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WASHINGTON — Japanese lunar lander developer ispace has confirmed that its second mission to the moon will launch on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 as Firefly Aerospace’s first lunar lander. In an online presentation late Dec. 17 to discuss preparations for its Resilience lander, Takeshi Hakamada, founder and chief executive of ispace, said that his
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The sand-grain-sized robots work cooperatively, similar to ants Jeong Jae Wie et al. Swarms of tiny robots guided by magnetic fields can coordinate to act like ants, from packing together to form a floating raft to lifting objects hundreds of times their weight. About the size of a grain of sand, the microrobots could someday
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TAMPA, Fla. — T-Mobile has opened beta registration for Starlink’s direct-to-smartphone satellite service, enabling text messaging early next year on select newer devices in most U.S. cellular dead zones with a clear sky view. The free beta program is available to all T-Mobile customers with compatible devices and postpaid voice plans, the telco announced Dec.
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Exercise has many health benefits Jane Williams/Alamy Getting a good night’s sleep and other healthy habits could slow the biological ageing of your brain, potentially protecting against conditions like dementia. These habits, known as the Life’s Essential 8 checklist, were originally intended to help people boost their cardiovascular health. They include getting the equivalent of
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WASHINGTON — A joint Earth science mission between NASA and its Indian counterpart is now scheduled to launch as soon as next March after being delayed to repair its main radar antenna. In a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union here Dec. 11, Gerald Bawden, program scientist for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic
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