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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

 
A New Study, Funded by Dany Garcia,...
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Halo Top Ice Cream Touts Self-Care in...
.article-native-ad { border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; margin: 0 45px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .article-native-ad svg { color: #ddd; font-size: 34px; margin-top: 10px; } .article-native-ad p { line-height:1.5; padding:0!important; padding-left: 10px!important; } .article-native-ad strong { font-weight:500; color:rgb(46,179,178); } Halo Top, after sitting out the national advertising game for the past three years, returns with a new agency, products, and campaign, touting its better-for-you positioning with an indulgent, self-care twist. The premium ice cream brand, now part of privately-held Wells...

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3 Things to Expect From This Year’s...
.article-native-ad { border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; margin: 0 45px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .article-native-ad svg { color: #ddd; font-size: 34px; margin-top: 10px; } .article-native-ad p { line-height:1.5; padding:0!important; padding-left: 10px!important; } .article-native-ad strong { font-weight:500; color:rgb(46,179,178); } TV upfront week may be two months away, but conversations are already happening behind the scenes, and buyers expect things to play out a bit differently this year. While some media buyers referred to last year as “a reset year in...

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Patreon Hires Shake Shack’s Mike McGarry as...
.article-native-ad { border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; margin: 0 45px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .article-native-ad svg { color: #ddd; font-size: 34px; margin-top: 10px; } .article-native-ad p { line-height:1.5; padding:0!important; padding-left: 10px!important; } .article-native-ad strong { font-weight:500; color:rgb(46,179,178); } Patreon has hired Mike McGarry as its first svp of marketing. McGarry will lead the brand’s marketing efforts, which were previously divided among the team, yielding work including the platform’s refresh in 2023. His arrival follows the exit of chief brand officer...

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Preparing for a career at the forefront...
You’re an aerospace engineer on a tight timeline to develop a component for a rocket engine. No sweat, you think — you know the concepts by heart, and the model looks appropriate in CAD. But you inspect the 3D-printed part that you’ve outsourced for manufacturing, and something is wrong. The impeller blade angle is off, and the diameter is larger than the design intent. The vendor won’t get back to you. Suddenly you’re over budget. Something is leaking. Running...

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CoreWeave's Huge IPO Is Becoming a Disaster,...
The AI industry has been a roller coaster ride, to put it lightly. Selling promises of an automation revolution, startups and established tech giants alike have courted billions in funding to fuel AI development. That’s led to early-adoption disasters, Wall Street burnouts, and a huge drop in support for AI from businesses around the globe. Now, the sector faces its toughest challenge yet: the first ever pure-play AI startup to go public, CoreWeave. Once an unknown player in the AI...

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Mapping the future of metamaterials
Metamaterials are artificially-structured materials with extraordinary properties not easily found in nature. With engineered three-dimensional (3D) geometries at the micro- and nanoscale, these architected materials achieve unique mechanical and physical properties with capabilities beyond those of conventional materials — and have emerged over the past decade as a promising way to engineering challenges where all other existing materials have lacked success. Architected materials exhibit unique mechanical and functional properties, but their full potential remains untapped due to challenges in...

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The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet
By design, clinical trials ask their participants to take on risk. To develop new vaccines, drugs, or therapies, scientists first have to ask volunteers to try out those interventions, with no guarantee that they’ll work or be free of side effects. To minimize harm, researchers promise to care for and monitor participants through a trial’s end, long enough to collect the data necessary to determine if a therapy is effective and at what cost. End a trial too early,...

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Unpacking ‘Good Quests,’ Christianity, and Caviar Bumps
The mission of Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs has long been to change the world. But, how do you know whether a pursuit is good or bad? ACTS17 collective, a Christian faith-based group of tech entrepreneurs, says a strong relationship with God is the answer. Today on the show, we talk about the people promoting a faith-based approach to tech, we learn what a “good quest” is,  and we ask what impact religion will have on the type of ventures the valley...

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As Top Officials Were Messaging a Group...
We’re on week two of the fallout from the Signal group chat scandal — and apparently, there’s a lot more where that came from. Reporters at Germany’s Der Spiegel have, as the newspaper reported, uncovered private contact information for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, and Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz — the same guy who added The Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to that damningly insecure groupchat where plans to bomb Yemen were discussed....

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MIT affiliates named 2024 AAAS Fellows
Six current MIT affiliates and 27 additional MIT alumni have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  The 2024 class of AAAS Fellows includes 471 scientists, engineers, and innovators, spanning all 24 of AAAS disciplinary sections, who are being recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements. Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87, life member of the MIT Corporation, was named a AAAS Fellow “for outstanding leadership in biotechnology, in particular mRNA therapeutics, and for...

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Meet the Space Ops Team: Anum Ashraf
For Anum Ashraf, Ph.D., the interconnectedness of NASA’s workforce presents the exciting opportunity to collaborate with a multitude of people and teams. With more than 11 years at the agency, Ashraf has played a fundamental role in leading efforts that actively bridge these connections and support NASA’s mission.  Ashraf serves as the mission commitment lead for NASA’s SCaN (Space Communication and Navigation) Program, which is managed through the agency’s Space Operations Mission Directorate. SCaN provides communications and navigation services...

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Neysa Wilkins Retiring From WJHG in Panama...
.article-native-ad { border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; margin: 0 45px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .article-native-ad svg { color: #ddd; font-size: 34px; margin-top: 10px; } .article-native-ad p { line-height:1.5; padding:0!important; padding-left: 10px!important; } .article-native-ad strong { font-weight:500; color:rgb(46,179,178); } Neysa Wilkins is retiring from NBC affiliate WJHG in Panama City, Florida. “If I thanked everyone who helped me me grow and flourish in this crazy business called television news, would be here all night,” she said during her goodbye video....

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ChatGPT Starts Blocking Studio Ghibli-Style Images After...
Right after OpenAI debuted its new GPT-4o image generation capabilities, tech bros flooded the internet with AI-made cartoons and memes imitating the style of the iconic Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli. The wave of ersatz Ghibli art was inescapable in AI spheres. One particularly viral example depicted JFK’s assassination. Many have uploaded personal photos to be redrawn into a still from a Ghibli movie. Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman join in on the fun, tweeting a joke about the trend...

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Making higher education more accessible to students...
Taking out a loan to attend college is an investment in your future. But unlike in the United States, students in Pakistan don’t have easy access to college loans. Instead, most families must stomach higher interest rates for personal loans that can require collateral like land or homes. As a result, college is inaccessible for many students. It’s one reason why only about 13 percent of Pakistani students attend college. Now EduFi, founded by Aleena Nadeem ’16, is offering...

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