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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.

House Republicans are ready to finish Trump’s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans, up all night, are ready to vote on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill after GOP leaders and the president worked to persuade skeptical holdouts to drop their opposition by his Fourth of July deadline. Not so fast, the top Democrat says. Final debates began in the predawn hours Thursday after another chaotic day, and night, at the Capitol. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., insisted the House would meet…

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NASA identifies newly discovered object as an...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the sky-surveying Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and confirmed it was a comet from another star system. It’s officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system and poses no threat to Earth. The newest visitor is 416 million miles (670 million kilometers) from the sun, out near Jupiter. NASA…

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The Jeremy Bentham Auto-Icon: Why This Legendary...

Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Kevin Sexton: Every month, a strange scene plays out in the student centre at University College London. A crowd gathers as a member of the staff gets ready to open up a large glass case. Liz Blanks: It always gets a lot of excitement actually when we open the case because of its location, so centrally there’s inevitably always a lot of students around. Kevin: They open……

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MIT and Mass General Hospital researchers find...

In 1954, the world’s first successful organ transplant took place at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in the form of a kidney donated from one twin to the other. At the time, a group of doctors and scientists had correctly theorized that the recipient’s antibodies were unlikely to reject an organ from an identical twin. One Nobel Prize and a few decades later, advancements in immune-suppressing drugs increased the viability of and demand for organ transplants. Today, over 1 million organ……

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MIT and Mass General Hospital researchers find...

In 1954, the world’s first successful organ transplant took place at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in the form of a kidney donated from one twin to the other. At the time, a group of doctors and scientists had correctly theorized that the recipient’s antibodies were unlikely to reject an organ from an identical twin. One Nobel Prize and a few decades later, advancements in immune-suppressing drugs increased the viability of and demand for organ transplants. Today, over 1 million organ……

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A new platform for developing advanced metals...

Companies building next-generation products and breakthrough technologies are often limited by the physical constraints of traditional materials. In aerospace, defense, energy, and industrial tooling, pushing those constraints introduces possible failure points into the system, but companies don’t have better options, given that producing new materials at scale involves multiyear timelines and huge expenses. Foundation Alloy wants to break the mold. The company, founded by a team from MIT, is capable of producing a new class of ultra-high-performance metal alloys using……

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3 Questions: How MIT’s venture studio is...

MIT Proto Ventures is the Institute’s in-house venture studio — a program designed not to support existing startups, but to create entirely new ones from the ground up. Operating at the intersection of breakthrough research and urgent real-world problems, Proto Ventures proactively builds startups that leverage MIT technologies, talent, and ideas to address high-impact industry challenges.  Each venture-building effort begins with a “channel” — a defined domain such as clean energy, fusion, or AI in health care — where……

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Confronting the AI/energy conundrum

The explosive growth of AI-powered computing centers is creating an unprecedented surge in electricity demand that threatens to overwhelm power grids and derail climate goals. At the same time, artificial intelligence technologies could revolutionize energy systems, accelerating the transition to clean power. “We’re at a cusp of potentially gigantic change throughout the economy,” said William H. Green, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and Hoyt C. Hottel Professor in the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering, at MITEI’s Spring……

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How a task force is recommending DC...

People pass through the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)(AP/Matt Slocum) People pass through the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)(AP/Matt Slocum) A task force created to contemplate ways D.C. can reimagine its Gallery Place-Chinatown neighborhood is recommending an Asian grocery store, a continued emphasis on safety and the creation of a new arts and entertainment district. The group, which includes city and business leaders, presented its ideas during…

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Study finds better services dramatically help children...

Being placed in foster care is a necessary intervention for some children. But many advocates worry that kids can languish in foster care too long, with harmful effects for children who are temporarily unattached from a permanent family. A new study co-authored by an MIT economist shows that an innovative Chilean program providing legal aid to children shortens the length of foster-care stays, returning them to families faster. In the process, it improves long-term social outcomes for kids and……

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What pet owners should be asking when...

Summer vacations may include pets, or pet owners may want to have their companion cared for at a boarding facility, or doggy day care that provides overnight stays. More stories 23 dogs removed from a Montgomery Co. doggie daycare reunited with their owners Welcome to kitten season, when animal shelters need all the help they can get Dogs and cats can also suffer from allergies, but there are ways to help our furry friends The Animal Welfare League of…

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What pet owners should be asking when...

Summer vacations may include pets, or pet owners may want to have their companion cared for at a boarding facility, or doggy day care that provides overnight stays. More stories 23 dogs removed from a Montgomery Co. doggie daycare reunited with their owners Welcome to kitten season, when animal shelters need all the help they can get Dogs and cats can also suffer from allergies, but there are ways to help our furry friends The Animal Welfare League of…

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Myles Turner will join Bucks, who waive...

Myles Turner is about to become teammates with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Damian Lillard now has the chance to pick his next spot. And just like that, the first full day of NBA free agency brought big surprises Tuesday. Turner — the longtime stalwart for the Indiana Pacers — agreed to a four-year deal to join the Milwaukee Bucks, who waived the nine-time All-Star in Lillard to make the acquisition happen, a person with knowledge of the moves told The Associated…

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Myles Turner will join Bucks, who waive...

Myles Turner is about to become teammates with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Damian Lillard now has the chance to pick his next spot. And just like that, the first full day of NBA free agency brought big surprises Tuesday. Turner — the longtime stalwart for the Indiana Pacers — agreed to a four-year deal to join the Milwaukee Bucks, who waived the nine-time All-Star in Lillard to make the acquisition happen, a person with knowledge of the moves told The Associated…

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The Truth Is Out There at the...

Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: I love The X-Files. It is one of my favorite TV shows of all time. As of this recording, it debuted 31 years ago, which, God, makes me feel old. But here’s the thing about The X-Files. As a TV show, just like the writing, the plotting, it’s pretty hit or miss, to be honest. But as a concept, as a thing that entered my……

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