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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

Designing better ways to deliver drugs

When Louis DeRidder was 12 years old, he had a medical emergency that nearly cost him his life. The terrifying experience gave him a close-up look at medical care and made him eager to learn more. “You can’t always pinpoint exactly what gets you interested in something, but that was a transformative moment,” says DeRidder. In high school, he grabbed the chance to participate in a medicine-focused program, spending about half of his days during his senior year in……

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The Latest: Trump orders a ‘pause’ of...

President Donald Trump is seeking to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in peace talks with Russia by pausing military aid to Ukraine. A White House official said Trump wants Zelenskyy committed to the ending of the war that began when Russia invaded the now war-torn country. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the assistance, added that the U.S. was “pausing and reviewing” its aid to “ensure that it is contributing to a solution.”…

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In Defense of Turkish Delight

This article is adapted from the March 1, 2025, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. A few years ago, I was standing in the gift shop at Mount Vernon when I spotted something unusual. Minutes later, I was walking out of the store, not with a mug with George Washington’s face printed on it, but holding a tiny package of Turkish delight. Said Turkish delight was made by True Treats, a company in……

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Breakfast of champions: MIT hosts top young...

On Feb. 14, some of the nation’s most talented high school researchers convened in Boston for the annual American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS) conference, held alongside the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting. As a highlight of the event, MIT once again hosted its renowned “Breakfast with Scientists,” offering students a unique opportunity to connect with leading scientific minds from around the world. The AJAS conference began with an opening reception at the MIT……

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Markus Buehler receives 2025 Washington Award

MIT Professor Markus J. Buehler has been named the recipient of the 2025 Washington Award, one of the nation’s oldest and most esteemed engineering honors.  The Washington Award is conferred to “an engineer(s) whose professional attainments have preeminently advanced the welfare of humankind,” recognizing those who have made a profound impact on society through engineering innovation. Past recipients of this award include influential figures such as Herbert Hoover, the award’s inaugural recipient in 1919, as well as Orville Wright, Henry Ford, Neil Armstrong, John……

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Seeing more in expansion microscopy

In biology, seeing can lead to understanding, and researchers in Professor Edward Boyden’s lab at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research are committed to bringing life into sharper focus. With a pair of new methods, they are expanding the capabilities of expansion microscopy — a high-resolution imaging technique the group introduced in 2015 — so researchers everywhere can see more when they look at cells and tissues under a light microscope. “We want to see everything, so we’re always……

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Times Higher Education ranks MIT No. 1...

The 2025 Times Higher Education World University Ranking has ranked MIT first in three subject categories: Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, and Social Sciences.  The Times Higher Education World University Ranking is an annual publication of university rankings by Times Higher Education, a leading British education magazine. The subject rankings are based on 18 rigorous performance indicators. Criteria include teaching, research environment, research volume and influence, industry, and international outlook. Disciplines included in the 2025 top-ranked subjects are housed in……

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‘It’s really concerning’: Former NOAA administrator on...

Rick Spinrad, the former administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said the workforce layoffs at the agency have been difficult to watch. “For me, it’s very much like seeing some of my family members hurt, to see them put under these kinds of pressures, in some cases, terminated,” he said. “I don’t think I’m unique in that regard.” He said the cuts of probationary workers last week and the potential loss of more workers in the future…

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Florida’s Iconic Corals Aren’t Having Babies Anymore

This story was originally published in Vox and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Once a year, typically after sunset in the late summer, the coral baby-making process begins. Large colonies of coral spawn, spewing out sperm and eggs, often in pea-size bundles, that drift around until they encounter the spawn of other corals. Fertilized eggs turn into coral larvae—tiny and squishy free-swimming organisms—which eventually settle on the seafloor. There they metamorphose, like a caterpillar to……

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Oscar winners — and losers — laugh,...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Were it not for the absence of an Oscar in his hands, you wouldn’t have known Timothée Chalamet lost best actor to Adrien Brody as he sauntered with a smile into the Vanity Fair party. Once he got inside, Chalamet’s grin grew even bigger as he was surrounded with love on all sides at the Beverly Hills bash that is the most luminescent of the post-Oscar parties, where winners and losers alike kicked up…

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Strip club Cinderella story ‘Anora’ wins best...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Anora,” a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood’s top prize. In a stubbornly fluctuating Oscar season, “Anora,” the Palme d’Or-winner at the Cannes Film Festival, emerged as the unlikely frontrunner. Baker’s tale of an erotic dancer who elopes with the son of a Russian oligarch — unusually explicit for a best-picture winner —…

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March Madness: How to watch the women’s...

Women’s basketball has not slowed down at all this season as March Madness arrives. A year ago, the women’s NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men’s title game for the first time, with an average of 18.9 million viewers watching undefeated South Carolina beat Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark. The question was whether some fans would step away as Clark, Angel Reese, Kamilla Cardoso and other standouts headed to the WNBA. Instead, the women’s game…

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Hotel Greeting: Essential Guide to Welcome Guests...

A hotel greeting describes the entire process of welcoming a new guest to a hotel. It can include reception staff personally greeting new arrivals, as well as the provision of welcome gifts, letters or cards within guest rooms. Greeting hotel guests is an important part of customer service, helping to create a positive first impression. The post Hotel Greeting: Essential Guide to Welcome Guests Successfully appeared first on Revfine.com….

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Who’s performing at the 2025 Oscars? Here’s...

Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced Thursday. “Emilia Pérez” had the most with 13, while “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” each scored 10 Oscar nominations. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced Thursday. “Emilia Pérez” had the most with 13, while “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” each scored 10 Oscar nominations. ▶ Watch Video: ET The 2025 Academy Awards, the biggest night in Hollywood, celebrate the Oscar nominees for best movies and film performances of the past year —…

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The Latest: The 97th Academy Awards are...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 97th Academy Awards have kicked off at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. “Emilia Pérez” leads the pack with 13 Oscar nominations, but “Wicked” and “The Brutalist” are close behind. The 2025 Oscars opened with its biggest musical voices. “Wicked” star Ariana Grande launched into “The Wizard of Oz” classic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” following a visual package celebrating the city of Los Angeles. Here’s the Latest: ‘No Other Land’ wins Oscar for best…

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