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NASA’s Gemini and Mercury missions marked a key moment in both the history of crewed spaceflight and the Cold War ‘race to space‘ between the USA and the Soviet Union. The American astronauts who trained and flew into space as part of these programmes were responsible for the USA’s giant leap to overtake the Soviets’ spacefaring prowess, proving that NASA …

EchoStar rout leaves its open RAN vendors high and dry  Light Reading EchoStar to sell wireless spectrum licenses to AT&T in $23 billion deal  Reuters AT&T Can Provide a Dividend—and a Higher Stock Price, Too  Barron’s Charles Ergen’s Net Worth Doubles After Controversial AT&T Sale  Forbes AT&T to Acquire EchoStar’s Spectrum Licenses: Growth Catalyst or Risk?  Yahoo Finance Source link

An internationally joint research group between Singapore and Japan has unveiled a blueprint for arranging exotic, knot-like patterns of light into repeatable crystals that extend across both space and time. The work lays out how to build and control “hopfion” lattices using structured beams at two different colors, pointing to future systems for dense, robust information processing in photonics. Hopfions …

Artificial intelligence is replacing entry-level workers whose jobs can be performed by generative AI tools like ChatGPT, a rigorous new study finds.   Early-career employees in fields that are most exposed to AI have experienced a 13% drop in employment since 2022, compared to more experienced workers in the same fields and when measured against people in sectors less buffeted …

It’s a Night Light. It’s a Plant. It’s a Glowing Succulent.  The New York Times Glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge with sunlight  EurekAlert! Glow-in-the-dark succulents are here  yahoo.com Chinese scientists create multicolored glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge in sunlight  Live Science Glow-in-the-dark plants to replace streetlights? Forget it  New Scientist Source link

We’re still waiting for the eventual launch of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S25 FE, perhaps timed perfectly with those rumored Galaxy Tab S11 tablets. But if you just can’t wait for an early reveal, one Portuguese retailer accidentally published a full specs sheet earlier than expected. As spotted by Nieuwe Mobile, MediaMarkt — a consumer electronics store in Portugal — mistakenly …

Eli Lilly Ready to Seek Obesity Pill Green Light After Study Hits Goals  The Wall Street Journal Eli Lilly’s weight loss pill orforglipron clears its latest trial, paving way for approval  CNBC Eli Lilly Says New Pill Results in 10.5% Weight-Loss for Diabetes Patients. The Stock Is Up.  Barron’s Lilly’s oral GLP-1, orforglipron, is successful in third Phase 3 trial, triggering global regulatory …

New Jersey health officials are asking transit riders to be wary of potential exposure to measles after an infected rider rode the rails last week. The state department of health says that a Hudson County resident with a confirmed case of measles rode the PATH train and Light Rail between August 13 and 15. Officials urged riders to make certain …

For the first time, scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the origins of a bizarre, record-breaking radio signal that flashed past Earth earlier this year. Tracking the bright radio burst to the edge of a galaxy some 130 million light-years from Earth, the researchers used JWST’s infrared eye to identify a powerful explosion of energy …

Waymo, the company synonymous with self-driving taxis on the West Coast, is now allowed to start testing out the congested streets of New York City. The Department of Transportation issued a permit on Friday allowing the company, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, to test out eight self-driving cars with a driver in the vehicle. The pilot period …