Yeah, get right in there, buddy. Battlecreek Coffee Roasters / Unsplash Everybody knows smells can evoke vivid memories. You might hear a tune and struggle to place it, or see a face and not quite be able to summon the corresponding name, but catch a whiff of meat cooking on a distant grill and your…
Nanoracks and Tokyo-based space startup Gitai are teaming up for a second technology demonstration on the International Space Station, a mission that could bring the Japanese startup one step closer to commercializing its autonomous in-space robotics. The two companies will be testing Gitai’s autonomous robotic system dubbed “S2,” which will operate outside Nanoracks’ Bishop Airlock,…
A popular anonymous social app called NGL has now topped 15 million global installs, according to new data from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, released today. The app, which is now one of a handful of unregulated and potentially problematic anonymous apps targeting teens, has been swiftly climbing the charts since its December 2021 launch….
For Amanda D’Ambra and Joan Zhang, the idea of starting and co-founding an eating disorder care startup was personal: Both struggled with an eating disorder, along with other mental health issues, and received treatment — a treatment they hope more people will be able to access. D’Ambra and Zhang previously worked in digital health spaces…
Hello and welcome back to Max Q. By the time you read this, we’ll be less than 24 hours away from the release of the first images captured by James Webb Space Telescope. In this issue: CAPSTONE loses, then reestablishes, communication with Earth Rocket Lab offers next-day shipping to space News from Virgin Galactic, SpaceX…
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The James Webb Space Telescope is one of NASA and the space community in general’s most exciting missions in the past decade, and the enormous observation platform’s first image, of distant galaxies actually behind our neighboring galaxies, was just revealed to the public on a stream hosted by none other than President Biden and Vice…
There are three constants in life: death, taxes and the “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” YouTube stream. That is, until YouTube falsely hit the Lofi Girl channel with a DMCA takedown, bringing the beloved streams offline for the first time in over two years. With over 668 million views, the stream…
Thanks, Joe. At the White House on Monday evening, President Joe Biden revealed a cosmic image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, a last-minute surprise unveiling before NASA’s much-anticipated reveal of Webb’s first full-color photos on July 12. It’s a preview of what’s to come from a telescope that will peer into profoundly deep…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order on July 8 aimed at reducing prescription drug prices. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Mark Leibovich said Ron DeSantis still faces a competitive reelection bid in Florida in November. Leibovich, a staff writer at The Atlantic, told Insider that the state was still “pretty swingy.” The Republican governor has…