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Ames Science Stars of the Month July 2026https://www.nasa.gov/general/ames-stars-of-the-month-july-2026/NASA Ames Science Stars of the Month: July 2026 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Sungshin Choi, Yi-Chun Chen, Emma Yates, Eduardo Bendek. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this world and beyond. Space Biosciences […]
Jun 30, 2026 9:12 AM
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Thoughts on Asimovian AI Beyond LLMs and Creative Machineshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48671659Asimovian AI is the ideal AI that should have emerged in an ideal universe — the AI intended to replace the grueling pains and labors of the masses, not the one striving to become a businessman's utopia of intellectual worker replacement.Intention is the most important aspect of any implementation, and we are seeing the results of current AI implementation right in front of us: workers getting sacked with each passing day, humanity competing with itself day in and day out over who impresses their superiors more on these token metrics, emerging glorious narratives of how AI will be 'The Future', the recurring advice of 'Use AI or perish in the tech market'. Now who really gains from these events and who loses? I wonder if anyone ever gives serious thought to this broader question or just keeps being a cog in the corporate wheel like everyone else.It's high time we pushed the "Pause AI" button right now and take a breather and reflect a bit on what exactly is going on here. And no, no bi
Jun 25, 2026 10:55 AM
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The AI Conundrum: We are living in highly subsidized, interesting timeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622280If you trace the timeline of how LLMs went from a technologist's dream to early text-generation toys, to the world-shifting launch of ChatGPT, and finally to the daily drivers of modern programming (Sonnet, Opus), it has taken less than a decade. It’s a thrilling, almost unbelievable tale.Let's look at how we got here, and the wall the industry is currently hitting.- The Dream Phase (2010-2016). By the dawn of the last decade (2011), an interesting thing was happening. The two platforms, Wikipedia and Stack Overflow, had started gaining tremendous traction, folks were collaborating on these platforms to openly exchange knowledge. Looking back, this feels like a more ideal, community-driven path for humanity — one we abandoned for the centralized architecture we have today.- The Disruption Phase (2016-2021). A perfect storm of unrelated events paved the way for AI. By 2017, new programmers were growing deeply frustrated by Stack Overflow's rigid policies, subjective question rejections,
Jun 21, 2026 8:24 PM
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Show HN: Tin Validate, a tax ID validator that explains why checks pass or failhttps://tin-validate.com/After a year and a half of hard work, we recently released TIN Validate (tin-validate.com), a Tax Identification Number (TIN) validator available through both a web portal and a REST API.Over the past few years, we have seen a significant increase in regulations aimed at strengthening tax compliance and the automatic exchange of tax information. In Europe for example, the DAC7 directive now requires collaborative platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com to report users' income along with tax information. Financial institutions are also already required to perform international tax reporting under FATCA and CRS.As a result, there is an increasing need for TIN validation. During our research, we found that while this space was already occupied by a few established providers, many of the products felt brittle, lacked transparency, and were often surprisingly expensive. We felt there was room for a different approach.What we are bringing to the table that we believe is different:1. Support
Jun 20, 2026 7:17 PM
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Department of Health and Human Services Digital Stockpile & Manufacturing Response Network Challengehttps://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/department-of-health-and-human-services-digital-stockpile-manufacturing-response-network-challenge/NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies. Sponsored by the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), a division of the U.S. Department of […]
Jun 16, 2026 2:39 PM
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Explore JPL to Take Place Oct. 10, 11https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/jpl/explore-jpl-to-take-place-oct-10-11/Celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory invites the public to its campus at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California for an open-house event, Explore JPL. On Oct. 10 and 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. PDT, visitors will get the chance to visit JPL’s most iconic facilities and explore four thematic areas: Missions That Changed the World, Moon to Mars, In […]
Jun 16, 2026 12:34 AM
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Mission Control | Keeping Columbus Running 24/7 | ESA Explores #19https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/06/Mission_Control_Keeping_Columbus_Running_24_7_ESA_Explores_19Step inside the Columbus Control Centre near Munich, Germany, and discover what it takes to keep ESA's Columbus laboratory running—24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Jun 12, 2026 10:00 AM
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NASA’s CloudCube Pioneers Miniaturized Radar to Study Clouds, Precipitationhttps://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/nasas-cloudcube-pioneers-miniaturizedradar-to-study-clouds-precipitation/A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will make it easier to collect information about dynamic cloud systems. Called CloudCube, this new instrument simultaneously probes the atmosphere with three radar signals, spanning 36 to 240 GHz, for optimized sensitivity to a wide range of water droplet and ice particle sizes.
Jun 10, 2026 12:00 PM
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4900-4907: Pasadena, We Have a Drill Sample!https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4900-4907-pasadena-we-have-a-drill-sample/Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Earth planning date: Friday, May 22, 2026 I spent this past weekend eagerly awaiting the downlink from Mars that would show us the results of Curiosity’s drill attempt at “Campo Marte.” A few weeks ago, when Curiosity drilled the “Atacama” […]
May 28, 2026 7:37 PM
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Streetwear Power Ranking: The 2026 Editionhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb42c85d1487698c65899681440a7&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.complex.com%2Fstyle%2Fa%2Fmike-destefano%2Fstreetwear-power-ranking-2026-edition&c=10348326293197508386&mkt=en-usComplex’s 2026 Streetwear Power Ranking names the 25 most powerful figures in streetwear, defining power as the ability to move product, open stores, land major collaborations, and sustain both ...
May 28, 2026 6:30 AM
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Propuesta TLBIC v4.1 – «La sabiduría de dialogar con un espejo imperfectohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303533Queridas y queridos lectores: He añadido al final de la propuesta un nuevo apartado titulado «La sabiduría de dialogar con un espejo imperfecto». En él explico el enfoque y los principios con los que formulé preguntas y repetí conversaciones durante la elaboración de este documento. Les agradecería mucho que pudieran leerlo. Gracias de corazón por dedicar tiempo a este mensaje.Propuesta TLBIC – Ver. 4.1 en español: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15rlxbu23AscxHxZC1ViIht-hAP4-MBvH/view?usp=drive_linkPropuesta TLBIC – Ver. 4.1 en japonés: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LqPFisBPr53kcOXGElk8AnBQoTeHrCO8/view?usp=drive_linkDear everyone, I have added a new section at the end of the proposal titled “The Wisdom of Dialoguing with an Imperfect Mirror.” It explains the approach and principles I followed while asking questions and refining the conversations during the creation of this proposal. I would be grateful if you could take a look. Thank you very much for reading this message.
May 28, 2026 2:12 AM
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NASA Highlights 2025 International Space Station Science Resultshttps://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/nasa-highlights-2025-international-space-station-science-results/To dive deeper into the International Space Station research achievements from the past year, browse the 2025 Annual Highlights of Results, which NASA released in May 2026. In 2025, researchers using the orbital laboratory conducted more than 750 investigations that advanced understanding of life in space, drove innovations to benefit people on Earth, and supported […]
May 21, 2026 2:00 PM
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Johnson Photographers Honored for Award-Winning Portraitshttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/johnson-photographers-honored-for-award-winning-portraits/Three photographers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center who inspire the world through visual storytelling earned top honors in the portrait category at the 2025 NASA Imagery Experts Program Annual Awards. “Congratulations to all three on this impressive achievement and for capturing such breathtaking imagery,” said Johnson Director Vanessa Wyche. “Their work represents the collaboration, precision, […]
May 18, 2026 9:28 PM
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Three bakers build shared bakery in Westcliffehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a1b61f6714a858153ade1a3286d89&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Ffoodanddrink%2Ffoodnews%2Fthree-bakers-build-shared-bakery-in-westcliffe%2Far-AA23vmw3&c=14232115446587343799&mkt=en-us(WESTCLIFFE, Colo.) — In Westcliffe, Colorado, three bakers have come together under one roof to create a shared space built on collaboration, community, and fresh daily baking. At 411 Main Street, ...
May 18, 2026 1:33 PM
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Ask HN: What's your experience with AI in hiring?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111921"AI-native hiring" is just faster keyword/vector matching. Every atomic hiring step such as filtering applicants, moving to different stages involves, we will be dealing with 100s of judgement parameters before we take any action forward. What are we offloading to AI today? - just admin tasks or human judgements?- Sourcing and filtering are intensive human judgements operations. - Accepting applications, managing, organising, collaborating, outreach are most time admin consuming tasks in hiring pipeline.Simple ATS sass automates most of these things. AI is a great tool, but before fitting into hiring user flows where judgements >>> automations, we need to resolve on fundamental principle, AI-augmented judgment or AI-replaced judgment? Which you think is actually working well today for HR professionals? Has AI helped, or just added noise?
May 12, 2026 6:04 PM
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NASA Sends Mars Helicopter Blades Beyond Mach 1https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasa-sends-mars-helicopter-blades-beyond-mach-1/Description Engineer Fernando Mier-Hicks inspects a test stand used to investigate the performance of next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades at high speeds inside the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. Data from the tests indicate that the rotors could surpass the sound barrier without breaking apart. The […]
May 7, 2026 6:33 PM
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NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Are Moving Fasthttps://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-next-gen-mars-helicopter-rotors-are-moving-fast/Description Engineer Jaakko Karras inspects a next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blade prior to supersonic speed testing in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. The three-bladed rotor hanging horizontally in the foreground is the next-gen rotor being tested. The vertically aligned two-bladed rotor provided a “headwind,” enabling […]
May 7, 2026 6:32 PM
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NASA Pushes Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotor Blades Past Mach 1https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasa-pushes-next-gen-mars-helicopter-rotor-blades-past-mach-1/The rotor blades that will carry NASA’s next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during March tests at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Data from the tests, which took place in a special chamber that can simulate environmental conditions on the Red Planet, indicate that the fastest traveling part of […]
May 7, 2026 6:28 PM
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NASA eClips and GLOBE Educators Strengthen a Regional STEM Ecosystem in Coastal Virginiahttps://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/nasa-eclips-and-globe-educators-strengthen-a-regional-stem-ecosystem-in-coastal-virginia/Thirty-eight science educators representing seven school districts across Virginia’s Tidewater region joined forces with community organizations, such as the Elizabeth River Project, to deepen their instructional practice through a dynamic collaboration between NASA eClips and the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) Program. Together, these groups are cultivating a regional STEM ecosystem […]
May 5, 2026 9:20 PM
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Science in Spacehttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/science-in-space/Astronauts Chris Williams of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency work together in the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox, processing genetic-material samples for the DNA Nano Therapeutics‑3 experiment. The investigation is exploring DNA‑inspired assembly techniques as a way to manufacture treatments—such as chemotherapy and immunotherapy—that can kill cancer cells and activate […]
Apr 28, 2026 2:46 PM