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NASA's Orion spacecraft recently completed an 11-month test campaign, during which it was subjected to extreme conditions of a launch abort scenario and electromagnetic effects of lightning strikes.

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1. Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)  Space.com
2. Artemis Launch Team Successfully Test Upgraded Launch Software  NASA Blogs
3. NASA performs extreme test on its moon spacecraft and releases footage  Mashable
4. Planetarium Show: Return to the Lunar Surface  cmnh.org
5. Will the Artemis Project Revive Our Interest in Space Science?  FortuneHerald

The Herald reports: Labour’s finance spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds has replaced a graph that incorrectly stated the Ardern-Hipkins Government reduced New Zealand’s debt levels by about $31 billion in its second term. … In fact, depending on what measure you use, Labour’s second term saw a rapid increase in borrowing thanks to the pandemic, reducing the […]

NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed.  A team led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge repurposed Webb’s observations of a distant star to reveal a population of small asteroids — smaller than astronomers had ever detected orbiting the Sun in the main […]

This week, we’re getting a potent reminder of what legislating looked like under President Donald Trump — and the turmoil we can soon expect in his new term.  Trump, along with his ally, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, upended a bipartisan spending deal on Wednesday, just days before government funding is set to expire. That agreement […]

Two new projects from Onyx Collective — the Disney Entertainment Television brand that curates stories by creators of color and underrepresented voices, all with a culturally specific point of view — have been given Hulu premiere dates. Deli Boys, an original scripted comedy, will premiere Thursday, March 6, 2025, while SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of […]

There are lots of ships out there to root for, and we're taking a look at the ones we'd most like to see take off in 2025!

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Belichick is getting out on the road ahead of the Super Bowl. The former New England Patriots coach, who just signed up as head coach of the University of North Carolina, will travel across Louisiana in John Madden’s iconic Cruiser in The Madden Cruiser: A Bayou Adventure with Bill Belichick. Their ultimate destination: […]

EXCLUSIVE: Revival, Syfy‘s upcoming drama series adaptation, based on Tim Seeley and Mike Norton’s Image comic book series, has added eight to its cast in recurring roles. Gia Sandhu (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), Katherine King So (The Voyeurs), Maia Jae Bastidas (Gen V), Nathan Dales (Letterkenny), Mark Little (Mr. D), Glen Gould (Tulsa King), Lara Jean Chorostecki (Hannibal), and Conrad Coates (Fargo) join previously announced series regulars Melanie Scrofano, Romy […]

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Aristotle: Be good for goodness’ sake.

Plato: To be “good” or “nice” is to cultivate one’s knowledge of Santa and to choose actions that make him happy. For these purposes, “Santa” can be defined as a bearded featherless biped in a red suit.

Diogenes: Pluck the fattest chicken you can find, paint it red, glue cotton balls to its chin, and say, “Behold: Santa!”

Epicurus: As long as you savor it, you can eat exactly one cookie off the plate you left out for Santa. Читать дальше...

The most striking, influential, and surprising photographs published by TIME in 2024.

Motivation isn't just a corporate buzzword; it's the key to long-lasting, fulfilled employees who will take your company to the next level.

Winter Wildcard is back in EA FC 25, and there are a whole host of cards, including new versions of Erling Haaland, Vini Jr, Declan Rice and plenty more

A months-long dispute between the Maritime Union and wharf operator Qube has escalated with rolling strikes at Fremantle Port from Friday.

The recent dismal news on the economy and the enormous blowout in budget deficits represents a Rubicon of sorts.

Local councillor Andrew Thaler is accused of harassment, intimidation, name-calling – and making one worker physically ill with stress.

“On a Qantas flight operated by Finnair, it was impossible to get comfy in the business class seats.”

Donald Horne’s seminal book cast Australia as a mediocre country run by second-rate people. The truth is its brand of democracy has often led the world.

At a time when petty theft and grave robbery were rife in anthropology, Donald Thomson was distinctly respectful. His UNESCO inscribed collection is the result.

More than a thousand women have shared their disturbing encounters with the medical system as part of an investigation into medical misogyny.