“The European Space Agency has announced it has chosen a team to make oxygen on the moon,” reports Digital Trends. “The team, led by aerospace manufacturer Thales Alenia Space, will design and build a payload to create oxygen from lunar soil.” [C]arrying oxygen into space using rockets is inefficient, so Read more…
“Bitcoin was seen by many of its libertarian-leaning fans as a kind of doomsday insurance,” argues a columnist in the New York Times, “a form of ‘digital gold’ that would be a source of stability as the world grew more chaotic and unpredictable…. “But Bitcoin hasn’t boomed…. Bitcoin prices are Read more…
India said on Friday it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance, giving its version of events after Pakistan summoned India’s envoy to protest. Military experts have in the past warned of the risk of accidents or miscalculations by the Read more…
Dust off those plastic binders that lived in the back seat of your car and fire up the boombox, because compact discs are back. CD sales enjoyed year-over-year growth for the first time since 2004, according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s annual sales report. Combined with the decade-long Read more…
U.S. regulators on Thursday issued final rules eliminating the need for automated vehicle manufacturers to equip fully autonomous vehicles with manual driving controls to meet crash standards. Automakers and tech companies have faced significant hurdles to deploying automated driving system (ADS) vehicles without human controls because of safety standards written Read more…
This winter’s flu vaccine was a particularly bad match for the most common influenza strain in circulation, a new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. Thankfully, the flu season was much milder than usual for the second year in a row, as ongoing covid-19 precautions likely Read more…
