ICE wants to create a 24/7 social media surveillance team

Together, these teams would operate as intelligence arms of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division. They will take incoming tips and cases, research people online and package the results into files that field offices could use to plan arrests. The scope of information contractors are expected to collect is broad. The draft instructions specify open…

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Scientists map microbiome hidden deep in tree trunks

October 13, 2025 2 minimum reading Scientists map microbiome hidden deep in tree trunks The inner heartwood of trees harbors methane-producing microbes adapted to oxygen-poor swamps and cow guts. By Saugat Bolakhe edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Darrell Gulin/Getty Images Scientists have mapped populations of microbes in human intestines, deep-sea ecosystems, and even clouds. However,…

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Natron shutdown is not the end of the sodium ion

natron energya sodium-ion battery startup based in Santa Clara, California, the operation ceased on September 3 due to funding issues. Just a year ago, the company made headlines for its plans build a one-of-a-kind factory worth $1.4 billion in North Carolina to manufacture up to 14 gigawatt-hours of sodium-ion batteries. While experts say Natron’s closure…

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