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As Japan Retires Reliable Rocket, Honda Motors Blasts Off into the Space Sector with Surprise Rocket Test
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As Japan Retires Reliable Rocket, Honda Motors Blasts Off into the Space Sector with Surprise Rocket Test

June 30, 2025

Surprising investors and industry experts alike, Honda Motor Company announced on June 17th that it had successfully tested its…

Chinese 6th Generation Fighters Hint that the US Has Fallen Behind a Competitor for the First Time
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Chinese 6th Generation Fighters Hint that the US Has Fallen Behind a Competitor for the First Time

February 28, 2025March 7, 2025

It was December 26th, 2024—Chairman Mao’s Birthday—when a pair of unmarked, unidentified warplanes screamed across the skies above Chengdu,…

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation
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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
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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…

Drone Technologies Are Expediting Pacific Island Conservation, Eradicating Invasive Rats at Speed
Conservation

Drone Technologies Are Expediting Pacific Island Conservation, Eradicating Invasive Rats at Speed

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024

Of all the world’s ecosystems, the often unique environs on the 670,000 islands in the world’s oceans, seas, and…

WATCH These Self-Replicating Builder Robots from MIT in Action
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WATCH These Self-Replicating Builder Robots from MIT in Action

December 8, 2022August 8, 2023

Mass. Institute of Technology has demonstrated a self-producing, self-replicating robot can both build more robots and structures in a…

Biden Launches Targeted Policy to Try and Squeeze China Out of Key Global Markets
ArchivesPolitical Economy

Biden Launches Targeted Policy to Try and Squeeze China Out of Key Global Markets

October 13, 2022October 3, 2023

If China and the United States fought a war, it would not be surprising to begin that story at…

British Scientists Turn Moon Dust Into Breathable Oxygen and Materials for 3D Printing Moon Base Infrastructure
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British Scientists Turn Moon Dust Into Breathable Oxygen and Materials for 3D Printing Moon Base Infrastructure

November 30, 2020

PICTURED: ESA research fellow Alexandre Meurisse and Beth Lomax of the University of Glasgow producing oxygen and metal out…

TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies
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TransAstra Enters Phase III for Prototyping Revolutionary Asteroid Mining Technologies

November 20, 2020January 26, 2024

Plans continue going well for the Trans Astronautica Corporation, who have patent-pending technology for asteroid mining on a massive…


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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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Christians, Catholics in Gaza and the West Bank Face Killings and Persecution

Julien Torres July 28, 2025

Christian holy sites in both Gaza and the West Bank have faced their felt the brunt of Israeli bombing…

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