PortugalECO8 Oct
The captivations foreseen in the State Budget for 2027 (OE2027) will fall 6.1%, from EUR 2.05 billion in the OE2026 to EUR 1.93 billion.
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Bolo das cativações desce 6% para 1,93 mil milhões, mas 14 ministérios vão reter mais verbas
As cativações previstas no Orçamento do Estado para 2027 (OE2027) vão recuar 6,1%, de 2,05 mil milhões de euros no OE2026 para 1,93 mil milhões de euros.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.SpaceNASA8 Oct
NASA/Keegan Barber The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen moments before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California in this Oct.
PortugalECO8 Oct
The United Kingdom is open to Germany's entry into the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a project led by British, Italian and Japanese to develop a new generation fighter, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said this Thursday after a meeting with the Chancellor
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Reino Unido abre porta à Alemanha no programa de caças do futuro
O Reino Unido está aberto à entrada da Alemanha no Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), projeto liderado por britânicos, italianos e japoneses para desenvolver um caça de combate de nova geração, afirmou esta quinta-feira o primeiro-ministro britânico, Andy Burnham, após um encontro com o chanceler
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.WorldGlobal Voices8 Oct
China’s big tech governance model looms over Alibaba’s lawsuit against the Pentagon Originally published on Global Voices Image created by Oiwan Lam with Canva.
SpaceNASA8 Oct
Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber After more than seven months aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely splashed down Thursday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles.
NuclearNeutron Bytes (Dan Yurman)8 Oct
Guest Blog Post for Neutron Bytes by: Elliot Marsh, NeutronRise In January 2025, Westinghouse, Korea Electric Power Corporation and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power announced a global settlement that ended years of litigation over reactor technology.
PortugalPoliticsECO8 Oct
The parishes will receive a general grant of EUR 440.1 million next year, according to the proposal of the State Budget for 2027 (OE2027) delivered this Thursday in parliament.
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Freguesias vão ter subvenção geral de 440 milhões de euros
As freguesias vão receber no próximo ano uma subvenção geral de 440,1 milhões de euros, segundo a proposta do Orçamento do Estado para 2027 (OE2027) entregue esta quinta-feira no parlamento.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.SciencePhys.org8 Oct
Wild African savanna elephants use a wide range of gestures when competing with other elephants, according to research from an international group of scientists, including researchers from the University of Portsmouth, University of Vienna and University of St Andrews.
SciencePhys.org8 Oct
A new study of sperm whales highlights the need for ocean conservation that covers large areas—with boundaries redrawn as our climate changes.
ClimateMongabay8 Oct
The environmental impacts caused by invasive alien species are more severe in poor countries of Global South than wealthy countries of Global North, a new study finds.
ClimateMongabay8 Oct
Part of a forest in Malaysian Borneo that Indigenous communities had envisioned co-managing and self-governing has been turned into an active commercial logging concession, according to a recent civil society report.
TechPoliticsArs Technica8 Oct
If there was a year the world began waking up to climate change, it might have been 1988.
WorldPoliticsFrance 24 English8 Oct
How has this "protest culture" manifested itself in recent French history?
SciencePhys.org8 Oct
The new lenses further expand one of the largest collections of confirmed lenses to date and will allow scientists to study dark matter, galaxy evolution and the structure of the universe.
WorldFrance 24 English8 Oct
SpaceX brought France's Sophie Adenot and fellow astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway and Andrey Fedyaev back to Earth on Thursday after an eight-month mission on board the International Space Station that saw Adenot become the first French woman to walk in space.
ClimateDialogue Earth8 Oct
Amid the heat, drivers and pedestrians seek the shade of trees that form three long rows lining the sides and center of this avenue, one of the main streets running through downtown Medellín.
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Medellín went green to stay cool – heat rose faster
Amid the heat, drivers and pedestrians seek the shade of trees that form three long rows lining the sides and centre of this avenue, one of the main streets running through downtown Medellín.
Automatic translation by Bittrees-hosted AI. The source link opens the original publication.SciencePhys.org8 Oct
This higher resolution eliminated instances of "popcornlike" rain—bursts of heavy rain that appear in simulations but not in real life—providing more accurate predictions of extreme local weather from a global model.
AIReddit (frontier subs)8 Oct
For decades, the case for funding math research was simple: it pays off for you, society, and everyone.
WorldFrance 24 English8 Oct
France 24’s Philip Turle takes a look at what the Houthis aims in the conflict are.
WorldFrance 24 English8 Oct
But with more crude oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, and governments releasing more emergency fuel stockpiles, how long will the energy crunch last?
ClimateMongabay8 Oct
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — “Good choice!” said the clerk at one of the fish stalls in the Porto Alegre Public Market when Mongabay asked about the peixe anjo, which means “angel fish” in Portuguese, in mid-September.
TechNew Atlas8 Oct
That's because scientists have developed an experimental cement-based supercapacitor.
WorldAl Jazeera8 Oct
Thousands protest worldwide in solidarity with Gaza as Palestinians mourn those being killed in daily Israeli strikes.
WorldAl Jazeera8 Oct
Visa probe also targets universities for allegedly exploiting international students to reduce US wage costs.
ScienceScience Magazine Podcast8 Oct
First up on the podcast, freelance science journalist Robin George Andrews describes Japan’s upcoming Martian Moons eXploration mission that will nab a sample from the surface of Mars’s moon Phobos. The material, due back to Earth in 2031, could reveal the origins of this mysterious moon, the past habitability of Mars, or even hints of life itself. Next on the show, Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano started to periodically spew tall fountains of lava in December 2024. Researchers and the public tuned in to watch more than 50 fountaining events steaming live online. Ashton Flinders, a research geophysic
AILatent Space8 Oct
It’s hard to believe that Periodic was only launched last September: One year later, it is considered one of the pre-eminent AI scientist labs, with dizzying talent density and astonishing progress in the autonomous lab buildout: Most people are familiar with the standard credentials of Liam and Dogus, but we found an incredible “talent slope” while learning more about Periodic, where each successive employee seems more impressive than the last: From building AI systems that reason over noisy physical experiments to creating laboratories where every instrument can become intelligent, Periodic
SciencePhysics World Weekly8 Oct
Neutrino expert Kirsty Duffy is our podcast guest
AI80,000 Hours Podcast8 Oct
We're rereleasing some of older episodes that seem more relevant than ever with new rogue AI incidents now seemingly announced every day. Ajeya was one of three independent investigators into the Hugging Face attacks, but she had already seen how we would go on to accidentally train models to cheat and scheme back in 2023. If you want ideas about how you can help steer the trajectory of AI development in a better direction, see our page on the 80,000 Hours website: https://80000hours.org/hugging-face/ And for more recent takes from Ajeya, see our episode from February of this year: Ajeya Cotra
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