Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ A Jupiter-size planet that escaped its star's death—It's unclear how the planet avoided its star's bloated red giant stage...

+ Overhaul of public lands grazing regulations seeks to cut public involvement—For the first time since 1995, the Bureau of Land Management is rewrit...

+ Quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor—Reinforcement learning uses error information to adjust control algori...

+ Check out the first images of Quest shipwreck—The Quest shipwreck is in worse shape than expected, but it has turned...

+ An orbiting disco ball gave Einstein’s theory its most precise test yet—The Earth may not be that massive, but it still distorts space-time. [...

+ Is an air-conditioning revolution coming to Europe?—The AC culture wars may be solved by advances in environmentally frien...

+ Flores Hobbits' eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past—If Homo floresiensis wasn't a fire-using hunter, its origins could be ...

+ Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing.—"The Starship Pez dispenser demonstrates very smart industrial design ...

+ TikTok users don't have as much agency over their FYPs as they think—The "not interested" feature is your friend, but users must intentiona...

+ Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space—"The BOHR mission serves as a pathfinder for future nuclear-powered sp...

+ Ocean rift zone saw spreading happen in a sudden burst—The crust expands at mid-ocean rifts. But how? [Category: Science, Ear...

+ US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge—Miners backed by Trump admin sell to Japan, South Korea despite push t...

+ Dragonflies maneuver like fighter pilots—Male dragonflies' dramatic aerial combat maneuvers emerge from relativ...

+ NRC is (sort of) getting rid of "as low as reasonably achievable" standard—Its issues with current nuclear safety standards are termed semantic, ...

+ Katalyst's satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA's Swift—It will take several weeks for the Link spacecraft to rendezvous with ...

+ Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules—Chemicals from accidents that injured or killed people increased by ne...

+ The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth's first crust—The heat of the Hadean may have come from impacts as well as the inter...

+ When the ability to smell goes away—Disturbances in this critical sense are often linked to problems with ...

+ A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why—Biology could explain the find, but there are other potential explanat...

+ Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone—NASA awarded Rocket Lab deals for three dedicated launches using the c...

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+ Judge dismisses Jan. 6 charges against Proud Boys leaders—U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly dismissed seditious conspiracy charg...

+ One dead, hundreds rescued in devastating Missouri flooding—More than 350 people were rescued in Iron, Reynolds and Crawford count...

+ Amazon rainforest deforestation hits lowest level in more than a decade—Satellite data show a 37% deforestation decrease in the world's larges...

+ Death toll after Venezuela earthquake rises to 4,333—The June 24 twin earthquakes in Venezuela devastated the coastal state...

+ 15 dead in Vietnam tourist boat accident—A speedboat capsized off the coast of Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam Satur...

+ Suspect in Widdecombe killing released, search continues—A man arrested in the attack and killing of British former Member of P...

+ Trump threatens to 'decimate and destroy' Iran if they try to kill him—President Donald Trump threatened to "decimate and destroy" Iran if th...

+ Housing bill becomes law without Trump's signature—A broad housing bill passed by Congress became law at midnight Saturda...

+ On This Day, July 11: Kingpin 'El Chapo' escapes from Mexican prison—On July 11, 2015, Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped from a m...

+ Canada, Michigan to open Gordie Howe International Bridge at end of July—Canada and Michigan said that a long-planned bridge linking Ontario an...

+ Maine Democrats scramble to find Senate replacement for Platner—Maine Democrats are hoping to convene by the end of July to find a Sen...

+ Apple sues OpenAI, alleges theft of 'trade secrets'—Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and former Apple employees that w...

+ HD Hyundai Marine Solution teams with Japan’s Weathernews—HD Hyundai Marine Solution said that the company has teamed up with We...

+ Bipartisan senators reach deal on stalled Russian sanctions bill—First introduced in 2025, the Sanctioning Russia Act would have impose...

+ Trump administration rescinds key rule protecting endangered wildlife—The Trump administration on Friday rescinded a key provision of the En...

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