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NASA blasts off from Australian Outback in "historic" launch

NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekJun 27th, 2022

The Hunt for Life on Europa Is About to Kick Up a Gear

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is set for launch, finally revealing if this icy moon of Jupiter is habitable or not......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

It"s time to talk about how the media talks about sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is all too common in hospitality and tourism. One Australian survey found almost half of the respondents had been sexually harassed, compared to about one in three in workplaces more generally......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

"Widespread noncompliance and poor performance" in world"s largest nature-based carbon removal projects

One of the largest types of carbon offset projects the Australian government is using to meet climate change targets and reduce carbon in the atmosphere is failing to do so, new research has shown. The findings are published in The Rangeland Journal......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

"Inside-out" galaxy growth observed in the early universe

Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe the 'inside-out' growth of a galaxy in the early universe, only 700 million years after the Big Bang......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

OnePlus 13 could be first with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4

According to OnePlus China President, the OnePlus 13 has been confirm to launch later this month, but no specific dates were mentioned. The post OnePlus 13 could be first with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 appeared first on Phandroid. The majorit.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

A year later, Meta is yet to launch the promised WhatsApp for iPad

Meta last year confirmed its plans to finally release an iPad-specific version of WhatsApp right after launching a macOS app rebuilt from scratch. A beta version of the iPad app was released in late September, but a year later, WhatsApp for is still.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Landscape effects of hunter-gatherer practices reshape idea of agriculture

Some of the wild plants that grow across the Australian landscape may not be so wild, according to new research led by Penn State scientists......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

First greenhouse gas plumes detected with NASA-designed instrument

The imaging spectrometer aboard the Carbon Mapper Coalition's Tanager-1 satellite has identified methane and carbon dioxide plumes in the United States and internationally......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Research team helps community document skeletal remains found on historic "poor farm"

On a bright autumn afternoon, a plain wooden box crafted by a local cabinet shop containing skeletal remains was returned to its final resting place during a simple reburial ceremony in Brentwood. Researchers and students from the University of New H.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Here’s Apple’s lineup of new Immersive Video content coming soon to Vision Pro

Today Apple released its first scripted short film in Immersive Video: Submerged. In coordination with the launch, the company has also outlined its plans for future Vision Pro content releases. Here’s what to expect for new Immersive Video content.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

VW Group"s Cupra brand to enter North American racing series ahead of U.S. launch

VW Group's Cupra brand plans to enter the U.S. market by the end of the decade and to go racing here even sooner......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Yes, nature is complex—but saving our precious environment means finding ways to measure it

Nature loss directly threatens half the global economy. The rapid destruction of biodiversity should alarm the many Australian businesses dependent on nature, such as those in agriculture, tourism, construction and food manufacturing. Yet nature cons.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

"Overwhelmed, hopeless, crushed": Australian report reveals how housing crisis is reshaping young people"s lives

Australia's housing crisis is severely impacting young people's safety, relationships, health and well-being, education, employment, and ability to plan for the future, according to new report launched in Canberra as part of World Homeless Day......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

OnePlus Open 2 launch date tipped!

According to the rumors, the OnePlus Open 2 is apparently launching in the first quarter of 2025, so keep your eyes peeled! The post OnePlus Open 2 launch date tipped! appeared first on Phandroid. When OnePlus launched their first ever fol.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Non-Indigenous businesses struggling to boost Indigenous staff numbers

Indigenous-owned businesses in Australia employ Indigenous staff at a rate 12 times higher than non-Indigenous-owned businesses, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Amazon partners with the NFL to launch limited-edition Echo Pops

Amazon is releasing an Echo Pop lineup featuring all 32 NFL teams. These will be released in groups from now until November 19. They're priced at $60 each......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Jupiter"s Great Red Spot shows unexpected size changes

Astronomers have observed Jupiter's legendary Great Red Spot (GRS), an anticyclone large enough to swallow Earth, for at least 150 years. But there are always new surprises—especially when NASA's Hubble Space Telescope takes a close-up look at it......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

NASA terminal transmits first laser communications uplink to space

NASA's LCOT (Low-Cost Optical Terminal), a ground station made of modified commercial hardware, has transmitted its first laser communications uplink to the TBIRD (TeraByte Infrared Delivery), a tissue box-sized payload formerly in low Earth orbit......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Hubble and New Horizons offer dual perspectives on Uranus to inform exoplanet research

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different viewpoints. The results inform future plans to study l.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

NASA announces a new class of space missions: Probe explorers

NASA has sent a whole host of spacecraft across the solar system and even beyond. They range from crewed ships to orbit and to the moon to robotic explorers. Among them are a range of mission classes from Flagships to Discovery Class programs. Now a.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024