Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch[1] has marked a milestone for a commercial space company that has big ambitions.
As a space policy expert[2], I see New Glenn’s success as a big leap...
The Bible’s lex talionis – “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth[1], hand for hand, foot for foot” (Exodus 21:24-27) – has captured the human imagination for millennia. This idea of fairness has been a model for ensuring justice when bodily harm is inflicted.
Thanks to the work of linguists[2], historians[3], archaeologists[4] and ...
Imagine attending a funeral where the person who has died speaks directly to you, answering your questions and sharing memories. This happened at the funeral of Marina Smith[1], a Holocaust educator who died in 2022.
Thanks to an AI technology company called StoryFile[2], Smith seemed to interact naturally with her family and friends.
The...
The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century[1] demonstrated for the first time that fusion can be a viable source of clean energy.
The experiment, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, showed ignition[2]: a fusion reaction generating more energy out than was put in.
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