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Plane vanished in jungle near eastern border with Venezuela; search hindered by dense terrain and adverse weather., Plane vanished in remote jungle near eastern border with Venezuela; search hindered by dense terrain and adverse weather. Bogota, Colombia – Search and rescue teams in Colombia are searching for a passenger planeContinue Reading

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Last year’s 50th anniversary summer of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” was accompanied by a feeding frenzy of hoopla. We were besieged with a slew of “making-of” documentaries, countless online articles and appreciations, Discovery Channel specials, features on the nightly news, museum exhibits and a nationwide theatrical rerelease. I suspect the breathlessContinue Reading

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The National Transportation Safety Board concluded Tuesday that systemic failures across multiple federal agencies caused the midair collision near Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people last year. Investigators said known risks were left unaddressed despite years of warnings and available safety tools. The findings were presented at a daylongContinue Reading

Written by Daniel Boyette Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has reached an important milestone advancing nuclear propulsion that could benefit future deep space missions by completing a cold-flow test campaign of the first flight reactor engineering development unit since the 1960s. “NuclearContinue Reading

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OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Turmoil in Minneapolis and the unprecedented friction within NATO over Traitor 47’s effort to secure control over Greenland have, predictably, displaced headlines about Venezuela in much of the daily press. But there have been at least a number of important statements from the U.S. andContinue Reading