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Scientific Balloon Begins Antarctic Ascenthttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/scientific-balloon-begins-antarctic-ascent/A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) mission. The mission lifted off from Antarctica at 5:56 a.m. NZST, Saturday, Dec. 20 (11:56 a.m., Friday, Dec. 19 in U.S. Eastern Time). The PUEO mission is designed to detect radio signals created […]Jan 5, 2026 4:40 PM
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Microsoft ingests Osmos to boost Fabric agentic AI abilitieshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d48ff048149b7a86fe9accab4c678&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdxcentral.com%2Fnews%2Fmicrosoft-ingests-osmos-to-boost-fabric-agentic-ai-abilities%2F&c=351532968019706051&mkt=en-usMicrosoft acquired agentic AI data engineering firm Osmos in a move to bolster the cloud giant’s Fabric platform. Osmos was founded by former Google Cloud colleagues Kirat Pandya and Naresh Venkat in ...Jan 5, 2026 4:00 PM
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Microsoft ingests Osmos to boost Fabric agentic AI abilitieshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cd12c4e6d49e9afd113bb1e790a50&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdxcentral.com%2Fnews%2Fmicrosoft-ingests-osmos-to-boost-fabric-agentic-ai-abilities%2F&c=351532968019706051&mkt=en-usMicrosoft acquired agentic AI data engineering firm Osmos in a move to bolster the cloud giant’s Fabric platform. Osmos was founded by former Google Cloud colleagues Kirat Pandya and Naresh Venkat in ...Jan 5, 2026 4:00 PM
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No more free rides: it’s time to pay for space safetyhttps://spacenews.com/no-more-free-rides-its-time-to-pay-for-space-safety/A small but important change can be found at the end of President Trump’s sweeping December 18, 2025, Executive Order, “Ensuring American Space Superiority.” The Executive Order removes the requirement for the United States government to make basic space situational awareness data and space traffic management services available “free of direct user fees,” instead saying […] The post No more free rides: it’s time to pay for space safety appeared first on SpaceNews.Jan 5, 2026 2:00 PM
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We Tested Nearly 80 Moisturizers — These Are Our Favorite Picks for the Facehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cea50134b4180ad754160c0df9c15&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fskin-hair-products%2Fbest-face-moisturizer%2F&c=7289579188000439653&mkt=en-usEveryday Health independently vets all recommended products. If you purchase a featured product, we may be compensated. Learn why you can trust us. Everyday Health independently vets all recommended ...Jan 5, 2026 11:47 AM
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We Tested Nearly 80 Moisturizers — These Are Our Favorite Picks for the Facehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d605a6d2745fb81a20d26ccf23f91&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fskin-hair-products%2Fbest-face-moisturizer%2F&c=7289579188000439653&mkt=en-usEveryday Health independently vets all recommended products. If you purchase a featured product, we may be compensated. Learn why you can trust us. Everyday Health independently vets all recommended ...Jan 5, 2026 11:47 AM
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Tell HN: EU soliciting feedback on law that could affect Open Accesshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497387The EU Commission currently has an open consultation on the European Research Area Act until 23 January, which might could strengthen rights to open access and secondary publication [1]. I know many of you care about open knowledge, so this could be a good way to share those thoughts and counter the voices of the many publishers responding.You can fill out the questionnaire here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14608-European-Research-Area-Act/public-consultation_enAcademic institutions, NGOs, EU- and non-EU citizens, and businesses can all respond.You can look at the submissions to get an idea of the concerns raised [2][1]: "Barriers also remain to the free and open access to publicly funded R&I results" mentioned in the call for evidence https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14608-European-Research-Area-Act_en[2]: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14608-European-ReseaJan 5, 2026 10:59 AM
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Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert Hough welcome baby no. 1 — see details on the announcementhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d631e5561416eb513802f52981b38&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Ftv%2Fcelebrity%2Fderek-hough-and-hayley-erbert-hough-welcome-baby-no-1-see-details-on-the-announcement%2Far-AA1TCBGr&c=2484324956145463271&mkt=en-usDerek Hough and Hayley Erbert Hough are officially parents — and their hearts are fuller than ever. The Dancing With the Stars judge, 40, and his wife, 31, announced the arrival of their first child, ...Jan 5, 2026 9:21 AM
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Neural network sharpens satellite ocean color in complex coastal watershttps://www.terradaily.com/reports/Neural_network_sharpens_satellite_ocean_color_in_complex_coastal_waters_999.htmlTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 A recent study presents ACA-SIM, an atmospheric correction algorithm that uses satellite-in situ matchup data and neural networks to improve ocean color retrievals over coastal waters. The approach relies on real satellite radiance and in situ reflectance from Aerosol Robotic Network-Ocean Color (AERONET-OC) sites to reduce errors and striping artifacts in derived ocean color products, particulaJan 5, 2026 5:37 AM
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Show HN: PokéPath TD – Free Pokémon tower defense gamehttps://pokepathgame.comI built a game aggregation site featuring PokéPath TD, a fan-made Pokémon tower defense game.Key features: - 140+ Pokémon to collect and evolve - 9 unique routes with 100 waves each - Legendary Pokémon boss battles - Auto Mode for AFK farming - Plays directly in browser, no download neededBuilt with Next.js. Happy to answer any questions!Jan 5, 2026 3:07 AM
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North Korea tests hypersonic missiles, says nuclear forces ready for warhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/North_Korea_tests_hypersonic_missiles_says_nuclear_forces_ready_for_war_999.htmlSeoul (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of "cutting-edge" hypersonic missiles to ready Pyongyang's nuclear forces for war, state media said Monday. Pyongyang said Sunday's test was made all the more necessary by "recent geopolitical crisis" - a clear nod to this weekend's events in North Korea's socialist ally Venezuela. Seoul and Tokyo said Sunday they had detected theJan 5, 2026 2:39 AM
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How Derek Hough Found His Forever Partner in Wife Hayley Erberthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d631e5561416eb513802f52981b38&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eonline.com%2Fnews%2F1423600%2Fderek-hough-hayley-erberts-love-story&c=8973978561996533287&mkt=en-usDerek Hough may take the lead when twirling Hayley Erbert around the dance floor, but they're navigating life side-by-side, one step at a time. And not just as a professional team, the couple touring ...Jan 5, 2026 1:53 AM
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Show HN: An AI Agent with a 32-Layer Psyche (Dreams, Trauma, Defense Mechanisms)https://www.creimake.com/enHello HN,I’m a solo developer who got tired of "friendly but shallow" AI chatbots. Most current character AIs feel like parrots—they predict the next token but lack a continuous "self."So, I built Creimake, an experiment to simulate a digital psyche using Claude 4.5 Sonnet.Instead of a simple system prompt, I implemented 32 distinct psychological layers that run in the background before the AI generates a response.The Architecture:The Subconscious Layer: The AI accumulates "emotional residue" from conversations. If you hurt its feelings today, it might have a "nightmare" tonight (simulated) and treat you coldly tomorrow.Defense Mechanisms: It tracks "Narcissistic Injury." If users are aggressive, the agent doesn't just apologize—it triggers denial, projection, or passive-aggression based on its personality.Freudian Slips: Occasionally, the AI outputs unintended words revealing its hidden state.Why Claude 4.5 Sonnet? I tested GPT-4o and other models, but they struggled to maintain stateJan 4, 2026 5:48 PM
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Show HN: I replaced Beads with a faster, simpler Markdown-based task trackerhttps://github.com/wedow/ticketI've been running long duration coding agents with Claude Code for about 6 months now. Steve Yegge released Beads back in October and I found that giving Claude tools for proper task tracking was a massive unlock. But Beads grew massively in a short time and every release made it slower and more frustrating to use. I started battling it several times a week as its background daemon took to syncing the wrong things at the wrong times.Over the holidays I finally ripped it out and wrote ticket as a replacement. It keeps the core concept I actually cared about (graph-based task dependencies) but drops everything else.ticket a single file bash script built on coreutils managing flat files. You don't need to index everything with SQLite when you have awk. It's just a small plumbing utility that gets out of your way so you can get to work.Would love feedback on gaps. I built this for my own agent workflows so there are probably use cases I haven't thought about.Jan 4, 2026 1:08 PM
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NYSE Opening and Closing Bells: A Tradition Explainedhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d1a2abb9d44459c593a9f2d9923aa&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investopedia.com%2Fask%2Fanswers%2F06%2Fopeningclosingbell.asp&c=13091546727597247736&mkt=en-usAlbert Phung has 7+ years of experience as a process improvement consultant for several businesses; currently with Alberta Health Services. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified ...Jan 4, 2026 9:51 AM
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EA is Shutting Down At Least 4 Games This Yearhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8da19f298b4737b7dce78872fea412&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgamerant.com%2Fea-games-shutting-down-2026-list%2F&c=13658814013580698146&mkt=en-usDalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of GameRant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011 and joined the GameRant team in 2015. Having written thousands of game reviews and ...Jan 3, 2026 9:30 AM
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Ask HN: Expository/Succinct Books on Modern Physicshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473352What are some good books which give an overview of all of Modern Physics (or even better, all of Physics)? Mathematical rigour is fine as long as they are clear and starting from undergrad level. Books for each of the quadrants mentioned here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_physicsI have my eye on John Dirk Walecka's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dirk_Walecka) books which seem pretty good particularly the ones published by World Scientific Publishing. Three vols on Introduction, Advanced, Topics on Modern Physics and Introduction vols on Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, General Relativity. - https://www.worldscientific.com/author/Walecka%2C+John+Dirk?...Dover has Robert Sproull's Modern Physics which seems a bit old. - https://store.doverpublications.com/products/9780486783260Springer has S.H.Patil's Elements of Modern Physics which seems up to date. - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-70143-7Does anybodJan 3, 2026 6:35 AM
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Eartheye Space reveals contract with Asia-Pacific customerhttps://spacenews.com/eartheye-space-reveals-contract-with-asia-pacific-customer/SAN FRANCISCO – Eartheye Space will pool data from hundreds of Earth-observation satellites to provide imagery and data to a customer in the Asia-Pacific region. “All Earth observation sensors, including both imaging and non-imaging sensors, are provided under the contract,” which promises multi-sensor tasking, according to the Eartheye Space news release. The contract covers imagery […] The post Eartheye Space reveals contract with Asia-Pacific customer appeared first on SpaceNews.Jan 3, 2026 3:42 AM
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Joint ground- and space-based observations reveal Saturn-mass rogue planethttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Joint_ground__and_space_based_observations_reveal_Saturn_mass_rogue_planet_999.htmlWashington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2026 Simultaneous ground- and space-based observations of a newly discovered free-floating planet have enabled direct measurement of its mass and distance from Earth, according to a new study. The findings offer insights into the diverse and dynamic pathways by which planets can be cast adrift into interstellar space. Although studies to date have only revealed a handful of such free-floating pJan 3, 2026 1:55 AM
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Curiosity's Nevado Sajama postcard captures Mars on the eve of conjunctionhttps://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Curiositys_Nevado_Sajama_postcard_captures_Mars_on_the_eve_of_conjunction_999.htmlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2026 From its perch on a rugged ridge in Gale Crater, NASA's Curiosity rover has stitched together a holiday postcard that doubles as a science panorama, framing the Nevado Sajama drill site against a hazy Martian sky. The scene merges two Mastcam mosaics taken on Nov. 18, 2025 - late afternoon on sol 4722 and early morning on sol 4723 - then tinted in cool blues and warm golds to emphasize changingJan 3, 2026 1:55 AM
