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Eclipse experts' best travel tips for the total solar eclipse 2027

On Aug. 2, 2027, a total solar eclipse will cast its shadow from the Strait of Gibraltar through North Africa and into the heart of the Arabian Peninsula. During the eclipse, the sun’s disk will be completely covered from our perspective on Earth for a maximum of 6 minutes,22 seconds — the longest totality on land in 36 years, and the longest totality until June 3, 2114. No wonder…
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AI & RoboticsNews

LLMs generate ‘fluent nonsense’ when reasoning outside their training zone

A new study from Arizona State University researchers suggests that the celebrated “Chain-of-Thought” (CoT) reasoning in Large Language Models (LLMs) may be more of a “brittle mirage” than genuine intelligence. The research builds on a growing body of work questioning the depth of LLM reasoning, but it takes a unique “data distribution” lens to test where and why CoT breaks down…
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NewsPhotography

Why this World Press Photo 2025 photo story hit me harder than ever

Among this year’s 2025 World Press Photo winners is Carlos Barrera, a documentary photographer and photojournalist. His photo story, titled ‘Life and Death a Country without Constitutional Rights’, won the North America and Central America Long-Term Projects category, and hits particularly hard as a Salvadoran and journalist. El Salvador has long been synonymous with violence. The…
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DefenseNews

China debuts new warship, boosts South Pacific presence

China has debuted yet another new warship built to launch amphibious landings in military exercises held this month. China’s naval branch, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, announced it launched its fourth Type 075 Amphibious Assault Ship, CNS Hubei, during…
DefenseNews

Vulcan Elements wins Pentagon deals as $65M round fuels expansion

Vulcan Elements, a 2-year-old startup manufacturing rare earth magnets in North Carolina, has quietly landed more than $10 million in Defense Department contracts across every branch of the U.S. military. The deals underscore how urgent the Pentagon’s need has become to build a domestic supply chain for one of the most critical components in modern technology. China currently produces 94% of the…
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