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Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL from Baldwin Long Island was the lead on this EVA. Her spacesuit shows the red stripes. Loral O’Hara, who does not yet have an amateur radio call sign, has the spacesuit without the red stripes.
The stripes are important to mission control for quick video

The Dinkenish asteroid was discovered to have its own moon

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Scientists Create ‘Super Melanin’ That Speeds Healing, Stops Sunburn, and More

Scientists Might Know Why You Feel Loopy After an All-Nighter

Pentagon Wants Reports of UFO Sightings from Veterans

Monkeypox Has Been Evolving in Humans Since at Least 2016, Study Finds

Scientists Grow Mouse Embryos in Space for the First Time

Woman Gets New Cat—and Months of Diarrhea, in Possible Medical First

Energy Dept. Pours Billions into Power Grids but Warns It’s Not Enough

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(From the October 29, 2023 edition of the TechNet)

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Interstellar Tune-Up: NASA’s Voyager Spacecraft Get Crucial Updates

Virgin Galactic Teams Up with NASA Pluto Scientist for Edge-of-Space Exploration

Apollo Mission Samples Reveal the Moon Is More Ancient Than We Thought

NASA Tests 3D-Printed Rocket Nozzle for Future Missions to Moon, Mars

NASA to Rewrite Mars Sample Return Mission So It Can Actually Happen

SpaceX Rival Rocket Lab Is Cleared to Launch Again After September Anomaly

Detailed Mars Water Map Shows Where to Land Future Explorers

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NASA will launch the ILLUMA-T (Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal) this November 5th to be installed outside of the international space station. NASA will then have the three transceivers in place for their laser communications test.

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Stem Cell Clinics Are Selling Shady, Unproven Treatments for Long Covid

AstraZeneca Requests FDA Approval for Self-Administered Nasal Flu Vaccine

NASA Is Struggling to Open Its Asteroid Sample Container

Pieces of Asteroid Bennu Land at the Smithsonian After 200 Million Mile Voyage

CVS to Pull Cold Medicines After FDA Scientists Say They Don’t Work

Chemists Unveil the Slickest Surface Ever to Ward Off Water

Millions of Americans Have Cognitive Decline and Don’t Know It

Woman Hearing Strange Sounds Finds Out She Has a Spider in Her Ear

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(From the October 22, 2023 edition of the TechNet)

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Construction of NASA’s Artemis Moon Rockets on Track Despite Welding Issue

NASA’s Lucy Probe Phones Home From 49-Million-Mile Journey to Asteroid

NASA’s Juno Reveals Hellish Landscape of Jupiter’s Moon Io in Latest Flyby

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Faster-Than-Light ‘Quasiparticles’ Touted as Futuristic Light Source

Covid-19 Might Trigger a Rare Paralyzing Condition

Experimental Therapy Fights Brain Cancer with Modified Herpes Virus

Why Is Mars’ Atmosphere Leaking? A New Mission Seeks Answers

Most Distant Fast Radio Burst Offers a Way to Weigh the Universe

U.S. Electric Grid Will Get a $3.5 Billion Upgrade, DOE Announces

Creator of Crazy Frog Invites You on a Luxury Cruise Across the Solar System

Scientists Show that Monkeys Can Live Up to 2 Years with Genetically Modified Pig Kidneys

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(From the October 15, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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SpaceX Successfully Launches NASA’s $1 Billion Psyche Mission to a Metal World

Vintage Space Shuttle Boosters Take Over Los Angeles Streets in Rare Trek

Replacing My Car Battery with Capacitors in 2023!

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Here’s What NASA Brought Back from The Asteroid Bennu

Common Drug Can Improve Hand Osteoarthritis Symptoms, Finds Study

Gaia Mission Discovers Half a Million New Stars and 150,000 Asteroids

Man Gets Strange Back Rash from Eating Undercooked Shiitake Mushrooms

Woman’s Experimental Bionic Hand Passes Major Test with Flying Colors

Exercise or Pills for Depression? Study Finds Pros and Cons to Both

ISS Faces Another Coolant Leak Linked to Russian Hardware

FDA Warns People to Stay Away from Compounded Ketamine

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(From the October 8, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Video Shows NASA Probe Dispatching Asteroid Sample Capsule to Earth

Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink with Maiden Satellite Launch

NASA’s Upgraded Megarocket Engines Ready to Fire in Critical Tests

What to Know About NASA’s Unprecedented Psyche Mission to a Metallic Asteroid

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Returned Asteroid Sample Canister Contains Way More Asteroid Than Expected

Scientists Print Skin That’s More Human-Like Than Anything Before It

Enormous Satellite Discovered to Outshine All but the 7 Brightest Stars

Ketamine Nasal Spray Better Than Standard Drugs in Major Depression Trial

Malaria Comes to Arkansas: State Reports First Locally Acquired Case

Astrophysicists Clock Highest-Radiation Blasts Ever Recorded from a Pulsar

Quasi-Planets Called JuMBOs Are Bopping Around in Space

‘No One Is Safe’: Bed Bugs Invade Paris Ahead of Olympics

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(From the October 1, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Video Shows NASA Probe Dispatching Asteroid Sample Capsule to Earth

Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink with Maiden Satellite Launch

NASA’s Upgraded Megarocket Engines Ready to Fire in Critical Tests

What to Know About NASA’s Unprecedented Psyche Mission to a Metallic Asteroid

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Returned Asteroid Sample Canister Contains Way More Asteroid Than Expected

Scientists Print Skin That’s More Human-Like Than Anything Before It

Enormous Satellite Discovered to Outshine All but the 7 Brightest Stars

Ketamine Nasal Spray Better Than Standard Drugs in Major Depression Trial

Malaria Comes to Arkansas: State Reports First Locally Acquired Case

Astrophysicists Clock Highest-Radiation Blasts Ever Recorded from a Pulsar

Quasi-Planets Called JuMBOs Are Bopping Around in Space

‘No One Is Safe’: Bed Bugs Invade Paris Ahead of Olympics

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(From the October 1, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Blue Origin and Sierra Space’s Space Station Collaboration Hits Turbulence

NASA’s Parker Probe Shatters Records During Latest Solar Swoop

Space Force Taps SpaceX for $70 Million Starshield Contract

FAA Sets 21 Tasks for Bezos’s Blue Origin Before New Shepard Can Fly Again

Watch Live as NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Returns Asteroid Samples to Earth

Sierra Space Scores Record Funding, Eyes First Commercial Space Station

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Antimatter Reacts to Gravity in the Same Way as Ordinary Matter, Physicists Find

Arecibo Observatory Prepares for Life After Astronomy

After First Setback, Second Pig Heart Transplant Provokes Cautious Optimism

Scientists Are Closer to Finding a Test for Long Covid

Scientists Might Have Found a New Genetic Trigger for Parkinson’s Disease

An Invasive Brain-Infecting Worm Has Made Its Way to Georgia

Stellar Explosion From 180 Years Ago Comes Alive in New Timelapse

Shell Galaxy Reveals Its Onion-Like Layers to Dark Energy Camera

Viruses Found in Zoo Poo Might Help Fight Off Bacterial Superbugs, Scientists Say

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(From the September 10, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Has Generative Artificial Intelligence Gotten Any Better “Drawing” Antennas?

Nope!

Here Are Four Images Generated by Adobe’s New Firefly Generative Image Artificial Intelligence, With the Prompted Text: ” A 20 meter three element Yagi amateur radio antenna.” Here’s What Firefly Offered me!

Better Luck Next Time???

Beyond SpaceX: The Rising Stars of the U.S. Rocket Industry

Hundreds of Thousands of Stars Shine in New Hubble Space Telescope Image

FAA Slaps SpaceX with 63 Corrective Actions Following Botched Starship Megarocket Launch

Scientists may have a solution to the International Space Station’s fungus problem

The Pentagon Might Be Launching a Hypersonic Missile from Cape Canaveral This Week

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Scientists Say They’ve Now Grown a Whole Human Embryo Model from Scratch

Counterfeit Pills Are Becoming Deadlier in America

An Existing Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Might Be Useful for Alzheimer’s Too, Study Finds

CDC Warns About Deadly ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria Found in Warm Coastal Waters

X-Ray Telescope Spots Black Hole Slowly Devouring a Star

Astronomers Spot Most Distant Galactic Magnetic Field Ever with Giant Desert Telescope

An Experimental Rice-sized Implant Monitors How Drugs Affect Tumors

ChatGPT Is Still Bleeding Users

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(From the September 3, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate

A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I’m Wrong

Building the Vehicle Physicists Called Impossible (feat. Veritasium)

Computer Generated TechNet Intro for Today, Without Repeater or AllStar Artifact:

Upcoming Japanese Space Venture Features X-Ray Satellite for Exploring the Universe’s Biggest Structures

India’s Moon Mission Makes Unprecedented Measurements at the Lunar South Pole

Hubble, Webb Telescopes Team Up to Study Jupiter’s Tumultuous Volcanic Moon

NASA Probe Spots Crashed Russian Moon Lander

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India’s Chandrayaan 3 mission put the lander (Vikram) and rover (Pragyan) on the south pole of the moon. Here is a photo from the rover looking back at the lander.

Here is a diagram of the the Pragyan rover.

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Only 1,280 Reproductive Human Ancestors Once Roamed Earth, Gene Study Suggests

A Pig Kidney Has Now Survived Inside a Human Body for Six Weeks and Counting

Microplastics Can Travel into the Brain and Cause Behavioral Changes, Study Finds

Webb Telescope Data Suggests There May Not Be a Ton of Supermassive Black Holes

Hackers Force Shutdown of Two Key Astronomical Observatories

Poland’s Railways Halted by a Simple Radio Hack

Nuclear Weapons Partly Responsible for Radioactive Wild Boars, Researchers Say

Booze Might Not Give Men ‘Beer Goggles’ After All, Small Study Finds

Good News Everyone: We Found a New Species of Roundworm That Can Infect Our Brains

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(From the August 27, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Quantum Computing

Book Review: “Quantum Supremacy” by Michio Kaku (tl;dr DO NOT BUY)

Explorer #18: Quantum Computers and A.I. with Scott Aaronson

Russia’s Long-Awaited Return to the Moon Crashes and Burns

Watch Live as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Launches to the ISS

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‘Near Collisions’ of Commercial Jets Happen All the Time, Horrifying FAA Records Show

A Space Junk Removal Mission Got Struck by Space Junk

X-Ray Analysis of Pompeii Victims’ Bones Suggest They Suffocated to Death

How Many People Does It Take to Start a Colony on Mars?

Scientists Strengthen Concrete By 30 Percent with Used Coffee Grounds

Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Galaxy Cluster That Could Hold Secrets of Dark Matter

The Solar Orbiter Spacecraft May Have Discovered What Powers Solar Winds

Development Delays Linked to Babies with Excessive Screen Time, Study Finds

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(From the August 20, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Russia’s Lunar Lander Crashes into the Moon

U.S. Space Companies Becoming Prime Targets for Foreign Malware, Federal Agencies Warn

SpaceX Rakes in $55 Million Profit Even as Starship Waits to Fly

Russia’s Lunar Mission Captures Its First Views of Earth and the Moon

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Researcher Proposes Space Umbrella Attached to Asteroid to Mitigate Climate Change

South Korean University Investigating Author of Those Viral Superconductor Claims

Pentagon Launches Study on How to Start an Economy on the Moon in the Next 10 Years

Gene Therapy Rewired Monkey’s Brains to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder, Study Finds

An Invasive Hornet That Murders Honeybees Has Arrived in the United States

Space Force Forms New Intelligence Unit to Target Enemy Satellites

Hurricanes More Likely to Kill Vulnerable Populations in the U.S., Study Finds

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(From the August 13, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Back-to-Back Solar Flares Knock Out Radio Signals Across the US

Obesity Drug Wegovy Found to Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes in Major Trial

How to Watch This Year’s Promising Perseid Meteor Shower

Breast Cancer Screenings May Cause Overdiagnosis in Older Women, Study Finds

Great, Climate Change Will Even Make Food Poisoning Worse

Johnson & Johnson Gets FDA Approval for Heart Treatments That Don’t Require X-Rays

FDA Approves First Oral Postpartum Depression Pill

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Nuclear Fusion Scientists Successfully Recreate Net Energy Gain

ATSC 3 DRM Encryption is Worse Than We Thought!

Back-to-Back Solar Flares Knock Out Radio Signals Across the US

Obesity Drug Wegovy Found to Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes in Major Trial

How to Watch This Year’s Promising Perseid Meteor Shower

Breast Cancer Screenings May Cause Overdiagnosis in Older Women, Study Finds

Great, Climate Change Will Even Make Food Poisoning Worse

Johnson & Johnson Gets FDA Approval for Heart Treatments That Don’t Require X-Rays

FDA Approves First Oral Postpartum Depression Pill

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(From the August 6, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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HAARP: A Brief History and Engineering Review – SBE Chapter 37

Last Week’s Announced Room Temperature Superconductor Isn’t Panning Out…

This is a photograph from the LK99 researchers, proving that their “superconducting” demonstrated the Meissner Effect, like other superconductors.

But a close look will show that this isn’t the Meissner Effect of a Superconductor, but much more common, everyday Diamagnetism, which can easily happen at room temperature:

This isn’t the Meissner Effect – it is a demonstration of the diamagnetism of something called Pyrolitic Carbon, which does this (on my desk) at room temperature!

This is what the Meisner Effect looks like.

So far LK99 is shaping up to not be a room temperature superconductor but a diamagnetic semiconductor!

The Euclid Telescope’s First Images Have Arrived and They’re Stunning

NASA Detects ‘Heartbeat’ Message from Voyager 2 After Inadvertently Losing Contact

NASA Chooses Axiom Space for Fourth Private Mission to the ISS

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OceanGate Co-Founder Wants to Send 1,000 People to Venus—What Could Go Wrong?

FCC Issues Record $300 Million Fine for Auto Warranty Robocallers

So, What’s Going on With Leprosy in Florida?

Reversing Trump, Biden Keeps Space Command HQ in Colorado After Heated Feud

Scientists in Japan Develop Experimental Alzheimer’s Vaccine That Shows Promise in Mice

UK Man Gets Gnarly, Newly Discovered Infection from Stray Cat Bite

Cosmic Question Mark Spotted in Deep Space Suggests the Universe Is Stumped

Los Angeles Has a Growing Typhus Problem, Thanks to the Fleas

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(From the July 30, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Time Dilation Calculator

Viral New Superconductivity Claims Leave Many Scientists Skeptical

EEVblog 1555 – Korean LK-99 Ambient Temperature Superconductor BUSTED!

NASA Launches Its Own Streaming Platform

ARRL Massively Increases Dues Starting January 1, 2024!

Power Outage at Mission Control Temporarily Disrupts NASA’s Link to ISS

NASA Picks Lockheed Martin to Build the Nuclear Rocket That’ll Take Us to Mars

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Astronomers Find High-frequency Magnetic Waves May Play Essential Role in Coronal Heating

‘Multi-Decade’ Coverup Includes ‘Non-Human Biologics,’ UFO Whistleblower Tells Congress

Astrophysicist Who Claimed to Find Alien Tech May Have Done the Science Wrong

Ozempic Under Investigation Following Reports of Suicidal Thoughts

Excess Deaths Among Republicans Skyrocketed After Covid Vaccine Became Available, Study Finds

Your Hands Are Probably Heavier Than You Think

CDC Finds Coronavirus and Other Infectious Agents in Unlicensed California Lab

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(From the July 22, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Hubble Spots ‘Boulder Cloud’ From NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission

Amazon Funds $120 Million Facility for Satellite Megaconstellation Project in Florida

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Is It Growing Pains or Is ChatGPT Just Becoming Dumber?

Congress is Going to Be Talking About UFOs Next Week

Nano-sized Carbon Material Could Be Used to Treat Down Syndrome

Two-Faced: Wacky White Dwarf Keeps Its Surface Gases Separate

A Mysterious Object in Deep Space Has Blinked Every 22 Minutes for Over 30 Years

‘Mind Blowing’ Trojan Planet Suspected of Sharing the Same Orbit as Its Sibling

SpaceX Tests Starship Water Deluge System That It Should’ve Built in the First Place

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(From the July 15, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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A Methane Rocket Could Reach Orbit for the First Time This Week

India’s Chandrayaan-3 Lander Successfully Launches on Mission to Moon’s South Pole

Journey Into the Past: Webb’s Trippy 3D Animation Guides You to an Ancient Galaxy

Sorry, Elon: Chinese Company Becomes the World’s First to Launch Methane Rocket to Orbit

Why the Titan sub failed

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SpaceX Starlink Satellites Have to Dodge Objects in Orbit Nearly 140 Times Every Day

Scientists in Japan Have Developed an Experimental Tooth-Growing Drug

Genes for Learning and Memory Are 650 million Years Old, Study Shows

Air Force Bonuses and New Assignments on Pause Due to Battle Over Space Command Headquarters

Doctors Report Unsettling Case of Man with Green, Fuzzy Tongue

Parkinson’s Disease: Intense Exercise May Help to Keep the Disease at Bay

COVID-19 data: How Infection Rates Changed on the Day a Lockdown or Similar Measure Was Introduced

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(From the July 9, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Last week I mentioned that our conscious perception of our own reality actually includes more than a 100 milli-second latency delay – even though you and I don’t notice it:

What you’re seeing right now is the past, so your brain is predicting the present

LEAKED Titan Sub Transcript Shows Crew In Battle For Lives

An All-Band Antenna

Failed Vega-C Test Sparks Investigation as Europe’s Rocket Woes Worsen

NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour Will Stand Tall Once More

SpaceX Wants Environmental Lawsuit Against Its Starship Rocket Dismissed

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Almost Half of U.S. Tap Water Is Contaminated With ‘Forever Chemicals’, Study Says

Webb Space Telescope Discovers Farthest Active Supermassive Black Hole Known

New Theory Suggests Hardy Tardigrades Evolved from Ancient Worms

OceanGate Suspends All Operations in the Aftermath of Titan Implosion

Ticks Use This One Neat Trick to Help Them Suck Your Blood, Study Finds

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(From the July 2, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Upcoming Orbital Test Could Enable Tracking of Super Tiny Space Debris

NASA Wants to Mine Resources from the Moon by 2032

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RSV Vaccines for Older Adults Should Be Here by the Fall

Researchers Reconstruct 3D Environments from Eye Reflections

American Technology Found in Chinese Spy Balloon Debris

Malaria Makes a Comeback in Florida and Texas

Women Jailed for Refusing T.B. Treatment Sent Home, Will Have to Take Meds or Else

We Pump So Much Groundwater, We’ve Shifted the World’s Tilt and Contributed to Sea Level Rise

Astronomers Uncover an Entirely New Way for Stars to Die

Breakthrough Gravitational Wave Findings Suggest Supermassive Black Holes Are Constantly Warping Spacetime

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(From the June 25, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Military Whistleblower: US has Captured UFOs!!!!: BUSTED!

NASA Makes Progress on SLS Launch Pad Repairs and Upgrades Ahead of Artemis 2 Launch

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No, Betelgeuse Won’t Go Supernova in ‘Tens of Years’—or Even Centuries

The Health Dangers of Gas Stoves Keep Piling Up

Space Travel Alters Gene Expression, Weakening Our Immune Systems

These Companies Want to Beam Space-Based Solar Power to Earth

Massive Black Holes Littered the Early Universe, Simulation Suggests

Swarms of ‘Cannibal’ Crickets Invade Small Nevada Town

Webb Telescope Observations Suggest Habitable Planets May Be Rarer Than Previously Thought

Gigantic Satellite Beams Data from Space at 4G Speeds

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(From the June 18, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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China Tests Parachute System to Control Falling Rocket Boosters

This Space Factory Will Attempt to Produce Medical Drugs in Orbit

Check Out the Curiosity Rover’s Colorized Panoramic Postcard from Mars

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How a Toilet Plunger Improved CPR

Pediatricians Warn Weighted Baby Sleep Sack May Cause SIDS

Slightly Lost Bumblebees Use Scent to Find Their Way Home

Philadelphia Zoo Suspects Topical Dye Killed Five of Its Meerkats

There’s Now an Over-the-Counter Gel for Erectile Dysfunction

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(From the June 11, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Aftermath of Philadelphia I-95 Expressway Bridge Collapse

The Killer AI That Wasn’t

The Strange Number System Where Infinity Is Tiny

SpaceX Starship Woes Has NASA Worried About Artemis Moon Landing Delays

NASA Fears Budget Cuts Are Imminent After Biden Signs New Legislation

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A cargo Dragon spacecraft docks to the zenith port of the Harmony module on the ISS. It’s the 28th SpaceX cargo ship to go to the ISS.

This is a NASA picture of the five ports that today have spacecraft presently attached. I have added the location of two more NASA ports that are unoccupied at this time. (Just follow the red lines) One is on the Harmony module and the other is on the Unity module. There is one Russian docking port that is also not being used that is part of the Rassvet module.

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Wrecked Arecibo Observatory May Undergo a Downsized Resurrection

This Is Your Brain on Space: New Research Uncovers Perils of Long Duration Spaceflight

Here’s What Health Experts Want You to Know About This Week’s Wildfire Smoke

Gravitational Waves Might Be Generated by the Debris Fields of Dying Stars

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Solves a Longtime Mystery About the Sun

New Webb Image Reveals 45,000 Sparkling Galaxies in Ancient Star Formation

New 3D Stretchable Electronics Can Advance Organ-on-Chip Technology

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(From the June 4, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Kodak Vibes: This Disposable-Style Digital Camera Makes You Wait 24 Hours to See Your Photos

How to Watch the First-Ever Livestream Beamed Down from Mars

A New Lunar Lander and Robot Snakes Are Just Some of the Best Spaceflight Images from May

Rocket Carrying North Korea’s First Spy Satellite Crashes into the Sea

Webb Takes Portrait of Star-Studded Barred Galaxy

China Launches First Civilian to Space, Targets 2030 for Crewed Lunar Landing

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Ozempic Craze Has Spawned a Sketchy Black Market, FDA Warns

Hundreds of One-Dimensional Strands Found Lurking in Our Galaxy’s Core

Scientists Successfully Transmit Space-Based Solar Power to Earth for the First Time

The Morning After: Japan will try to beam solar power from space by 2025

A Bad Sex Life Just Might Affect Your Aging Brain’s Health

Woman Who Refused TB Treatment Finally Arrested, Faces at Least 45 Days in Jail

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(From the May 28, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Timber! Japan’s Wooden Satellite Is Nearly Ready for Space

NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Captures Heartbreaking Views of Japanese Lander Crash Site

SpaceX Files to Fight Alongside FAA in Starship Launch Lawsuit

Private Space Venture Now Targeting 2026 for Unprecedented Mars Landing

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Company Behind Billions of Robocalls Is Being Sued by Nearly Every State

Novo Nordisk Weight Loss Pill Works as Well as Wegovy, Trial Data Shows

A Massive Gravitational Wave Observatory Is Returning to Action

Amateur Astronomers Can See a New Supernova in the Night Sky

A Woman Barely Feels Pain and Heals Rapidly. Scientists Are Unraveling Her Weird Genetics

Exercise Might Cut Your Risk of Parkinson’s Disease

These Volunteers Will Stay in Bed for Two Straight Months for Space Travel Experiment

Don’t Chug Poppers, FDA Warns

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(From the May 21, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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They Do Sell Coax-Style Litz Wire!

(Some Of the Dumbest Technical Advice:)
Selecting the Correct Coax Cable

Proposed Mission Seeks to Resurrect Retired Spitzer Space Telescope

Not Even Space Force Can Properly Explain What It Does

Proposed Mission Seeks to Resurrect Retired Spitzer Space Telescope

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NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider.

This preliminary BLUE MOON design is taller than a five-story building.

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(An Article That Would Have Been More Fitting for April 1st!)

Helion and Microsoft Lead World Down Nuclear Fusion Rabbit Hole

(Or Perhaps This Article?)

Who Invented Kissing? Ancient Mesopotamian Texts May Be Oldest Record of Smooches

A Universal Flu Vaccine Is Getting Closer to Reality

Qubits 30 Meters Apart Used to Confirm Einstein Was Wrong About Quantum

Scientists Have Created Cancer-Fighting E. Coli Bacteria

Suck It, Death Cap: Scientists Find Potential Antidote to World’s Deadliest Mushroom

Scientists Are Closer to Understanding How Epstein-Barr Infection Can Cause Multiple Sclerosis

Sleep Apnea Linked to Brain Damage, Study Finds

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(From the May 14, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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SpaceX’s Flawed Starship Launch Just Got the FAA Sued

Rocket Carrying NASA Astronaut’s Cremated Remains Blows Up After Launch

There’s a New Plan to Relocate Hubble Space Telescope and Extend Its Lifespan

Experimental ‘Space Tug’ Raises Orbit with Water-Based Engine

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Sleep Apnea Linked to Brain Damage, Study Finds

‘Very Large’ Radio Telescope Array Will Scan for Alien Signals

New York State Passes Historic Ban Affecting Gas Appliances (Stoves Included)

The Moon Has a Solid, Earth-Like Core, Study Finds

‘Tall Nose’ Gene in Humans Was Inherited from Neanderthals

Helion and Microsoft Lead World Down Nuclear Fusion Rabbit Hole

Mosquitoes Have Mixed Feelings About Soap, Study Finds

Scientists Are Finally Capturing the Genetic Diversity of Humanity

The First Vaccine for RSV Just Got FDA Approval

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(From the April 30, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

This Link Is Available for the May 7 Tribute to The Memory of Andy WA2CDL

It is with a great deal of shock and sadness that I announce the death of Andy Kirschenbaum WA2CDL, the finest example of a kind and unselfish genius in our hobby, a gentle man that showed kindness to every person he ever met. A man who was always offering his help to others.

A True “Mensch”!

And my good friend.

This Sunday night’s TechNet will be dedicated to the memory of Andy Kirschenbaum WA2CDL, and I hope that you will all join me in remembering all the “light” that he brought into our lives and into this hobby, that Andy loved so much!

May he rest in everlasting peace…

Andy WA2CDL At His Tune Up Table at Last Week’s Nearfest 2023

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(From the April 30, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Mike WY2U’s Excel Spreadsheet to Calculate Magnetic Loops

NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Longer

Japan’s Private Lander Appears to Have Crashed on the Moon

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FDA Approves Poop-Based Pill to Treat Hardy Gut Infections

New Migraine Drug Can Even Tackle the Most Difficult Cases, Study Finds

Babies Who Catch RSV Are at Higher Risk of Later Asthma, Study Finds

Experimental Gel Killed 100% of Brain Tumors in Mice

A Massive Project Is Helping Scientists Unravel the Genetic Secrets of Mammals

New Image of M87 Black Hole Shows a ‘Fluffier’ Ring and Its High-Speed Jet

Researchers Just Used Knots of Worms to Understand the Science of Tangles

A Black Hole Star Could Be the Trippiest Object in Space

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(From the April 23, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Mike WY2U’s Excel Spreadsheet to Calculate Magnetic Loops

Argentinian Taxi Radio Interferes with NASA’s Spacewalk Broadcast

Fusion – Green Power or the Most Deadly and Expensive Fuel on Earth?

SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Finally Flies—but Blows Up Minutes Later

Watch Live As Russian Cosmonauts Relocate a Radiator Outside the ISS

Airbus Shows Off Space Station Design with Simulated Gravity

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Lithium-ion Batteries Break Energy Density Record

Scientists Regenerate Hair Cells that Enable Hearing

Rapid Test Could Tell You If There’s Salmonella in Your Chicken

Scientists Are About to Try to Create Stem Cells in Space

Astrophysicists Spot Einstein Rings That Boost Case for Axionic Dark Matter

CATL’s New Battery Tech Could Inch Electric Planes Closer to Reality

‘Negative Temperature’ Thermodynamics Is Observed in A Photon Gas

Scientists Discover That Worms Get the Weed Munchies, Too

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(From the April 16, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Practical Antenna Handbook, Fourth Edition

What to Expect When SpaceX’s Starship Megarocket Attempts Its First Orbital Flight Next Week

3D-Printed Rocket Didn’t Reach Orbit, but Relativity Space Is Already Building Its Successor

China Will Smash a Spacecraft into This Near-Earth Asteroid in Planetary Defense Test

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Clever Elephant Starts Peeling Her Bananas After Seeing Humans Do It

Philips’ New ‘Ultra Efficient’ LED Bulbs Use 40 Percent Less Energy

Drunk Mice Avoided Hangovers Thanks to a Probiotic

Emissions From Banned Ozone-Destroying Chemicals Are Mysteriously Rising

Strep Throat Is Surging, Alongside an Antibiotic Shortage

New Map of Dark Matter Validates Einstein’s Theory of Gravity

Weird Boson Measurement May Have Been a Fluke, Large Hadron Collider Data Suggests

Outbreak of Rare Fungal Disease Sickens Dozens of Mill Workers in Michigan

Upgraded View of ‘Fuzzy’ Supermassive Black Hole Is a Shade More Menacing

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(From the April 9, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Satellite Collisions Are a Mounting Threat. Updated ‘Rules of the Road’ Could Help

See How Different This Supernova Looks to Webb Versus Hubble

This Mars Map Nearly Exploded My Computer

New Zealand Spaceplane Performs First Rocket-Powered Flight, Achieving Major Milestone

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SpaceX’s Next-Gen Starlink Satellites Have Started Falling from Space

E Ink’s New Color E-Paper Looks Almost as Good as LCD Screens

The Chinese Spy Balloon Captured Sensitive Military Info After All

50 Years Ago, the First Cell Phone Call Was Made on This DynaTAC Dinosaur

False Memories Can Form Within Seconds, Study Finds

Physicists Recreate Classic ‘Double-Slit’ Experiment Using Time Instead of Space

Physicists Create Photonic Time Crystal That Amplifies Light

Tuberculosis-Infected Woman Still Going Out in Public Despite Arrest Warrant

Wild Iguana Steals Little Girl’s Cake, Gives Her Rare Bacterial Infection

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(From the April 2, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Curious What FreeDV Sounds Like?

Well, this is what it sounds like coming out of your receiver, set for Upper Sideband:

And this is what it sounds like when the above audio signal is fed into your computer and run through the FreeDV software:

Earth Surrounded by Man Made Debris

Fusion Breakthrough – BUSTED!!!

Virgin Orbit Officially Shutters Its Space Launch Operations

The Past Four Months Have Been Rough on Rockets—Especially New Ones

Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Solve Lewis Carroll’s Tricky ‘Pillow Problem’?

Blue Origin Blames Faulty Engine Part for Fiery New Shepard Booster Crash

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Scientists Just Learned Something New About How Aspirin Works

Non-Existent Vaccine Microchips Could Soon Be Banned in Missouri

Newly Declassified Report Contradicts Officials, Suggests Havana Syndrome Might Be Caused by Directed Energy

Plants Yell When They’re Stressed Out

Mathematicians Excited About New 13-Sided Shape Called ‘the Hat’

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Could Be Coming to a City Near You

Bent Light in Deep Space Reveals One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Detected

Starlink Rival OneWeb Poised for Global Coverage After Weekend Launch

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(From the March 26, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Self-Powered TV: BUSTED!!!!

Private Japanese Lander Enters Moon’s Orbit Ahead of Historic Landing Attempt

Aftermath of DART Asteroid Impact Seen by Very Large Telescope in Chile

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An artist’s depiction of ispace’s M1 lunar lander.

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‘Oumuamua’s Bizarre Acceleration May Have Been Caused by Hydrogen, Not Alien Technology

A Deadly Super-Fungus Is Spreading Fast in U.S. Hospitals and Care Homes

Stanford Researchers Take Down Alpaca AI Due to ‘Hallucinations’ and Rising Costs

Scientists See Photosynthesis Happening in Detail, Thanks to New Laser Technique

Beethoven’s Genome Reveals Clues to His Bad Health and Early Death

Plan to Build Satellites in Orbit Using Robots and ‘Space Lego’ Gets Space Force Funding

Scientists Have Figured Out How to Create Wormholes for Transportation Across Space

If You Are a Russian Diplomat, You Should Be Using a Flip Phone

Lab-Grown Chicken Is Closer to Your Plate with FDA Green-Light

Space Force Wants $60 Million for Ultra-Quick Satellite Launches

Tanzania Reports Its First Outbreak of the Deadly Marburg Virus

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(From the March 19, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Newest Webb Image Is a Stunning View of a Star’s Penultimate Stage

Sky Wave Propagation

RIP AIM: NASA Probe Retires from Observing Clouds at the Edge of Space

A NASA Telescope on the Moon’s Far Side Would Explore the Universe’s ‘Dark Ages’

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Amazon’s Starlink Competitor Targeting “Less Than $400” Dish as Baseline

High-Speed Photo of Electrical Storm Shows How Lightning Rods Work

OpenAI Levels Up with Newly Released GPT-4

The EPA Is Finally Going to Limit Forever Chemicals in America’s Drinking Water

A Common Dry-Cleaning Chemical Might Be Causing Parkinson’s, Scientists Say

Caffeine Might Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

The Latest HIV Cure Is the First of Its Kind

Experimental Pill Shows Promise Against Leukemia in Early Trial

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(From the March 12, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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After Delayed Asteroid Mission, NASA’s JPL Is Making Changes

15-Year-Old NASA Probe Back in Action After Systems Reset

7 Space Concepts That Were Too Wild for NASA

Relativity Space Scrubs First Launch Attempt of 3D-Printed Rocket

NASA Is Set to Reveal the Artemis Moon Suits, and We’re Hyped

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NASA and India’s space agency will launch the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, (NISAR) satellite. It is a very large satellite that will launch in 2024. Its antenna will be 40 feet in diameter. Below is what it will look like when it is deployed.

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This Enzyme Could Produce Electricity from Thin Air

Drunk Mice Get Sober Fast After a Simple Shot

What to Know About the Much-Hyped New Superconductor Discovery

Student-Designed CubeSat to Feature Inflatable ‘Beachball’ Antenna

Georgia’s Years-Delayed Nuclear Plant Finally Starts Splitting Atoms

New Dark Matter Theory Says a ‘Dark Big Bang’ Created the Hidden Universe

First Complete Map of a Fly Brain Has Uncanny Similarities to AI Neural Networks

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(From the March 5, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Ferrite Mix Selection

The James Webb Telescope Found Six Galaxies That May Be Too Hefty For Their Age

NASA’s Water-Probing Satellite Appears to Be in Trouble

Spaceflight Shakeup: Leading Rocket Company ULA Is Reportedly Up for Sale

Astra Investigation Uncovers Cause of Failed Rocket Launch

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‘Havana Syndrome’ Wasn’t Caused by a Big Energy Weapon, according to U.S. Intelligence

Alarmed by Satellite Constellations, Astronomers Petition the UN for Help

CDC Sounds the Alarm: A Diarrhea Superbug Is Resisting Drugs and Spreading Fast

A New Heart-Thymus Transplant Could Someday Let Kids Live Without Anti-Rejection Drugs

Scientists Say They’ve Created a Better, Possibly Safer Sunscreen

Florida Man Dies from Rare Brain-Eating Infection Caught from Tap Water

Washington Woman to Be Arrested After Refusing Tuberculosis Treatment

Exploring How Birds Use Contractions

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(From the February 26, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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California Company Sets Launch Date for World’s First 3D-Printed Rocket

Giant Claw for Removing Space Junk Is Now One Step Closer to Reality

NASA Will Launch Israel’s First Space Telescope, Set to View Fleeting Events Like Supernovae

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FCC Chair Proposes Rules to Reduce Scam Robotexts

Measurement Of Bacteria Levels Shows High Amounts of Dog Feces On New York City Sidewalks

Could A Naturally Occurring Amino Acid Lead Us to A Cure For COVID-19?

What to Know About the FDA’s New Nutrition Label Rules

Another Person Cured of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant

Over a Billion Galaxies Shine in New Sky Map

11-Year-Old Girl Dies of Bird Flu as Officials Investigate Potential Spread

New Process Fabricates Large Perovskites Faster, With Less Waste, For the Next Generation of Solar Cells

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(From the February 19, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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How the Brains of Fighter Pilots Can Help Us Prepare for Prolonged Missions in Space

Japan’s New H3 Rocket Fails to Launch on First Attempt

NASA Images a Weirdly Long Asteroid

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Attosecond Electron Pulses Are Claimed as Shortest Ever

Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Could End Disease’s Chronic Inflammation

Drug Shown to Alleviate Autism-Associated Behavior

Scientists Observe Long, Curvy Jet Coming from a Quasar Across the Universe

Man With Brain-Eating Amoeba Infection Saved by Old UTI Drug

What to Know About the New Marburg Virus Outbreak

Webb Telescope Uses Gravitational Lensing to Scrutinize Pandora’s Cluster

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(From the February 12, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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See Andy WA2CDL At This Year’s Hamcation, Down in Florida:

BUYING A DOORSTOP? GET IT CHECKED FIRST

Do You Think the Problem with Radio Antennas Is Just A ‘Stable Diffusion’ Thing? Well, Take A Look at What You Can Get If You Ask Midjourney (Another AI Graphics Generator): “A three element Yagi antenna attached to a high radio tower with a light but stormy sky in the background highly realistic”:

Maybe We Should Get ChatGPT to Pull Up a Terminal and Teach These AI Artists About Antennas????

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and NASA Team Up for a Mission to Mars

Curiosity Rover Spots Clear Evidence of Ancient Water on Mars

SpaceX Completes 31-Engine Static Fire Test of Starship Megarocket

NASA’s CAPSTONE Moon Probe Makes Strides Despite Incessant Problems

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FBI Finds New Information About Chinese Spy Balloon

Amazon Scores FCC Approval to Deploy Over 3,000 Broadband Satellites

A Man’s Prostate Cancer Gave Him An ‘Uncontrollable’ Irish Accent

WHO Warns Bird Flu Could Jump to Humans

Scientists Will Pay You Over $4,000 to Chug a Diarrhea Drink

Mexican Jumping Beans Exhibit Diffusive Motion, Study Finds

Australia to Rip Out 900 Chinese-Made Security Cameras from Government Buildings

This Pill Treats Constipation by Vibrating Its Way Through Your Body

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(From the February 5, 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Suck It, Saturn: Jupiter Now Officially Has Most Moons in the Solar System

Richard Branson’s Satellite Launch Company Isn’t Doing So Hot

World’s Largest Hydrogen Tank Will Make It Easier for NASA to Launch SLS Megarocket

The Most Dazzling Ocean Photos of the Year

This Is What the Graphic AI Stable Diffusion 2.1 Thinks a Three Element Yagi Is Supposed to Look Like???:

What Does Stable Diffusion 2.5 Think A “Center Fed Half Wave Dipole Antenna Mounted as an Inverted V Configuration” Should Look Like?

It Is Quite Self-Evident That Stabile Diffusion 2.5 Knows Absolutely Nothing About Antennas!

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Bird Flu Detected in Mammals but Risk to Humans Low: Experts

Jupiter’s Moon Count Jumps To 92, Most in Solar System

Why Do Black Holes Twinkle? Study Examines 5,000 Star-Eating Behemoths to Find Out

CDC Traces Superbug Outbreak to Contaminated Eye Drops

New Treatment Approach for Prostate Cancer Could Stop Resistance in Its Tracks

Mexican Pharmacies Are Selling ‘Adderall’ That’s Actually Meth

Scientists Discover Amorphous Ice That’s Weirdly Similar to Liquid Water

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(From the January 29 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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Check Out This Perfect Bear’s Face on the Surface of Mars

NASA Announces Successful Test of New Propulsion Technology for Treks to Deep Space

Falcon 9 Rocket Sets New Payload Weight Record During SpaceX Starlink Launch

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FDA to Recommend Annual Fall Covid Vaccine Tailored to Latest Strains

Outdoor Exercise Might Be Better Than Hitting the Gym—at Least for Your Brain

Webb Telescope Spectrograph Suffers Software Glitch

We Set Out to Solve the Mystery of Havana Syndrome. Here’s What We Found.

Donor CAR T Cells Show Promise as Cancer Treatment in Early Human Trial

Large Study Finds Link Between Viral Infections and Future Brain Illness

NASA To Test Nuclear Rocket Engine That Could Take Humans to Mars In 45 Days

Light-Based Tech Could Inspire Moon Navigation and Next-Gen Farming

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(From the January 22 2023 edition of the TechNet:)

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SpaceX Capsule Refitted to Carry 5 Crew Members in Case of ISS Emergency

NASA Recovers Artemis 1 Manikins from Orion Spacecraft

Making Something Stinkier Than Thioacetone: Selenoacetone, Selenols, and My Experience with Selenium

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The Stratolaunch flew for its 9th test flight. This plane has the longest wingspan of any plane of 385 feet. It’s getting ready to launch reusable hypersonic USA built rocket planes.