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Briefing: Telesat expands Canadian landing station footprint for Lightspeed

Strategic angle: Telesat has gained access to more land across Canada to set up landing stations ahead of plans to deploy pathfinders for its Lightspeed broadband constellation in December.

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Briefing: New nonprofit launches with at least $500 million to modernize scientific process for AI era

Strategic angle: Radial aims to transform the scientific landscape to better integrate artificial intelligence.

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Briefing: California communities' recovery time between wildfire smoke events is shrinking

Strategic angle: A study reveals that increasing wildfire intensity is impacting public health in California.

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Briefing: DNA Barcoding Unveils Targeting Efficiency of Gene-Therapy Nanoparticles

Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study enhances drug delivery methods for genetic therapies using DNA barcoding techniques.

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Briefing: Watching quantum behavior in action: MagnetoARPES reveals time-reversal symmetry breaking in a kagome superconductor

Strategic angle: Rice University researchers uncover new insights into superconductors using advanced quantum techniques.

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Briefing: AI Agents in Health Care: Rapid Spread and Validation Concerns

Strategic angle: Experts at HIMSS 2026 raise alarms over the lack of validation for AI agents in health care.

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Briefing: Opinion: I’m a medical student. RFK Jr. is right about medical school and preventive care

Strategic angle: In medical school, a student writes, she has learned to react first, focus on prevention later.

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Briefing: STAT+: A top biotech VC quietly helped Epstein’s ‘great friend’ make a comeback

Strategic angle: Boris Nikolic’s career looked to be in tatters after his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein came to light in 2019. But he has quietly made a comeback, with some help from…

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Briefing: Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’

Strategic angle: Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits.

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Briefing: Ultrasound Repellers Could Keep Hedgehogs Off Roads, Scientists Hope

Strategic angle: Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths.

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Briefing: Sale of rat poisons could be restricted to protect Australian wildlife

Strategic angle: Regulator recommends rodenticides be removed from Bunnings and supermarkets shelves and sold only to licensed professionals.

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Briefing: A massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami

Strategic angle: Scientists confirm the Silverpit Crater was formed by a 160-meter asteroid impact 43–46 million years ago.

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Briefing: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4825-4831: Exploring the Borderlands

Strategic angle: Curiosity is in the last stage of its exploration of the spiderweb-like boxwork unit.

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Briefing: A Most Unusual Lake

Strategic angle: Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, contains unusually high levels of dissolved oxygen and cone-shaped microbial reefs resembling some of Earth’s oldest fossils.

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Briefing: Anduril to acquire space-tracking firm ExoAnalytic Solutions

Strategic angle: Deal adds ground-based telescope network and space surveillance data to defense tech company’s expanding space business.

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Briefing: About Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools Project

Strategic angle: NASA’s Subsonic Vehicle Technologies and Tools (SVTT) project develops technologies for various aircraft speed regimes.

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Briefing: Vegans develop complex skills to navigate an omnivorous society, new research shows

Strategic angle: Going vegan is a life-changing decision that requires navigating a society dominated by omnivorous choices.

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Briefing: Study reveals how Ethiopia's hyenas combat climate change, save money for waste management and prevent disease

Strategic angle: Research shows spotted hyenas play a crucial role in reducing carbon emissions and managing waste in urban areas.

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Briefing: ‘My lovely distraction’: live stream of kākāpō – world’s fattest parrot – and her chicks captivates New Zealand

Strategic angle: More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch ‘kākāpō cam’, which captures a rare flightless bird sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders.

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Briefing: Convergence in the canopy: Why the Gracixalus weii treefrog sounds like a songbird

Strategic angle: Exploring the unique vocalizations of the Gracixalus weii treefrog and its evolutionary significance.

Editorial Staff Mar 11