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LONDON (AP) — A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe’s major airports on Saturday. While the impact on travelers appeared to be limited, experts said the intrusion exposed vulnerabilities in security systems. The disruptions to electronic systems initially reported at Brussels, Berlin’s Brandenburg and London’s Heathrow airports meant that only …

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Ohio State University researchers developed a nuclear propulsion system for faster space travel. 💡 The centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket uses liquid uranium for greater efficiency than chemical engines. 🌌 This technology could reduce round-trip missions to Mars from three years to just one year. 🔬 Significant technical challenges remain, with a full demonstration expected in five …

By DANIEL JONES, US CONSUMER EDITOR Published: 03:28, 18 September 2025 | Updated: 03:58, 18 September 2025 Spirit Airlines is slashing a quarter of its flights this fall as the bankrupt budget carrier scrambles to cut costs and keep flying. CEO Dave Davis told employees in a memo Wednesday that the airline’s November schedule will be cut by 25 percent …

With the Taliban barring women from college in her native Afghanistan, Bahara Saghari set her sights on pursuing higher education in the United States. Saghari, 21, practiced English up to eight hours per day for several years, eventually winning an offer to study business administration at a private liberal arts college in Illinois. She was hoping to arrive this fall, …

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons have ruled kicker Younghoe Koo out of Sunday night’s matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, the team announced Saturday afternoon. The organization listed Koo’s reason for downgrade as not being injury related. He did not travel with the team to Minnesota. The team simultaneously elevated new kicker Parker Romo to the game day roster via a …

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Imagine the opening scene of a sci-fi movie. You swipe up to unlock your phone. The camera zooms into the screen, and suddenly you’re hurled through infinite space at light speed — stars, comets, and debris flashing past until you land in a dimension centuries ahead of what you left behind. That’s exactly how switching …

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Researchers developed a new boron-based rocket fuel compound offering 150% more energy than aluminum. 🔬 The compound’s structure accumulates energy like a spring, releasing it during combustion. 🔥 Synthesized using an arc melter, the compound remains safe, igniting only with an agent like kerosene. 🌌 This innovation could enhance payload capacity for space missions, opening new …

Traveling to space is brutal on the body. Spaceflight can cause astronauts’ bones to lose density, their brain and eye nerves to swell, and their genes to change expression. Research suggests spending time in space is akin to fast-tracked aging. NASA’s pioneering study of the identical twin astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly tracked signals of aging in both men while …

Hello everyone, Aaron here! Last week, the team launched Season 18, one of our biggest seasons to date. If you caught even the first few minutes of our latest Dev Update, you know exactly how jam-packed this season is! On top of a new Hero, Stadium upgrades, and a revamped Progression system, we’re also running an …

A travel advisory issued over the deadly chikungunya virus has been expanded as it continues to spread around the world.  The virus, which is spread by the Aedes mosquito, can cause sudden, agonizing joint pain in the hands and feet that can be so severe it leaves sufferers unable to move normally for months. Since the beginning of 2025, more …