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SpaceX reached a milestone with its latest Starlink launch, sending the satellites into orbit on its 600th flight of a flight-proven booster. The sexacentennial launch came on the second of two Falcon 9 missions that lifted off less than eight hours apart overnight from Monday to Tuesday (July 13 to July 14). The first flight,…

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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on charges of mishandling government funds and making threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has begun after months of heightened political tensions in the country. In a dramatic turn, Duterte ally Senator Rodante Marcoleta was arrested on a plunder charge shortly before the start of the trial on…

For much of the early 20th century, quantum mechanics was one of the most puzzling ideas in science. The theory challenged conventional thinking and left even leading physicists struggling to make sense of its implications. A century later, it has become the foundation of technologies that influence daily life, including lasers, microchips, secure communications, and…

For much of my career in computer science, I viewed the detection of software vulnerabilities as a craft. The best researchers combine technical skill with intuition: the ability to tell whether a software crash was a minor glitch or a sign of a more serious vulnerability. For decades, machines found bugs and humans decided which…

By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA Medical researchers have created a gut microbiome database for almost all age groups of Taiwanese in a breakthrough for public health research, doctors said yesterday. A large-scale study has enabled the tracking of changes in the gut flora of Taiwanese up to 93 years of age, Linkou…