George Clooney shares heartbreaking news of sister’s death
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George Clooney shares heartbreaking news of sister’s death

The star's sibling died on Friday, December 19, following a battle with cancerGeorge Clooney shared the heartbreaking news of his sister's death. Adelia 'Ada' Zeidler passed away at the age of 65. The star's sibling died on Friday, December 19, following a battle with cancer, according toPEOPLE. Clooney confirmed his sister's death to the outlet on Saturday, calling her his 'hero' and reflecting on her bravery. 'My sister, Ada, was my hero. She faced down cancer with courage and humor. I've never met anyone so brave. Amal and I will miss her terribly.' Zeidler had 'died peacefully' while 'surrounded by the people she loved' on December 19 'at St. Elizabeth Healthcare' located...
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NASA space telescope sees interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS flare up while exiting the solar system
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NASA space telescope sees interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS flare up while exiting the solar system

NASA's SPHEREx captured these infrared observations during a December 2025 campaign, revealing dust, water, organic molecules and carbon dioxide in comet 3I/ATLAS's coma.(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)New infrared observations reveal the rare interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS dramatically brightening during its farewell tour of the solar system. NASA's SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) space telescope captured views in December 2025 of the comet releasing a surge of gas, dust and complex molecules two months after the object's closest approach to the sun — a surprising outburst that's giving scientists their clearest chemical look yet at material formed around another star, according to a statement from NASA."Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to significantly brighten," Carey Lisse, lead...
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Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center
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Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center

The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder in December.RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty ImagesA leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to disassemble the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, one of the world’s top weather and climate research centers, which the admin views as a source of climate change alarmism.The computing center, which is slated to be turned over to an unspecified third party, runs weather and climate research models and is used by about 1,500 researchers from over 500 universities around the country. The work done on this supercomputer benefits the American people by leading to more accurate forecasts of extreme weather and climate events, aircraft...
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HCLTech joins Microsoft Discovery Platform to accelerate research innovation
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HCLTech joins Microsoft Discovery Platform to accelerate research innovation

NEW YORK and NOIDA, India – WEBWIRE – Friday, December 26, 2025 HCLTech, a leading global technology company, announced that it has joined the Microsoft Discovery platform, an advanced agentic AI platform designed to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. As part of this collaboration, HCLTech will participate in deep technical onboarding sessions with Microsofts Discovery team to align platform architecture, partner collaboration models and explore joint go-to-market opportunities. Following onboarding, HCLTech will take part in projects to accelerate solutions in areas such as chemistry and materials science, drug discovery and semiconductor design, leveraging its strong domain expertise across industries. Through the Discovery initiative, HCLTechjoins a select group of research institutions and tech innovators shaping the next frontier of innovation. The Microsoft Discovery platform empowers R&D teams to conduct large-scale data processing and simulation, automate workflows and accelerate scientific innovation to...
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