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The Emptiest Places in the Universe Might Contain Its Best Secrets
Nature abhors a vacuum, so the saying goes, but nobody told the universe. Space is filled with cosmic voids—vast regions mostly free of matter that have opened between dense threads of material that make up a cosmic web.Far from...
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Caltech Could Lose Control of JPL For First Time In Decades – Slashdot
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NASA plans to open competition for the contract to operate JPL for the first time in nearly a century, meaning Caltech's historic role managing the iconic deep-space lab could come to an end when its current agreement expires...
Innovation
4 AI Prompts to Build a One-Person Business in 2026 (No Team, No Funding, No Guessing)
Your next multimillion-dollar AI idea probably won’t come from asking ChatGPT to “pick a niche.” It will come from identifying a painful bottleneck — something people already pay experts, teams or software to handle — and then using AI...
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AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots | TechCrunch
In the latest sign of these AI-heavy times, the National Transportation Safety Board temporarily removed access to its docket system after discovering that voices of pilots who were killed in a UPS plane crash last year had been re-created...
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SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return | TechCrunch
SpaceX has launched the upgraded third version of its Starship rocket for the first time, though the test launch did not go perfectly for Elon Musk’s spaceflight company.The 407-foot rocket — the most powerful ever built — lifted...
Innovation
Why This Veteran Founder Put Out a Music Video, Not a Discount Code, This Memorial Day
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Black Rifle Coffee Company is marking Memorial Day with a project that’s a lot heavier than your average holiday promo. The veteran-founded coffee brand, launched in 2014, has grown into a nationally recognized company built around serving great coffee...
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After Some ‘Pretty Terrible’ Ideas, These Friends Started a College Side Hustle That Made $10K in 30 Days: ‘I Carry My Laptop Everywhere’
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Nastasi and Iannelli built their superfood-glazed granola bar brand while attending Rowan University.Through personal savings and pitch competitions, they funded their business to $8,000 a month.They’re eyeing $1 million in annual revenue — and are excited to focus...
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5 Lessons I’ve Learned From Resilient Companies Before Crisis Strikes
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.Most companies treat resilience as something you demonstrate in a crisis. In reality, by the time a crisis arrives, the outcome is already in motion. Systems, leadership and culture are either built...
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Sheryl Sandberg Says Your 10‑Year Career Plan Is Outdated — Here Are the 2 Things You Need Instead
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Meta’s former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, told Gen Z graduates in a recent commencement speech to abandon rigid 10-year career plans.Instead of a detailed roadmap, she says young people need two things: a clear short-term direction and...
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Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day
Around 100 million years ago, the surface of Mercury suddenly underwent a dramatic change. Before then, its surface was...