TECH

Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring

When Will Bruey talks about the future, the timelines are shorter than most might imagine. The Varda Space Industries CEO predicts that within 10 years, someone could stand at a landing site and watch multiple specialized spacecraft per night zooming toward Earth like shooting stars, each carrying pharmaceuticals manufactured in space. Within 15 to 20 years, he says, it will...

TECH

Airbus orders software fix to thousands of planes due to solar radiation risk

Flights were delayed and cancelled globally after Airbus ordered fixes to 6,000 of its A320 series planes, according to The Guardian. The company said it’s taking action because “analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.” Citing industry sources, Reuters reports that...

Nature

Laser cooling traps more antimatter atoms than ever before

Researchers have trapped more atoms of antimatter more quickly than ever before — a potentially transformative step in elucidating the mysteries of this elusive substance1. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 27,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access 185,98 € per year...

Religion

Pope Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew sign document urging progress on Christian unity

ISTANBUL, Turkey (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople met at the patriarchal seat in the ancient Phanar quarter on Saturday (Nov. 29) to sign a joint declaration affirming their commitment to achieving communion between the two churches. “We continue to walk with firm determination on the path of dialogue, in love and truth, towards the...

Science

Millions are about to choose the wrong Medicare plan

Right now, 68 million Americans have a deadline coming up: the deadline to decide their Medicare health coverage for next year if they’re over age 65 or have major disabilities. They must make those decisions by December 7, for coverage beginning January 1, 2026, which makes this time, known as Medicare Open Enrollment, a very important time. And yet, University...

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Scientists may have found dark matter after 100 years of searching

In the early 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky noticed that many galaxies were moving far faster than their visible mass should permit. This unusual motion led him to propose that some kind of invisible structure -- dark matter -- was supplying the extra gravitational pull needed to keep those galaxies intact. Nearly a century later, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope...

Apps

Jetpack Navigation 3 is stable

Jetpack Navigation 3 version 1.0 is stable 🎉. Go ahead and use it in your production apps today. JetBrains are already using it in their KotlinConf app. Navigation 3 is a new navigation library built from the ground up to embrace Jetpack Compose state. It gives you full control over your back stack, helps you retain navigation state, and allows you...

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