Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year | “We’re feeling pretty good about that,” Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said.

We visit Langford Lakes nature reserve in Wiltshire, home to the River Wylye chalk stream.

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Quantum computing and AI may one day work together NESPIX/Shutterstock Quantum computers might eventually be able to handle some AI applications that currently require huge amounts of conventional computing power. Such a development would be a major boost to machine learning and similar artificial intelligence algorithms. Quantum computers hold the promise of eventually being able…

At first, their predictions were 10 times fuzzier than data-driven inferences. Low-energy particles tend to spread out, so capturing their possible positions requires using a huge lattice. High-energy particles need a comparatively smaller grid, but one with an extremely fine mesh. “Back then, it was unimaginable that one day lattice would reach the same precision”…

Poll: Majority of UK public want to see equal action to cut CO2 and adapt to climate change  BusinessGreen

An outbreak of parasitic illness linked to iceberg lettuce is affecting nine U.S. states, federal health officials have announced. That’s up from the five affected states that were identified in earlier stages of the officials’ investigation. This lettuce-related outbreak is one of several in the U.S. that are being caused by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis,…