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Japan’s Space One Terminates Kairos Rocket Mid-flight; Investigation into Launch Failure to Be Conducted (UPDATE 1)
The No. 2 Kairos rocket’s Wednesday launch ended in failure mid-flight. Space One Co. said it mad...
December 18, 2024
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Nobel Prize Winner Warns Against Rapid Progress of AI; Geoffrey Hinton Calls for Caution during Award Banquet in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM — This year's Nobel Prizes were dominated by research related to AI. Professor Emeritus...
December 11, 2024
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‘Morphing’ Wheel May Transform Lives, Robots
DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) — Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to nav...
November 22, 2024
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Experimental Measures Against Bears Using Drones, AI; System Distinguishes Bear from Costume, Mistakes Bear Face for Cat
AKITA — A demonstration experiment was conducted in Akita Prefecture to test a system using artif...
November 21, 2024
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Fugaku Ranked 6th For Speed Among World Supercomputers; U.S. Systems Sweep Top 4 in Twice-Yearly Assessment
The Fugaku supercomputer placed sixth in the Top500 world rankings for computing speed, the Riken...
November 19, 2024
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JAXA Successfully Launches Observation Rocket from Kagoshima Prefecture; Mission Is Part of Efforts to Develop ‘Detonation Engine’ That Burns Fuel in Space
An observation rocket, S-520 No. 34, was successfully launched at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday from the...
November 14, 2024
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Chinese Rover Helps Find Sign of Martian Shoreline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — With the assistance of China’s Zhurong rover, scientists have gathered fre...
November 13, 2024
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Spanish Rocket Maker Sets Sights on Carrying Humans
ELCHE, Spain (Reuters) — Spanish start-up PLD Space, which carried out Europe’s first fully priva...
November 6, 2024
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Japan’s New H3 Rocket Successfully Launched, Carrying Kirameki 3 Defense Communication Satellite
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched Monday the new mainstay H3 rocket No. 4 fr...
November 4, 2024
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Osaka-Kansai Expo: Robot Avatars to be Operated by Online Visitors; Hopes to Show Barrier-free Future in Japan
If you’re unable to visit the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo you might be able to see it through the eyes...
November 2, 2024
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Tim Burton Talks about His Dread of AI
LONDON (AP) — The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters an...
October 31, 2024
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Inside Underground Lab in China TASKED with Solving Physics Mystery
KAIPING, China (Reuters) — A giant sphere 700 meters underground with thousands of light-detectin...
October 24, 2024
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Italy’s Spacewear to Make Training Clothing for Virgin Galactic Fliers
ROME (Reuters) — Italy’s Spacewear has closed a deal with Virgin Galactic to design and develop a...
October 23, 2024
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Manchester Opens Doors to $2.3 Billion Sci-tech Innovation District
MANCHESTER (Reuters) — The city of Manchester on Sept. 27 opened the first phase of a £1.7 billio...
October 17, 2024
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Power Struggle: Serbia Eyes N-Energy to Fuel Future
BELGRADE (AFP-Jiji) — Time stands still at Serbia’s Vinca nuclear facility, where the decommissio...
October 3, 2024
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