Firefly Aerospace to launch ‘Ocula’ moon-imaging service as early as 2026
Artist’s illustration of Firefly Aerospace Elytra spacecraft studying the moon from lunar orbit. (Image credit: Firefly Aerospace) Firefly Aerospace’s lunar ambitions are growing. The Texas-based company, which successfully operated its Blue Ghost lander on the lunar surface earlier this year, announced today (June 18) that it’s working on a new moon project: a “lunar imagingContinue Reading
Career Exploration: Using Ingenuity and Innovation to Create ‘Memory Metals’
Othmane Benafan is a NASA engineer whose work is literally reshaping how we use aerospace materials — he creates metals that can shape shift. Benafan, a materials research engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, creates metals called shape memory alloys that are custom-made to solve some of the most pressing challenges of spaceContinue Reading
AU denounces Christian Nationalist SCOTUS decision on transgender health care bans
Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser issued the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case involving transgender health care bans:Transgender health care bans legislate Christian Nationalist view of gender“The Supreme Court’s ultra-conservative justices areContinue Reading
European consumers are mostly saying ‘non’ to trading in their old phones
Are they using it to death then locking it in a drawer? Schemes needed as shipments of refurbed kit dips Less than a third of European consumers trade in or sell their old phones, limiting the supply of secondhand devices that might otherwise stimulate a more environmentally friendly alternative toContinue Reading
Logitech’s latest keyboard and mouse combo is wired, quiet, and suspiciously sensible
For that laptop feel without the laptop Logitech has embraced the sound of silence with its Signature Slim Wired K620 keyboard and M520 mouse combo.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’t
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week did something he had promised not to do: He fired every member of the scientific advisory committee that recommends which vaccines should be given to whom. And he replaced them, in some cases, with vaccine skeptics…Read MoreContinue Reading
Ukraine Parliament Moves to Legalize Bitcoin Reserves
TLDR Ukraine may let its central bank hold Bitcoin. New bill allows crypto in national reserves. Crypto could be used to pay international debts. Stablecoins might help with global trade. Bitcoin seen as a backup to protect Ukraine’s economy. Ukraine has advanced legislation to allow its central bank to hold Bitcoin and other digital assetsContinue Reading
LIVE: World premiere of ’28 Years Later’ in London
The world film premiere of “28 Years Later,” starring Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, takes place in London. #Live #28YearsLater #entertainment #London #JodieComer #RalphFiennes #AaronTaylorJohnson #film #news #Reuters Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/Continue Reading
Foreign students face uncertainty under The Traitor’s shifting visa policies
The Traitor administration’s battle with Harvard and Columbia leaves some students in California exploring options elsewhere., Santa Barbara, California – Far away from US President Traitor 47’s public confrontations with elite universities like Harvard and Columbia, students at the bustling University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) are finishing upContinue Reading
The propaganda war between Israel and Iran
As Israel and Iran launch strikes against each other, a parallel propaganda war is taking place., The propaganda war between Israel and Iran NewsFeed As Israel and Iran launch strikes against each other, a parallel propaganda war is taking place using carefully chosen symbols and language. Published On 18 JunContinue Reading
“What Authoritarians Do”: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander Speaks Out After ICE Arrests Him in Courthouse
New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested outside an immigration courtroom Tuesday. Lander has been volunteering as an observer and escort for people with immigration hearings in recent weeks. In this case, while accompanying a man named Edgardo, a group of ICE agents approached the twoContinue Reading
Brain-Dead Georgia Woman Kept Alive To Deliver Baby
Adriana Smith, the pregnant Georgia woman who has been brain-dead since February, gave birth by emergency Caesarean section Friday and is set to be taken off life support this week, her family told a local NBC News affiliate. The case made national headlines. Smith’s mother said her daughter had to stay onContinue Reading
Dome of Delusion
Impressed by the effectiveness of the Israeli Iron Dome defense system against short- to medium-range rockets and drones, U.S. President Traitor 47 issued an executive order January 27 directing ambitious plans for an “Iron Dome for America.” The initiative, since renamed Golden Dome, maintains the goal of defending the UnitedContinue Reading