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The Hubble Space Telescope is facing its most serious glitch in a decade and NASA really wants to fix it

Space.com: The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is facing its most serious malfunction in more than a decade, and while NASA is eager to restore the iconic observatory, the agency…

The Tech Cold War’s ‘Most Complicated Machine’ That’s Out of China’s Reach

New York Times: President Biden and many lawmakers in Washington are worried these days about computer chips and China’s ambitions with the foundational technology. But a massive machine sold by a…

5G delivering 100Mbps+ downloads in four UK cities

Electronics Weekly: 5G network testing by RootMetrics in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and Nottingham has shown that while Vodafone and O2 delivered strong 5G median download speeds, EE is the leader when it comes to providing consistently broad availability plus fast speeds….

How Animals Color Themselves With Nanoscale Structures

Quanta Magazine: Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet macaws, clown fish, toucans, blue-ringed octopuses and so many more: The animal kingdom has countless denizens with extraordinarily colorful beauty. But in many cases, scientists know much more about how the animals use their colors…