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In the Texas border city of Edinburg, scientists are getting ready to release millions of invasive, flesh-eating flies into the wild. While the thought of the U.S. government releasing parasitic flies into the wild resembles a horror movie plot, they’re doing it to help protect people.  The U.S. Department ofContinue Reading

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Taipei agrees to buy some $85bn of US energy, aircraft and equipment in exchange for 15 percent tariff rate., Taipei agrees to buy some $85bn of US energy, aircraft and equipment in exchange for 15 percent tariff rate. The United States and Taiwan have finalised a trade deal to reduceContinue Reading

NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than summer 2src27 from Florida. This private astronaut mission marks the company’s first selection to the orbiting laboratory, underscoring NASA’s ongoing investment in fostering a commercial space economy and expanding opportunities forContinue Reading

The next-generation spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III mission continues to advance by passing a contractor-led technical review, as the agency prepares to send humans to the Moon’s South Pole for the first time. Testing is also underway for the new suits, built by Axiom Space, with NASA astronauts and spacesuit engineers recently simulating surface operations and tasksContinue Reading