Ukraine's Drone Use, H-1B Visa Uncertainty, New Species In 2024

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🗓️ 24 December 2024

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Facing a manpower shortage, Ukraine is relying more and more on unmanned flying attack drones. The visas used by foreign-born scientists is an immigration category expected to come under renewed scrutiny under the incoming presidential administration. And, a look at three new species added to the scientific record this year.

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0:52.3	Ukraine's military is increasingly relying on unmanned attack drones in its fight against Russia.
0:57.8	We try to take out as many as we can before they reach our positions, but sometimes there are just too many and it's impossible to hold.
1:05.2	I'm Asma Khalid, and this is up first from NPR news.
1:10.9	Scientific research in the U.S. is driven by foreign workers on temporary visas.
1:15.6	I really like Stanford, but I would have to see what kinds of changes happen under Trump.
1:22.1	Why scientists are worried about this visa category they rely on.
1:26.0	And we often hear about endangered species. But what
1:29.3	about the thousands of new species identified each year?
1:32.9	When I saw, I was kind of mesmerized by it. Stay with us. We'll give you all the news you need
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