NASA is preparing for its next Moon landing, and it is ordering new spacesuits for the journey. It has granted Axiom Space a $228.5 million contract to make a “moonwalking system” for the agency’s return to the lunar surface. Axiom was among two firms in the running to make spacesuits for NASA’s Artemis program, which […]
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Comcast intends to bring multi-gig internet speeds to 34 cities throughout the United States by the end of the year and will afterward grow its reach to more than 50 million homes by the end of 2025. According to a press release, the internet provider has begun rolling out 2-gig speeds over its broadband network
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NASA has “holoported” somebody to the International Space Station for the first time, demonstrating a new method for astronauts and people on Earth to interact with one another. Holoportation 101 Holoportation is the creation of Microsoft research. While the name is one portmanteau of “hologram” and “teleportation,” that does not quite explain the technology– it
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After several setbacks, NASA is slowly scheduling its Artemis I mission’s launch dates of September 23rd or 27th. Several things will need to go right for both dates to be possible, such as repairs to the rocket’s fueling system, a sign-off from the Space Force, and managing to stay clear of an array of space scheduling conflicts. Artemis I
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A group of scientists led by Meenesh Singh at the College of Illinois Chicago has discovered a way to convert 100% carbon dioxide from the industrial exhaust into ethylene, a fundamental building block for plastic products. Their findings are released in Cell Reports Physical Science. While scientists have been exploring the possibility of transforming carbon
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Mercedes-Benz and Rivian have announced they are collaborating to develop “bespoke large” commercial electric vans. The firms signed a memorandum of understanding to begin a strategic collaboration that will invest in a new factory. The a target is to use an existing Mercedes-Benz site in Central or Eastern Europe. Marking Rivian’s first foothold in the
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The natural world has its own intrinsic electrical grid composed of a world web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil and seas that “breathe” by exhaling excess electrons. In a new study, Yale College researchers found that light is an unexpected ally in fostering this electronic activity within biofilm bacteria. Revealing bacteria-produced nanowires to light,
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Engineers have repaired a concern affecting information from NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft. Back this year, the probe’s attitude articulation and control system (AACS), that keeps Voyager 1’s antenna pointed at Earth, started sending garbled information regarding its health and activities to mission controllers, despite operating normally. The rest of the probe also seemed healthy as
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When Yanina Bellini Saibene has started her career in information science at the National Institute of Agricultural Innovation in La Pampa, Argentina, she was not fluent in English. She had learned a little English at secondary school. However, her family could not afford the added courses she would have required to master the language, and
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Squirrel With a Gun is a future Steam video game developed in Unreal Engine 5 that has gone viral because of its main protagonist, a squirrel… whit a gun. Dan DeEntremont is developing the video game. Footage of the game highlights the titular Squirrel running through a town with normal-sized guns, going after unsuspecting people, and
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