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SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana

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Eric Berger • August 3, 2026 SpaceX and the state of Louisiana are close to finalizing a deal for the launch company to acquire about 130,000 acres along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. There have been persistent rumors about such an agreement for months, but now The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans

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Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters

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Sarah J. Morath, The Conversation • August 3, 2026 Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to leave enforcement only to the executive branch. Congress specifically wrote into

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How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark

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Matthew MacConnell • August 3, 2026 Every so often, I’ll be piloting some sensor-laden, software-defined press car down a dark stretch of highway when an oncoming driver’s high beams arrive like a targeted retinal strike, an involuntary reminder that modern automotive lighting has entered its own lumen arms race. Anyone who has driven at night

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2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport: The cheap car isn’t completely extinct yet

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Jonathan M. Gitlin • August 3, 2026 As so many career counselors and lifestyle coaches have explained, first impressions matter. A bad one can set the tone for an entire relationship, whether that’s with a person, a novel, a restaurant, or a car. And the 2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport and I did not get off

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Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model

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Robert Pearlman • August 3, 2026 For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has looked out into the Universe. Now, Lego is inviting builders to look inward with its latest model of the orbiting observatory. The new Lego Icons Hubble Space Telescope (set no. 11382) was released on August 1 for $140 at the toy

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An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

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Nate Anderson • August 3, 2026 Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico’s largest university. For the first time, they did it completely remotely, using a “lockdown” browser and AI-powered webcam proctoring software, over several weeks from late May through early June. It was a disaster. When exam results

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Spider-Man and The Odyssey are splitting up IMAX screens after a record-breaking weekend

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Emma Roth • August 3, 2026 Spider-Man: Brand New Day is joining The Odyssey in IMAX theaters after both movies led the biggest weekend in box office history. On Monday, IMAX announced that Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be available in select digital IMAX locations across North America starting Thursday, August 6th. The news comes

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Samsung’s 2TB 9100 Pro SSD is actually somewhat reasonably priced

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Cameron Faulkner • August 3, 2026 Next to buying RAM, finding a fast, high-capacity NVMe SSD at a reasonable price has been a challenge during RAMageddon. I don’t want to say it’s getting easier, but one of Samsung’s latest SSDs is cheaper than it has sold for since February 2026. That’s something, right? Amazon has

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US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own

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Jeremy Hsu • August 3, 2026 Ukrainian drone operators have destroyed many Russian armored vehicles on the ground and even military helicopters in midair using $400 Shrike drones with explosive payloads. Now thousands of such drones are getting upgraded with an AI system capable of autonomously tracking and homing in on moving targets. In mid-July,

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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

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Jennifer Ouellette • August 3, 2026 It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly slipped through the cracks. July’s list includes outfitting cyborg cockroaches with a tiny diving suit for

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