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In a Major New Report, Scientists Build Rationale For Sending Astronauts To Mars(2025-12-10 05:00:03)

A major scientific report published Tuesday argues that sending astronauts to Mars is justified by the quest to find life and conduct research that robots alone can't achieve. "We're searching for life on Mars," said Dava Newman, a professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massa...
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'Food and Fossil Fuel Production Causing $5 Billion of Environmental Damage an Hour'(2025-12-10 00:00:10)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5 billion of environmental damage per hour, according to a major UN report. Ending this harm was a key part of the global transformation of governance, economics and finance required ...
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Ask Slashdot: What Are the Best Locally-Hosted Wireless Security Cameras?(2025-12-09 20:00:23)

Longtime Slashdot reader Randseed writes: With the likes of Google Nest, Ring, and others cooperating with law enforcement, I started to look for affordable wireless IP security cameras that I can put around my house. Unfortunately, it looks like almost every thing now incorporates some kind of clou...
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How Pokemon Cards Became a Stock Market For Millennials(2025-12-09 15:00:05)

The Pokemon Trading Card Game has quietly transformed into something its creators never intended: a speculative asset class dominated by adults hunting for profit while children struggle to find a single pack on store shelves. The resale market has climbed so high that the latest set, Phantasmal Fla...
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Microsoft Excel Turns 40, Remains Stubbornly Unkillable(2025-12-09 10:00:16)

Microsoft Excel, the 40-year-old spreadsheet application that helped establish personal computers as essential workplace tools and contributed to Microsoft's current valuation of nearly $4 trillion, has weathered both the rise of cloud computing and the current AI boom largely unscathed. In its most...
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