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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.

 
These Are The Skills Agencies Say Will...
AI is reshaping agencies at unprecedented speed, but leaders say the most important skills in 2026 and beyond will have little to do with technical mastery. As AI adoption grows and transforms organizational needs, agencies have shed thousands of roles in 2025. Employment in advertising, PR, and related services fell for seven straight months up to July, and additional job cuts at the end of the year, from the 10,000 total jobs lost in Omnicom’s acquisition of IPG to...

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Beeple’s Art Basel Robot Dogs Satirize Musk,...
December 11, 2025 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Billionaire-headed machines lampoon tech power and the way our images quietly become fuel for AI By Deni Ellis Béchard edited by Eric Sullivan A wax head of Elon Musk is seen on a robot dog as a part of an art installation called “Regular Animals” by digital artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, during Art Basel 2025 at Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, December...

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TelevisaUnivision and Roku Launch CTV Ad Offering...
In an effort to better target U.S. Hispanic viewers, TelevisaUnivision and Roku are launching a new unified advertising solution. This new ad offering, now available from TelevisaUnivision—and powered by Roku Data Cloud and the TelevisaUnivision Household Graph—combines reach with culturally relevant advertising for Hispanics across connected TV. Under a unified Hispanic audience segment, the solution allows TelevisaUnivision ads to be delivered across all content endpoints with precise targeting and measurement to help maximize performance.  In addition, TelevisaUnivision will be...

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Americans Say They’re Hustling, the Receipts Say...
This article was produced in partnership with Fetch Times are tough, and while American consumers might seem on social media like they’re ready to hustle, their receipts show they really just want to chill out.  That was the overarching finding from rewards app Fetch’s first-ever Fetch Finds report, which uses data from $179 billion in transactions to reveal Americans’ spending habits over the last year. “This year, we saw a chaotic mix of discipline and indulgence that defined how...

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With $97M London Brewery, Guinness Steps Up...
Three centuries ago, Old Brewer’s Yard in London’s Covent Garden was a bustling beer district. The taps stopped flowing more than 100 years ago, but this week, Guinness brought brewing back to central London with its much anticipated Open Gate Brewery, a $97 million investment in the U.K. capital. There is one twist: no Guinness will be brewed on the premises.  While Diageo’s Irish stout will be on tap, the new microbrewery will instead produce limited-edition craft beers and...

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Five Memorable Logo Revamps of 2025 and...
There was a time when most people wouldn’t even notice that a brand had updated its logo. Over the summer, it became clear that those days are now over. On August 19, Cracker Barrel revealed it had revamped its logo for the first time since 1977—and America lost its mind. There’s a lesson for all companies in Cracker Barrel’s story: Consumers not only have strong feelings about brands, but logos are where those feelings coalesce. Brand managers are well...

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Paper mill waste could unlock cheaper clean...
Researchers have developed a catalyst sourced from renewable plant waste that shows strong potential for speeding up clean hydrogen production. The material is produced by embedding nickel oxide and iron oxide nanoparticles into carbon fibers made from lignin, creating a structure that improves both efficiency and durability during the oxygen evolution reaction, a crucial part of water electrolysis. The study, published in Biochar X, reports that the catalyst reaches a low overpotential of 250 mV at 10 mA cm²...

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Gene-edited CAR-T cells erase aggressive T-cell leukemia
A new treatment created by scientists at UCL (University College London) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is offering promising results for children and adults with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), a fast-moving and uncommon blood cancer. The approach uses genome-edited immune cells to target the disease in patients who often have very limited treatment options. This first-of-its-kind gene therapy, known as BE-CAR7, relies on base-edited immune cells to attack types of T-cell leukemia that historically could not be...

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Stic Raises $10 Million to Put OOH...
Stic, the startup that pays gig drivers to turn their cars into mobile billboards, has raised $10 million in a bridge round led by Accretion Capital and entrepreneurs including Phil Hellmuth, Adam Waheed, and Chris Detert. The funding brings Stic’s valuation to $200 million and will fuel expansion across 30 U.S. states and Canada over the next year. Founded in 2023, Stic lets drivers download the app for free, upload a photo of their car and license, and receive...

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Researchers catch atoms standing still inside molten...
Researchers have found that, inside a liquid, not every atom is moving. Some atoms stay fixed in place even when the temperature is very high. These motionless atoms have a major effect on how a liquid turns into a solid, including the creation of an unusual state of matter known as a corralled supercooled liquid. The way materials solidify is crucial in many natural processes, such as mineralization, the formation of ice, and the folding of protein fibrils. Solidification...

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This 15 minute hepatitis C test could...
A new rapid test from Northwestern University can diagnose hepatitis C in just 15 minutes — far faster than current options. Chronic hepatitis C infection affects an estimated 50 million people around the world and leads to approximately 242,000 deaths each year, most often from cirrhosis and liver cancer. Same-day test results can speed up the start of treatment, and the infection is fully curable with the right medication. Scientists at Johns Hopkins independently verified that the new test...

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How the Next Big Thing in Carbon...
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. The town hall in Akranes, on the west coast of Iceland, filled quickly as locals streamed in to the residents’ meeting. The mood was happy, positive, relaxed. In between speeches, a woman sang folk songs while her family played guitar and melodica. Yet when the guest speaker, an American named Marty Odlin, took the stage, he struck a deadly serious tone. “We woke up Godzilla,” he told the assembled residents. “It’s...

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PKG Center and the MIT Club of...
On Nov. 8, the MIT Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center (MIT PKG Center) collaborated with the MIT Club of Princeton, New Jersey, and the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) to prototype tech-driven interventions to the growing challenge of food insecurity in the Trenton, New Jersey region.   Twelve undergraduates traveled to Trenton for a one-day social impact hackathon, working in teams with alumni active in the MIT Club of Princeton to address technical challenges posed by TASK. These included...

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MIT takes manufacturing education across the country
MIT has long bolstered U.S. manufacturing by developing key innovations and production technologies, and training entrepreneurs. This fall, the Institute introduced a new tool for U.S. manufacturing: an education program for workers, held at collaborating institutions, which teaches core principles of production, helping employees and firms alike. The new effort, the Technologist Advanced Manufacturing Program, or TechAMP, developed with U.S. Department of Defense funding, features a mix of in-person lab instruction at participating institutions, online lectures by MIT faculty and...

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Intel Takes Major Step in Plan to...
Intel has signed a term sheet to acquire the AI chip startup SambaNova Systems, two sources with direct knowledge of the agreement tell WIRED. The details of the term sheet are unknown. The agreement is nonbinding, meaning the deal is not yet finalized and could be dissolved without penalty. It could take weeks or even months before regulatory approval, liability scrutiny, and financial due diligence are complete. Intel’s interest in acquiring the startup was first reported by Bloomberg in...

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