and this occurrence is one of the most profound sightings of my career and the most memorable night of…
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BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables

BCI (brain-computer interface) technology – in which neural signals are routed from a person’s head to a computer – was once the stuff of science fiction, but these days the technology represents a competitive corner of the tech industry. One of the companies racing to commercialize BCI is Neurable, which this week announced that it’s looking to license its “mind-reading” technology to…
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This glowing turtle is unlike any wildlife photo you've seen before

When you picture an environmental photo winner, you imagine something epic. Crashing waves, a lone polar bear on shrinking ice, perhaps a heartbreaking aerial shot of deforestation. Britta Jaschinski’s image is none of those things. Handprint on Sea Turtle looks, at first glance, like a digital artwork or a still from a sci-fi film: a green sea turtle rendered in deep purples and blues…
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BYD Seal 08 debuts with Blade Battery 2.0: 1,000 km range, 5-min charging, 684 hp

BYD unveiled the Seal 08, its new flagship electric sedan, at the Beijing Auto Show this weekend. The vehicle packs BYD’s second-generation Blade Battery targeting over 1,000 km of CLTC range and megawatt-level flash charging that adds 400 km of range in five minutes. It marks the first time the Blade Battery 2.0 and flash charging combination land in a full-size sedan, positioning it as a…
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