The Navy Extracted a Jet Fighter from 12,400 Feet below the South China Sea

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May 02, 2022

Defense The Navy Extracted a Jet Fighter from 12,400 Feet below the South China Sea But the U.S. must probe even further to catch up with China's access to the ocean's deepest reaches By Jason Sherman

Policy Cryptocurrencies and NFTs Are a Buyer Beware Market Scams and volatility plague this market, and the Biden administration is still trying to decide where the federal government fits in By The Editors

Water Coastal Cities Are Drinking Themselves Underwater Cities are sinking as they guzzle groundwater, and oil and gas, from below By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Epidemiology Climate Change Will Boost Viral Outbreaks Modeling study is first to project how global warming will increase animal encounters and virus swapping between species By Natasha Gilbert,Nature magazine

Quantum Computing How to Fix Quantum Computing Bugs The same physics that makes quantum computers powerful also makes them finicky. New techniques aim to correct errors faster than they can build up By Zaira Nazario

Engineering New Tech Conveys Emotional Touch Long-Distance Complex social information can be felt through a virtual touch By Richard Sima

Artificial Intelligence AI Sommelier Generates Wine Reviews without Ever Opening a Bottle A new algorithm writes wine and beer reviews that sound like they were penned by human critics. Is that a good thing? By Joanna Thompson

Psychology The Dark Side of Collaboration People working together often scheme to put profits ahead of telling the truth. New research points to ways to stop this behavior By Margarita Leib

Oceans Scientists Warn of Looming Mass Ocean Extinction If greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed, temperature spikes could bring the first such mass extinction in 250 million years By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

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QUOTE OF THE DAY "If China somehow gained access to the crashed F-35C, this would represent a major technology coup and allow the Chinese military aviation industry to gain insights to support its indigenous FC-31 fifth-generation fighter aircraft program--that is heavily influenced by the F-35." Tai Ming Chung, expert on China's military modernization, University of California, San Diego

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