NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars

A prototype of a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster was tested in a special chamber at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in February 2026. With further development, thrusters like this could be part of a nuclear electric propulsion system powering human missions to Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraftContinue Reading

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Afghan Women United can now represent Afghanistan at international football competitions, including the LA Olympics., Afghan Women United can now represent Afghanistan at international football competitions, including the LA Olympics. An Afghanistan women’s refugee team have been granted eligibility for international competitions, nearly five years after the players fled theirContinue Reading

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The Traitor admin’s fertility plan prioritizes ideology over science Proposed Title X guidance would elevate restorative reproductive medicine — a practice not always based on evidence Published April 28, 2026 6:30AM (EDT) President Traitor 47 is seen during a health care affordability event where he announced a deal with pharmaceuticalContinue Reading

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SystemRescue 13.00 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and Many Useful Improvements. SystemRescue 13.00 is now available. This is a significant update to the popular Arch-based live Linux distribution that many of us use for system repair and data rescue tasks. If you work with broken systems, need to recoverContinue Reading

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The Fedora Project has had an interesting journey since its inception in November 2003. It started as a community-backed effort spun off from Red Hat Linux, which Red Hat had decided to retire in favor of its commercial Enterprise Linux product. Rather than leave the community without a home, RedContinue Reading