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Blue Origin’s New Glenn put a customer satellite in the wrong orbit during its third launch

The first major failure of Blue Origin's new heavy-launch system could create delays to its ambition to help NASA and the Trump administration return to the Moon.

TechCrunch 3 months ago

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A new force of nature is reshaping the planet, study finds

Human societies didn’t just adapt to the planet—they learned to reshape it. From early fire use to today’s global supply chains, our cultural and social innovations have unlocked extraordinary power to transform Earth and improve human life. But...

Science Daily 3 months ago

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Blue Origin successfully re-uses a New Glenn rocket for the first time ever

It's a major milestone for the company's new mega-rocket system, putting it in position to challenge SpaceX's dominance of the global launch market.

TechCrunch 3 months ago

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I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers—here’s what a shot day looks like

The laser was used to study the physics of stellar interiors and fusion energy, among other things.

Ars Technica 3 months ago

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Iran: Prolonged conflict reshapes view of the regime, analyst says

FRANCE 24’s guest Mehran Kamrave, Director of the Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, analyses Iran’s strategy towards the United States, highlighting three key levers the regime can rely on: sanctions, the...

France 24 3 months ago

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The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off

This week, NASA announced it had shut down one of that spacecraft's remaining science instruments — not because the mission has failed, but to keep it alive a little longer.

NPR News 3 months ago

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Ethiopia journalist abduction sparks press freedom fears

The managing editor of one of Ethiopia’s last independent media outlets remains missing after being kidnapped by masked men inside the Addis Standard newsroom on Wednesday. Ethiopia, already one of the biggest jailers of journalists in sub-Saharan...

France 24 3 months ago

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Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are leaving OpenAI as the company shuts down Sora and folds its science team, signaling a sharp pivot away from consumer moonshots toward enterprise AI.

TechCrunch 3 months ago

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Kanye West concert canceled in Poland

The Polish government had urged organizers "not to make public space available to promoters of a criminal ideology." Kanye has disavowed and apologized his previous pro-Nazi stance, linking it to his bipolar disorder.

DW News 3 months ago

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Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations

A security researcher published details of three security vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, and the code used to exploit them. Now, hackers are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in real life attacks, according to a cybersecurity firm.

TechCrunch 3 months ago

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A man wrongfully served 17 years for rape. Now another man has been convicted

Malkinson had his rape conviction quashed in 2023 after fresh DNA analysis linked a new suspect to the offence.

BBC News 3 months ago

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Ukraine’s long-range strikes prompt new Russian threat against Europe

Ukraine has penetrated Russian airspace with unprecedented numbers of drones, denying Russia windfall oil profits.

Al Jazeera 3 months ago

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What to know about OpenAI's new model for life sciences research GPT-Rosalind

The GPT-Rosalind model is designed to accelerate biological research and drug discovery.

Euronews 3 months ago

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A “lost world” beneath the North Sea was once full of forests

Long before rising seas swallowed Doggerland beneath the North Sea, this lost landscape may have been a surprisingly lush and life-friendly haven. New DNA evidence reveals that forests of oak, elm, and hazel were already thriving there more than...

Science Daily 3 months ago

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A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend

This weekend's scheduled Blue Origin rocket launch is rather momentous. Success would signal an end to SpaceX's monopoly on reusable orbital launch vehicles, and set up a three-way race to make that "No Service" indicator on your phone disappear...

The Verge 3 months ago