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Global Space Economy Rockets Towards Half-Trillion Valuation Led by SpaceX’s 138 Launches Last Year
Space

Global Space Economy Rockets Towards Half-Trillion Valuation Led by SpaceX’s 138 Launches Last Year

June 11, 2025

Space is no longer the domain of dreams and fiction. Particularly regarding the Earth’s orbital zones, it’s a domain…

SpaceX Cancellation, Dragon Capsule in Limbo, and US Space Policy Completely Upended
Space

SpaceX Cancellation, Dragon Capsule in Limbo, and US Space Policy Completely Upended

June 6, 2025

When the SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule was certified to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in 2020,…

NASA’s 25% Budget Cut Cancels Dozens of Science Projects to Fund Mars Exploration
Space

NASA’s 25% Budget Cut Cancels Dozens of Science Projects to Fund Mars Exploration

June 3, 2025

The atmosphere of confusion and disarray communicated generally from several peripheral government agencies and departments since the second Trump…

Is Finland Really the Happiest Country? New Global Flourishing Study Find Indonesians Are Most Fulfilled
Human Sciences

Is Finland Really the Happiest Country? New Global Flourishing Study Find Indonesians Are Most Fulfilled

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

A new measure of global mental wellbeing was recently released through a series of papers from Harvard University and…

America’s Weaponization of Space Continues Whilst NASA Sees Budget Cuts
Space

America’s Weaponization of Space Continues Whilst NASA Sees Budget Cuts

May 14, 2025May 19, 2025

Story at a glance… NASA is seeing flagship missions stall from lack of funding at the same time the…

Bamboo Panels on World’s Longest Sea Crossing Withstand 6 Years of Sun and Typhoons–Still Solid as Ever
Technology

Bamboo Panels on World’s Longest Sea Crossing Withstand 6 Years of Sun and Typhoons–Still Solid as Ever

February 20, 2025

Six years after their installation on the world’s longest sea crossing, thousands of bamboo panels have withstood six years…

3,500 Years of Climate History Show Arid Periods Linked to Periods of Turmoil and Depopulation
Earth Sciences

3,500 Years of Climate History Show Arid Periods Linked to Periods of Turmoil and Depopulation

February 11, 2025

A recent study analyzing tree ring data has produced a 3,500-year-long record of precipitation rates on the Tibetan Plateau,…

On the Potential Upcoming Asteroid Colliding with Earth: We’ve Deflected Them Before and Can Do So Again
Space

On the Potential Upcoming Asteroid Colliding with Earth: We’ve Deflected Them Before and Can Do So Again

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025

In January, an analysis was released by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) that concluded the planet faced…

Our Ancestors Show How to Possibly Create a More Egalitarian Society: Raise More Athletes
Human Sciences

Our Ancestors Show How to Possibly Create a More Egalitarian Society: Raise More Athletes

December 9, 2024

The gender division of labor among hunter-gatherers has been a topic of heated debate for decades, as much at…

Trade on the Medieval Silk Road Was so Rich, it Sustained High Mountain Cities, New Discovery Finds
Human Sciences

Trade on the Medieval Silk Road Was so Rich, it Sustained High Mountain Cities, New Discovery Finds

October 25, 2024November 12, 2024

A pair of lost cities in the highlands of Uzbekistan recently found by archaeologists using lidar demonstrate that the…

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation
Space

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation

September 16, 2024

Early Thursday morning at 7:58 a.m. ET, members of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew successfully completed the world’s first…

Living During the Dawn of Biohybrids—Robots Made from Designed to Work in Nature
Technology

Living During the Dawn of Biohybrids—Robots Made from Designed to Work in Nature

September 5, 2024

Recently, a series of innovations in robotics has seen motherboards replaced with fungal mycelium, metal chassis replaced with oat…

Lava Tubes and Water Frost Found on Mars Offer Double Opportunity in Search for Life
Space

Lava Tubes and Water Frost Found on Mars Offer Double Opportunity in Search for Life

June 17, 2024

Yet more evidence for liquid water on Mars has been uncovered by a European space probe in the form…

Beijing Announces Date for Manned Mission to the Moon’s Surface in Rare Public Statement
Space

Beijing Announces Date for Manned Mission to the Moon’s Surface in Rare Public Statement

May 1, 2024May 16, 2024

Officials with the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO), who rarely comment on the details of future space missions,…

As Long as a Whale, New Extinct Snake Found in India May Be Largest to Have Ever Slithered the Earth
Earth Sciences

As Long as a Whale, New Extinct Snake Found in India May Be Largest to Have Ever Slithered the Earth

April 19, 2024

A giant snake, now thought to have been almost the largest to ever slither the Earth, has been identified…

Circular Stone Plaza Moves Up Start of Stone Age Construction in the Andes on Par with Stonehenge
Human Sciences

Circular Stone Plaza Moves Up Start of Stone Age Construction in the Andes on Par with Stonehenge

February 21, 2024

In the Cajamarca Basin of Northern Peru, at a place called Callacpuma, archeologists have uncovered a real treasure—a circular…

This Tiny Moon of Saturn Is the Smallest Case of a Subsurface Ocean Ever Found in the Solar System
Space

This Tiny Moon of Saturn Is the Smallest Case of a Subsurface Ocean Ever Found in the Solar System

February 9, 2024

It’s been known for a decade that Saturn’s icy moon of Enceladus almost certainly hides a subsurface ocean beneath…

Locked in a 4 Billion-Year-Old Dance, Six New Exoplanets Demonstrate the Cosmic Beauty of ‘Resonant Orbits’
Space

Locked in a 4 Billion-Year-Old Dance, Six New Exoplanets Demonstrate the Cosmic Beauty of ‘Resonant Orbits’

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

Scientists have discovered 6 exoplanets orbiting in perfect resonance around a star, meaning their orbits are synchronized. Such a…

Our Brain Registers What We Expect to See When Watching Routine Actions, ‘What we would do next, becomes what our brain sees’
Human Sciences

Our Brain Registers What We Expect to See When Watching Routine Actions, ‘What we would do next, becomes what our brain sees’

November 22, 2023

Advancements in the study of neuroscience have shown that there are several kinds of circumstances where what we think…

4,200-Year-Old Ceramic Storm Drains in Ancient Chinese Town Are the Oldest of Their Kind
Human Sciences

4,200-Year-Old Ceramic Storm Drains in Ancient Chinese Town Are the Oldest of Their Kind

August 17, 2023August 18, 2023

Story at a glance…  The world’s oldest ceramic drain pipe system has been identified and described in China. The…

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Italy Quietly Tries to Renew Military Cooperation Agreement with Israel, Law firm Notices and Objects

Andy Corbley May 23, 2025

Signed in 2002 and entering into force in 2005, few Italian citizens will know what has resulted from a…

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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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