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Elon Musk Admits His Space Colony Dreams Are Failing While SpaceX Burns Billions

Elon Musk Admits His Space Colony Dreams Are Failing While SpaceX Burns Billions

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Elon Musk revises his timeline for Mars colonization, now projecting another two decades. 🛠️ Significant technological challenges include energy production and closed-environment agriculture. 🔄 SpaceX continues to develop the Starship for interplanetary travel, despite setbacks and successes. ⏳ Musk likens the journey to a marathon, stressing the need for patience and incremental progress. In recent years, …

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The Unexpected Material That Could Build Our First Mars Colony

The Unexpected Material That Could Build Our First Mars Colony

Scientists are finding ways to turn Martian dirt into usable metals. This breakthrough could make it possible to build settlements on Mars without bringing everything from Earth. Credit: Shutterstock Swinburne and CSIRO researchers have successfully produced iron in Mars-like conditions, opening the door to metal production beyond Earth. The vision of establishing settlements on Mars has captured the imagination of …

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Superfood for Bees Sparks 15-Fold Colony Boom

Superfood for Bees Sparks 15-Fold Colony Boom

Worker bees feeding in the lab, Oxford Bee Lab. Credit: Caroline Wood Scientists have created a groundbreaking bee “superfood” by engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols normally found in pollen. Colonies given this lab-made diet reared up to 15 times more young than those on standard feeds, thriving with a nutrient profile almost identical to naturally foraged diets. The …

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Rabies Outbreak in an Urban, Unmanaged Cat Colony — Maryland, August 2024

Rabies Outbreak in an Urban, Unmanaged Cat Colony — Maryland, August 2024

Investigation and Results Identification of Rabid Cat On August 13, 2024, the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) was notified by the Cecil County (Maryland) Health Department (CCHD) that an aggressive feral cat from an unmanaged urban cat colony was found outside a hotel in northeast Maryland. Clinical signs were first observed on August 8, when the cat became aggressive and …

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Bat colony found in Grand Teton lodge, possibly exposing hundreds to rabies

Bat colony found in Grand Teton lodge, possibly exposing hundreds to rabies

article FILE – The Grand Teton Mountain Range is viewed from Jackson Lake Lodge on September 27, 2022, at Jackson Lake, Wyoming. Grand Teton National Park is an American National Park in northwestern Wyoming and just south of Yellowstone National Park. At ap Hundreds of people could potentially have been exposed to rabies during their summer vacation at Grand Teton …

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Bat colony checks in to hotel; 200 guests check out, unaware of rabies scare

Bat colony checks in to hotel; 200 guests check out, unaware of rabies scare

Health officials in Wyoming are sinking their teeth into a meaty task. Over 200 people who stayed in a hotel in Grand Teton National Park between May and July may have unknowingly been exposed to rabies, according to Wyoming Public Radio. In an announcement on Friday, the National Park Service reported finding evidence of a bat colony in the attic. …

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Lodge guests at national park potentially exposed to rabies from bat colony – SFGATE

Lodge guests at national park potentially exposed to rabies from bat colony  SFGATE Jackson Lake Lodge bats tested for rabies, guests contacted  Buckrail – Jackson Hole, news Wyoming health department tracking down more than 200 after mass rabies exposure  Wyoming Public Media Hundreds potentially exposed to rabies at US vacation spots  NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts Deadly outbreak feared as hundreds exposed to infected …

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Alaska, once a Russian colony, to host a U.S.-Russia summit : NPR

Alaska, once a Russian colony, to host a U.S.-Russia summit : NPR

A Russian Orthodox Church in the Alaska village of Tatitlik. Alaska was a Russian colony from 1799 until it was sold to the U.S. in 1867 for $7.2 million. President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are holding a summit in Alaska on Friday. David McNew/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption David McNew/Getty Images North America Russia lost …

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