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Independent technique validates landmark M87* image

The 2019 Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) image was the work of hundreds of scientists and captured the first direct view of a black hole's shadow—becoming one of the most recognized scientific images of the modern era. A team of four from CSIRO, Australia's national science

Interior plans public land sales

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Interior eyes public land sales and workforce change The Trump administration is planning to sell some public lands in the years ahead, it announced this week. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon The Interior Department

GOP presses ahead with Overton nomination

Presented by CareQuest {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story GOP presses ahead with Heidi Overton nomination When we last saw Heidi Overton in the Senate HELP Committee, she was dodging difficult questions from senators during her confirmation hearing in September. ©

Trump embraces Huang as espionage scandal shakes Nvidia

President Trump is standing by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang amid the tech executive’s affair with an alleged spy, heightening national security concerns around the unfolding scandal. While tech observers and lawmakers said Trump’s quick defense of Huang was expected, the situation

Nvidia is reportedly preparing to fire Jensen Huang

Nvidia's board is preparing to dismiss CEO Jensen Huang following a report from the New York Times about a second alleged extramarital affair, just days after he admitted to a separate affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy, The Wall Street Journal reports. The second

Looping DNA may help flowers grow nectar-producing organs

Nectaries are specialized floral tissues that secrete nectar to attract pollinators. Although the protein CRABS CLAW (CRC) is established as essential for nectary formation, the exact molecular mechanisms governing how it drives organ growth and secretion have remained unknown.

Trump administration announces new plan to sell public lands

The Trump administration is planning to sell some public lands in the years ahead, it announced this week. The Interior Department “will work to decrease the size of the federal estate by offering to states, localities and Tribes the opportunity to purchase federal lands,” said