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Startup New Frontier Aerospace has started tests of the engine that will power high-speed, point-to-point travel aircraft.

‘World’s most advanced’ hypersonic engine for suborbital flights tested

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. What just happened? Engineers at North Carolina State University have created cube-shaped plastic robots that can morph into over a thousand different configurations using just three tiny motors. This origami-inspired breakthrough could lead to a new breed of versatile, shapeshifting machines for space exploration and beyond.

Transformers get real: this origami bot can morph into over 1,000 shapes

The US Sun

AN advanced remote control humanoid has caught the eyes of experts who believe such technology could be used to colonise Mars. The teleoperated robot has been built by Chinese firm Unitree Robotics, the company behind the ‘world’s fasted humanoid’ and a line-up of robodogs. The clip above shows a man using an Apple Vision Pro […]

Moment Apple headset is used to control humanoid robot in mind-blowing clip – experts think it will ‘colonise Mars’ next

The Conversation UK

Humanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but there is now real progress being made. A range of new models made by or backed by the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI are able to walk and move like humans, as well as perform feats of agility and dexterity.

AI could be the breakthrough that allows humanoid robots to jump from science fiction to reality

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Daily Times

Launching satellites can be a costly business. According to SpaceNews, Space X spends about $50 million dollars per launch of 50 satellites toward building their comprehensive Starlink satellite constellations.

Giant catapult launches satellites into low orbit

LiveScience

"If it's taken us 18 years just to get ready to do the first people in orbit, we've got to improve our rate of innovation."

Elon Musk said he's 'definitely going to be dead' before humans go to Mars — and you probably will be too

Indy100

The Moon is a constant in the night sky, but all is not actually as it seems. It turns out that scientists have discovered the Moon is drifting away from Earth, and it’s changing everything we thought we knew about our planet’s relationship with its only natural satellite. It’s also having a very real impact on the length of days on our planet – albeit at an incredibly slow rate. By moving away from Earth over the course of millions of years, the Moon is simultaneously making the length of the average day longer.A study by a team at the...

The Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth and it's beginning to impact us

Business Insider

A young team of Chinese scientists say a hypersonic missile could fly further and longer by bouncing bounce off the Earth's atmosphere.

Chinese scientists say they've found a way to make hypersonic missiles skip in the sky to strike deeper. US experts aren't convinced it'll be effective.

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

The Central Park bear's necropsy found that the dead cub's flesh was in good condition. RFK Jr. said he planned to put it in his fridge.

RFK Jr. stuck his hand in the Central Park bear's mouth. Necropsy shows he may have been knuckle-deep in her leaked brain.

This project aims to create a vehicle that can operate in high sea states and open ocean conditions while significantly reducing the cost associated with traditional seaplanes.

Liberty Lifter: How Cold War tech inspired DARPA’s next-gen transport

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

The system features both less lethal stand-alone devices and lightweight (100-135 grams) distraction payloads, producing 169dB, suitable for mUAS/UAS and UGV platforms.

US: FBI upgrading drones with loud bang capability for tactical missions

Salem, OH

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

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"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

Although Terran Orbital itself wasn’t founded until 2013, its history goes back to the late ’90s, to the development of the CubeSat, which became the flagship in a new wave of small satellites. More recently, the company went public by merging with a SPAC in 2022, at a valuation of $1.8 billion.

TechCrunch Minute: Lockheed Martin rescues satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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The U.S. Army is gearing up to move tank warfare forward with the development of a new model of Abrams Main Battle Tank that's been designated the AbramsX. This new model, which is a generational update of the M1A2 Abrams MBT, is in the initial planning stages, but should it come to fruition, it will likely dominate battlefields for the foreseeable future. The M1A1 Abrams began development in the late 1970s, but it took years before they were fielded in combat operations.

The U.S. Army's Latest Main Battle Tank: The AbramsX

Los Angeles, CA

Herbie J Pilato

Dennis the Menace actor Jay North is now 73 years old. This is his story. On August 3, 1951, Jay North was born Jay Waverly North, Jr., in Los Angeles, and seven years later, began acting on TV on shows like Wanted: Dead or Alive, and 77 Sunset Strip.

Former Childstar Jay North (TV's 'Dennis the Menace') Turns 73

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Swarmbotics founders grew ‘obsessed with robot swarms’ and now plan to bring them to the battlefield

Swarm robotics have been the stuff of science fiction, but Swarmbotics AI is emerging from stealth today to bring this vision to reality. The startup is...

Swarmbotics founders grew ‘obsessed with robot swarms’ and now plan to bring them to the battlefield

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