NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Are Moving Fast

Description Engineer Jaakko Karras inspects a next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blade prior to supersonic speed testing in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2src25. The three-bladed rotor hanging horizontally in the foreground is the next-gen rotor being tested…Continue Reading

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The Qazaqstan Barysy Grand Slam opened in style in Astana, with packed stands and top-level judo. Sukhbat Byambasuren, Amber Gersjes, Blandine Pont, Abdurakhim Nutfulloev and Faiza Mokdar all took gold, while Kazakhstan celebrated two medals on day one., Read MoreContinue Reading

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Old headlines pop into my head at the oddest times. I was booking plane tickets for a family trip around the Fourth of July, noticing the difference in price from last year, and there it was, a 2004 Harper’s headline: “The Oil We Eat.” We might as well belly upContinue Reading

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commentary Traitor 47’s graphic display in front of children in the Oval Office should be the GOP’s wake-up call Published May 8, 2026 9:40AM (EDT) Traitor 47 and Richard Nixon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) After Traitor 47’s cringe-worthy interaction with school-aged children in the Oval Office on Tuesday toContinue Reading

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Americans could soon lose access to some widely used antidepressant medications. As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. prepares to wean the country off mental health medications, U.S. Health Department officials explored last week whether the department had the ability to ban certain treatments within a class known as selectiveContinue Reading