Japan aims to build its own rockets and maintain an independent ability to carry payloads to orbit. The country’s current active rocket, H-IIA, is scheduled to complete additional flights in…
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Jill Biden says the idea of a competency test for elderly politicians is ‘ridiculous’
CNN — First lady Jill Biden pushed back on concerns about President Joe Biden’s age and dismissed a proposal by Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley for politicians over age 75…
FDA approves first at-home test to detect both flu and COVID
People will soon be able to self-test for both flu and COVID-19 in one fell swoop — without leaving their homes. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the…
First At-Home Test for Flu and Covid Is OK’d by the FDA
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for the first over-the-counter, at-home combination flu and Covid test on Friday, just two days after the company that makes the…
SpaceX Test Fires Engines on Starship, the Most Powerful Rocket Ever
SpaceX moved one step closer to its future on Thursday with a successful ground test of the engines of the most powerful rocket ever built. The company, founded by the…
Americans Flunked This Test on Online Privacy
Many people in the United States would like to control the information that companies can learn about them online. Yet when presented with a series of true-or-false questions about how…
When young children test positive for Covid-19 and another respiratory virus, their illness is much more severe, a new study suggests
CNN — When Covid-19 patients younger than 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to become sicker and develop more severe disease, a new study suggests. Read…
California Storms Test State’s Approach to Controlling Weather
Beth Salyers, the deputy district engineer for the Corps’ Sacramento District, which includes much of the central and northern part of the state, said her agency was increasingly embracing what…
This Party Season, You Don’t Have to R.S.V.P., Just Test
“The way to think about it is that it’s cumulative risk reduction,” he said, adding, “We cannot get the risk to zero, unfortunately, but we can reduce it markedly by…
Elon Musk Hopes to Test a Brain Implant in Humans Next Year
In a presentation showcasing the Neuralink implant that Elon Musk hopes will someday connect the human brain to a computer, two monkeys were reportedly moving computer cursors with their brains.…