why-heatwaves-hit-women-harder

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Image source, GoodLifeStudio Overwhelmed, irritable, dizzy, bloated, exhausted. These are the words coming up frequently in comments sent to the BBC by women who, having barely recovered from the record-breaking heat in June, are bracing for more hot weather. Extreme heat can affect anyone. But heatwaves are a “stress-test” forContinue Reading

Japanese company books 1,100 pounds of cargo space on SpaceX Starship mission to the moon

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A computer-generated image of ispace’s Mobile Cargo System to be installed on SpaceX’s Starship. (Image credit: ispace) ispace is expanding its already extensive moon plans to include SpaceX’s Starship megarocket. The Tokyo-based company announced today (July 8) that it has booked 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of cargo capacity on Starship , the biggest and mostContinue Reading

NASA begins funding hardware for ‘Skyfall’ Mars helicopter mission

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NASA’s nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture the protective aeroshell that will shield the Skyfall spacecraft’s descent stage during its plummet through the Martian atmosphere. Skyfall, slated to be NASA’s first-ever nuclear powered interplanetary probe , is scheduled to launch in 2028 with threeContinue Reading

New ‘human fidelity’ standard could reshape how implantable brain devices are judged

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Implantable brain devices—from deep brain stimulation to a new generation of brain-computer interfaces—can help people with severe, treatment-resistant psychiatric and neurological conditions or loss of function (such as paralysis or blindness). Despite the United States’ heavy investment in building these devices and the systems to deliver them…Continue Reading