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NASA, Sierra Space Deliver Dream Chaser to Florida for Launch Preparation

As part of NASA’s efforts to expand commercial resupply in low Earth orbit, Sierra Space’s uncrewed spaceplane arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its first flight to the International Space Station.  The Dream Chaser spaceplane, named Tenacity, arrived at Kennedy on May 18 inside a climate-controlled transportation container from NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, and joined its companion Shooting Star cargo module, which arrived on May 11.  Before arriving at Kennedy, the spaceplane and its cargo module underwent vibration testing atop the world’s highest capacity and most powerful spacecraft shaker system inside the agency’s…

Science

This 14th century story fooled the world about the Black Death

Historians have traced myths about the Black Death’s rapid journey across Asia to one 14th-century poem by Ibn al-Wardi. His imaginative maqāma, never meant as fact, became the foundation for centuries of misinformation about how the plague spread. The new study exposes how fiction blurred with history and highlights how creative writing helped medieval societies process catastrophe. Source link

World

‘This is not right’: grassroots campaign aims to repeal Missouri Republicans’ gerrymandering

A new congressional map was abruptly passed by Republicans in mid-September – but voters have a chance to rebuke politicians and stop it from going into effect When canvassers fan out across neighborhoods, they usually rely on sophisticated lists that will tell them things like a voter’s political party and how likely they are to support a given cause. Jill Imbler isn’t bothering with any of that. The 69-year-old has lived in Moberly – a Missouri town of about 14,000 people – her entire life. She doesn’t use a GPS when she drives around, knows where people live, and…

Space

Moon and Flag at NASA Michoud

Just after sunrise, the waning gibbous moon sets just behind a waving United States flag on March 19, 2025, in this image from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The waning gibbous moon phase comes after the full moon. As the Moon begins its journey back toward the Sun, the opposite side of the Moon now reflects the Moon’s light. The lighted side appears to shrink, but the Moon’s orbit is simply carrying it out of view from our perspective. The Moon also rises later and later each night. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker Source link

Science

Stem cell therapy helps AMD patients see again

A first-of-its-kind trial is testing adult stem cell transplants for advanced dry macular degeneration. Early results show the treatment is safe and can significantly improve vision, even in severely affected patients. Participants gained measurable sight improvements in the treated eye. Researchers are now monitoring higher-dose groups as the therapy advances toward later trial phases. Source link

Business

Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?

The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry It is 8pm on a Saturday evening and eight of us are sitting at a table onboard a ship, holding on to our plates of spaghetti carbonara as our chairs slide back and forth. Michel Péry, the dinner’s host, downplays the weather as a “tempête de journalistes” – something sailors would not categorise as a storm, but which drama-seeking journalists might refer to as such to entertain their readers. But after a white-knuckle night…

China

China ‘wheelchair anchor’ Liang Yi becomes first disabled TV host after spinal cord injury

Chinese television personality Liang Yi became China’s first “wheelchair anchor” despite a sudden illness taking away her health and bright future. Born in central China’s Hunan province in 1979, in 2001 Liang became an anchor at Hunan TV, one of China’s most popular television channels for the following two decades. She had a bright future, but just four months after starting the job, she suddenly lost consciousness while backstage preparing for a show. Liang was diagnosed with a spinal cord… Source link

Space

Competitive Robotics in WV reaches all-time high

FAIRMONT – Competitive Robotics in West Virginia has reached an all-time high with more teams across the state than ever before. The West Virginia Robotics Alliance, managed by the Education Resource Center (ERC) team at the NASA Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility, released new data for the 2023-24 Robotics Season that shows a peak in the number of teams and steady growth over the last several years. “The ERC assumed management of the FIRST LEGO League tournament in 2011 when we had barely 50 teams in West Virginia,” ERC Program Manager Dr. Todd Ensign said. “Today, there are over 550…

Politics

Lord Rothermere’s Telegraph takeover extends rightwing’s reach over British media

Many fear competition and diversity will be diminished as Daily Mail owner wins race to buy newspaper As the dust settles from the battle for the ownership of the Daily Telegraph, one man has been left standing, Lord Rothermere, whose family have been a mainstay of British newspapers for more than a century. “This is a very British stitch-up,” said Lionel Barber, the former editor of the Financial Times. “Lord Rothermere has played a very astute poker hand, he’s shown patience and he’s the big winner.” Continue reading… Source link

General

What could Putin and Trump agree on in Budapest?

Hello! This week we cover the surprise announcement of a second summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, asking why now and what kind of agreement they might reach. Putin-Trump 2.0: Hungary calling The saga of the Putin-Trump talks is entering its second cycle. After yet another round of Trump expressing his disappointment with the Russian leader, a series of threats from the White House, and as Washington and Kyiv edged closer together than at any point since Trump returned to power, a surprise summit between the pair was announced. Putin is sticking to his maximalist demands, but it’s…