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NASA is stacking the Artemis II rocket, implying a simple heat shield fix

A good sign The readiness of the Orion crew capsule, where the four Artemis II astronauts will live during their voyage around the Moon, is driving NASA’s schedule for the mission. Officially, Artemis II is projected to launch in September of next year, but there’s little chance of meeting that schedule. At the beginning of […]

November 21, 2024 | artemis, artemis II, human spaceflight, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, orion, Science, Space, space launch system, vehicle assembly building | No comments

Welcome to Google’s nightmare: US reveals plan to destroy search monopoly

Hepner expects that the DOJ plan may be measured enough that the court may only “be interested in a nip-tuck, not a wholesale revision of what plaintiffs have put forward.” Kamyl Bazbaz, SVP of public affairs for Google’s more privacy-focused rival DuckDuckGo, released a statement agreeing with Hepner. “The government has put forward a proposal […]

November 21, 2024 | android, Antitrust law, duckduckgo, Google, google ai overviews, Google Chrome, google search, google search monopoly, Policy, us department of justice | No comments

Android will soon instantly log you in to your apps on new devices

If you lose your iPhone or buy an upgrade, you could reasonably expect to be up and running after an hour, presuming you backed up your prior model. Your Apple stuff all comes over, sure, but most of your third-party apps will still be signed in. Doing the same swap with an Android device is […]

November 21, 2024 | android, app restore, Google, phone backup, Tech | No comments

Study: Yes, tapping on frescoes can reveal defects

The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, is adorned with multiple lavish murals created in the 19th century by Italian artist Constantino Brumidi. These include panels in the Senate first-floor corridors, Room H-144, and the rotunda. The crowning glory is The Apotheosis of Washington on the dome of the rotunda, 180 feet above the floor. Brumidi […]

November 21, 2024 | acoustics, art conservation, Science | No comments

FCC chairwoman announces departure, paving way for Republican majority

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced today that she will leave the agency on January 20, 2025, the day of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. “Serving at the Federal Communications Commission has been the honor of a lifetime, especially my tenure as chair and as the first woman in history to be confirmed to lead […]

November 21, 2024 | jessica rosenworcel, Policy | No comments

Horrifying medical device malfunction: Abdominal implant erupts from leg

On May 7, 2011, Georgia resident Tonya Brand noticed a pain on the inside of her right thigh. As the pain grew worse in the 4- to 5-inch area of her leg, she headed to a hospital. There, doctors suspected she had a blood clot. But an ultrasound the next day failed to find one. […]

November 21, 2024 | Cook Medical, fda, Health, IVC filter, medical device, safety, Science | No comments

As NASA increasingly relies on commercial space, there are some troubling signs

But in 2008, NASA brought on a different provider, Orbital Sciences, and the COTS program moved forward. In 2012, SpaceX flew a successful demonstration mission of its Dragon spacecraft. Orbital Sciences followed a year later with its Cygnus spacecraft. With the development phase complete, NASA moved into the second phase, purchasing services. The agency has […]

November 21, 2024 | Commercial space, Features, NASA, Space, spacex | No comments

Qubit that makes most errors obvious now available to customers

We’re nearing the end of the year, and there are typically a flood of announcements regarding quantum computers around now, in part because some companies want to live up to promised schedules. Most of these involve evolutionary improvements on previous generations of hardware. But this year, we have something new: the first company to market […]

November 20, 2024 | Computer science, dual-rail qubits, quantum computing, quantum mechanics, qubits, Science | No comments

Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for “Best CBD Gummies“

Under the strength of Forbes’ long-existing and well-linked site, Forbes Marketplace/Advisor has dominated the search term “best cbd gummies” for “an eternity,” according to SEO analyst Lily Ray. Forbes has similarly dominated “best pet insurance,” and long came up as the second result for “how to get rid of roaches,” as detailed in a blog […]

November 20, 2024 | affiliate, affiliate marketing, Biz & IT, forbes, forbes marketplace, Google, guest posts, parasite seo, SEO, site reputation, Tech | No comments

Study: Why Aztec “death whistles” sound like human screams

Aztec death whistles don’t fit into any existing Western classification for wind instruments; they seem to be a unique kind of “air spring” whistle, based on CT scans of some of the artifacts. Sascha Frühholz, a cognitive and affective neuroscientist at the University of Zürich, and several colleagues wanted to learn more about the physical […]

November 20, 2024 | acoustics, anthropology, archaeoacoustics, aztec culture, experimental archaeology, psychoacoustics, Science | No comments

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