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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.

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Saturday At Glendower Golf Club Johannesburg Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 7,542; Par: 72 Third Round Matteo Manassero, Italy 68-61-67—196 Shaun Norris, South Africa 66-66-65—197 Jordan L. Smith, England 66-66-65—197 Oliver Bekker, South Africa 65-65-68—198 Angel Hidalgo, Spain 67-64-67—198 Ivan Cantero Gutierrez, Spain 64-67-68—199 Jacques Kruyswijk, South Africa 66-68-66—200 Tom McKibbin, Northern Ireland 67-64-69—200 Guxin Chen, China 71-64-66—201 Connor Syme, Scotland 68-67-66—201 Casey Jarvis, South Africa 67-66-69—202 Thriston Lawrence, South Africa 65-70-67—202 Andrea Pavan, Italy 68-67-67—202 Thomas Aiken, South Africa…

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Pelicans charge to a 35-point lead, hold...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zion Williamson had 23 points and 12 rebounds and Naji Marshall scored 19 points to lead the New Orleans Pelicans to a 103-95 win on Friday night over a Philadelphia 76ers team spiraling without injured All-Stars Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey. The Pelicans held on after a 35-point lead was trimmed to five on a Jeff Dowtin Jr. 3-pointer with 45 seconds left in the game. The 76ers scored 34 points in a hard-charging fourth quarter,…

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New stakes in Md. Senate race following...

A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that equated frozen fertilized embryos to children has shaken up the national conversation around reproductive health care and abortion access, which had already gained urgency after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Potential impacts of that ruling could be factors in the election of Maryland’s next U.S. senator, as the top contenders vie for voters. “The Alabama ruling underscores how high the stakes are for reproductive freedom in 2024,” said Elizabeth Schoetz, chief…

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US captain Tyler Adams making progress toward...

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams is progressing toward his return from hamstring surgery and could be included in the squad for Saturday’s Premier League game against Sheffield United. The 25-year-old United States captain has made just one appearance for Bournemouth since signing from Leeds last summer. He had surgery in October. Adams played 30 minutes in Bournemouth’s developmental team’s game this week and is “feeling well,” first-team manager Andoni Iraola said Friday. “We could put him…

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Haiti’s prime minister is locked out of...

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry is struggling to stay in power as he tries to return home, where gang attacks have shuttered the country’s main international airport and freed more than 4,000 inmates in recent days. As of midday Wednesday, Henry remained in Puerto Rico, where he landed the day before after he was barred from landing in neighboring Dominican Republic because officials there closed the airspace to flights to and from Haiti. Locked out of his country for…

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Researchers enhance peripheral vision in AI models

Peripheral vision enables humans to see shapes that aren’t directly in our line of sight, albeit with less detail. This ability expands our field of vision and can be helpful in many situations, such as detecting a vehicle approaching our car from the side. Unlike humans, AI does not have peripheral vision. Equipping computer vision models with this ability could help them detect approaching hazards more effectively or predict whether a human driver would notice an oncoming object. Taking……

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How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid...

Studies at MIT and elsewhere are producing mounting evidence that light flickering and sound clicking at the gamma brain rhythm frequency of 40 hertz (Hz) can reduce Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression and treat symptoms in human volunteers as well as lab mice. In a new open-access study in Nature using a mouse model of the disease, MIT researchers reveal a key mechanism that may contribute to these beneficial effects: clearance of amyloid proteins, a hallmark of AD pathology, via……

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Is this the future of fashion?

Until recently, bespoke tailoring — clothing made to a customer’s individual specifications — was the only way to have garments that provided the perfect fit for your physique. For most people, the cost of custom tailoring is prohibitive. But the invention of active fibers and innovative knitting processes is changing the textile industry. “We all wear clothes and shoes,” says Sasha MicKinlay MArch ’23, a recent graduate of the MIT Department of Architecture. “It’s a human need. But there’s……

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Three MIT alumni graduate from NASA astronaut...

“It’s been a wild ride,” says Christopher Williams PhD ’12, moments after he received his astronaut pin, signifying graduation into the NASA astronaut corps. Williams, along with Marcos Berríos ’06 and Christina “Chris” Birch PhD ’15, were among the 12-member class of astronaut candidates to graduate from basic training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday, March 5. NASA Astronaut Group 23 are the newest generation of Artemis astronauts, which includes 10 hailing from the United States,……

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Method rapidly verifies that a robot will...

Before a robot can grab dishes off a shelf to set the table, it must ensure its gripper and arm won’t crash into anything and potentially shatter the fine china. As part of its motion planning process, a robot typically runs “safety check” algorithms that verify its trajectory is collision-free. However, sometimes these algorithms generate false positives, claiming a trajectory is safe when the robot would actually collide with something. Other methods that can avoid false positives are typically……

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Terrorismo, un niño muerto y una “resurrección”:...

ALBUQUERQUE, Nuevo México – Un juez estadounidense condenó el miércoles a cuatro miembros de una familia a cadena perpetua por condenas derivadas de un caso federal de terrorismo y secuestro que comenzó en 2017 con la búsqueda de un niño pequeño que desapareció en Georgia y luego fue encontrado muerto cuando las autoridades allanaron un complejo en el norte de Nuevo México. La sentencia se produce meses después de que los jurados condenaran a los cuatro acusados en lo…

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Omarama Clay Cliffs in Quailburn, New Zealand

The Omarama Clay Cliffs are enormous pinnacles of gravel and silt shaped by centuries of erosion, providing a glimpse into the region’s geological history. Walking between the formations, visitors may feel like they’ve been transported to another planet. The backdrop of the Southern Alps makes for breathtaking views….

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Deciphering the cellular mechanisms behind ALS

At a time in which scientific research is increasingly cross-disciplinary, Ernest Fraenkel, the Grover M. Hermann Professor in Health Sciences and Technology in MIT’s Department of Biological Engineering, stands out as both a very early adopter of drawing from different scientific fields and a great advocate of the practice today. When Fraenkel’s students find themselves at an impasse in their work, he suggests they approach their problem from a different angle or look for inspiration in a completely unrelated……

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Why Scientists Are Mixing Wasabi and Ancient...

Conserving ancient artifacts is a difficult task, and perhaps no one knows this better than the conservators of ancient Egyptian papyrus—the oldest surviving samples of which are almost 5,000 years old. When not stored in a place that’s controlled for temperature and humidity, ancient papyrus can become colonized by fungi species, which deteriorate the organic matter. These fungi can be difficult to remove without further damaging the papyrus. But now a team of researchers primarily based in Egypt have……

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Luftg'selchter Pfarrer (The Air-Dried Priest) in St....

Venture beneath the unassuming facade of this small town’s church, and a crypt harboring the mummified remains of the enigmatic Luftg’selchter Pfarrer (“Air-Dried Priest”) awaits discovery. This peculiar figure was unearthed in 1800, gaining written mention in 1830. Transforming into an early tourist attraction, the crypt enticed visitors with flyers dating back to 1850. In 1900, a coffin lid equipped with a viewing window was added, enabling illustrious guests like Archduke Franz Salvator to catch a glimpse of this……

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