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/ 4 months agoThe Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for a commercial space program
The Polaris Dawn mission will test communications, perform research and conduct a spacewalk with SpaceX extravehicular spacesuits.
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/ 4 months ago4 ways Wissahickon Valley Park makes Philly more resilient against climate change
The lush urban forest in northwest Philadelphia helps cool the city and provides other environmental protections.
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/ 4 months agoUS is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it
The US has given military aid to Israel since the 1960s, backed by both domestic and regional strategic interests, including containing...
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/ 4 months agoWhat links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism
Targeting the key players that help your body regulate metabolism could reverse disease progression, including cognitive decline related to Alzheimer’s disease.
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/ 4 months agoGift card scams generate billions for fraudsters and industry as regulators fail to protect consumers − and how one 83-year-old fell into the ‘fear bubble’
Consumers lose more than $5 billion a year to fraud involving gift cards, while the industry exploits regulatory loopholes and delays...
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/ 4 months agoWhy gift cards fall into a gap in the 2-tier banking regulation system − and a brief history of why that gap exists
Regulation over banks that issue credit cards, debit cards and gift cards is piecemeal. The customer loses.
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/ 4 months agoItalian teenager Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization reflects the Vatican’s desire to appeal to a new generation of Catholics
Italian priest Padre Pio was one of the world’s most prayed-to saints in recent times. As Pio’s generation ages, the Catholic...
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/ 4 months ago‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if they have jobs or children to care for
Jobs and child care duties can seriously hamper a student’s chances of finishing college. The problem affects Black and Hispanic students...
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/ 4 months agoFrom thoughts to words: How AI deciphers neural signals to help a man with ALS speak
Listening in on neural activity is a promising way of restoring the ability to communicate for people whose bodies no longer...
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/ 4 months agoTreating Nord Stream blasts as a whodunit misses the point – and plays into Russia’s plan to distract and divide
Since saboteurs blew up the Russia-Germany gas pipelines in September 2022, theories have swirled about who was responsible. German prosecutors recently...
