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11/24/2024 01:20:15 pm

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Heavy lifters

Why did SpaceX Beat Boeing in the Space Race? Perhaps it’s also the Pay

SpaceX has just won the New Space Race.

The money race for space

Dragon Wins; SpaceX Beats Boeing in New Space Race

SpaceX has already achieved notable firsts in this space race against Boeing.

Pills

Abortion Rates Worldwide are Still Disturbing

WHO noted the abortion rate was higher in countries with more restrictive abortion laws.

Dwarf planet

The Darkest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System is Named Snow White

Snow White or 2007 OR10 is the third-largest dwarf planet discovered in the solar system.

A life saver

Ingestible Origami Robot could be a Life Saver when Swallowed

Once unfurled, it proceeded to remove a button battery stuck to wall of a simulated stomach.

Future death

Futuristic US Navy Zumwalt Destroyers to be Deployed to the Pacific Facing China

The railgun to be mounted on DDG-1002 will have a range of over 160 km and will fire special hypervelocity rounds.

Extinct due to climate change

Climate Change Delivered the Death Blow to Neanderthals

This conclusion supports existing theories that changes in the climate led to the extinction of the Neanderthals 40,000 years ago.

Bone crusher

Fossils of Powerful ‘Bone Crushing’ Dog Discovered in Maryland

C. wangi was named for Xiaoming Wang, curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

The face of the future

Successful First Test for Hyperloop Propulsion System

The first live trial of Hyperloop One's propulsion technology went off without a hitch.

I can hardly see

Eight in 10 City Dwellers Worldwide are Breathing Unhealthy Air: WHO

The report said contaminants in outdoor air cause more than three million premature deaths a year.

It's in the eyes

William Gadoury Didn’t Discover a Long-lost Maya City; only an Abandoned Farm

"The square feature that was found on Google Earth is indeed man-made, but it's an old fallow cornfield, or milpa."

Oldest micrometeorites

Oldest Meteorites Discovered Upend Theories about Habitability of Early Earth

Analysis of these 60 micrometeorites disputes this theory in a big way.

DARPA genius

DARPA’s Demo Day Reveals the Pentagon’s Secret Weapons Technology

DARPA's mission is creating the breakthrough technologies that advance the national security interests of the U.S.

To infinity and beyond!

NASA Moves Up First Launch of SLS/Orion to Sept. 2018

The first SLS mission is designated Exploration Mission 1 or EM-1.

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