ScienceNASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars
NASA’s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft have each successfully completed a powered Earth flyby, using Earth’s gravity in combination with a sustained engine burn to slingshot themselves toward Mars. With these successful maneuvers complete, the
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- 01The Conversation· 2d ago
Paraguay’s bank collapse brought down a president – and exposed as myth the nation’s status as a ‘Dubai of South America’
Protesters on Nov. 5 burn a effigy depicting now ex-President Santiago Pena outside Congress in Asuncion, Paraguay, days after the beginning of a banking crisis to which he was linked. AP Photo/Jorge Saenz It started on Nov. 3, 2026, when
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NASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars
NASA’s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft have each successfully completed a powered Earth flyby, using Earth’s gravity in combination with a sustained engine burn to slingshot themselves toward Mars. With these successful maneuvers complete, the
Read at source - 03NASA — Breaking News· 2d ago
MAX POWER: NASA’s Inaugural Aerospace Expo Ignites America’s Future
Thousands gathered over several days in early November to experience MAX POWER – NASA’s first exhibition of America’s superiority in space, aeronautics, and technology on and around the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The multi-day, family-friendly event honored the
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Astronauts Across Generations Share the Stage
On Nov. 6, 2026, Purpose Entertainment hosted the Artemis Celebration Gala at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. Held on the eve of NASA’s MAX POWER event, the gala celebrated the explorers, innovators, and visionaries advancing
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La NASA destina un millón de dólares al reto estudiantil Base Lunar
Read this release in English here.El domingo 8 de noviembre de 2026, la NASA anunció la convocatoria del reto estudiantil Base Lunar, dotado con un millón de dólares, durante un acto de MAX POWER celebrado en el Complejo de Visitantes
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NASA Advanced Mid-Power Electric Rocket Challenge
Mid-power (3-7 kW) Hall effect thruster systems have been identified by government and industry stakeholders as critical capabilities for satellite, defense, and exploration missions. Given the need for this capability, NASA is launching the Advanced Mid-Power Electric Rocket (AMPERE) Challenge.
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AI use is now universal in higher education. Why are universities failing to adapt?
Artificial intelligence (AI) use among university students is now near-universal in many countries. Yet, as of a year ago, fewer than one in five universities in a 90-country UNESCO survey had a formal AI policy. Since ChatGPT arrived in late
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Most uni students now use AI, but that doesn’t mean they like it
Xavier Arnau/Getty via Canva, Wikimedia, The Conversation, CC BY-NC The university experience has changed drastically since artificial intelligence (AI) became widely available four years ago. Students are increasingly using AI for around-the-clock feedback, and most are required to use it
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1 in 3 births are induced. It can be life-saving but it’s also linked to more complications
Around one in three women in Australia now have their labours induced rather than starting naturally, or spontaneously. The rate of induction increased from 25% in 2010 to 33% in 2023. For first-time mothers, it rose from 30.6% to 39.7%
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NASA’s Chandra Finds Source of Star’s Mysterious Outbursts
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered what is triggering repeated outbursts from a giant, unstable star. A new study, published Monday in the latest issue of The Astrophysical Journal, details the discovery of a previously hidden companion object
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La NASA busca a la próxima generación de astronautas
Read this release in English here.La NASA busca a los exploradores que ayudarán a escribir el próximo capítulo de los vuelos espaciales tripulados. Ya está abierto el plazo de inscripción para la próxima promoción de astronautas de la agencia, que
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What really drove NZ’s election overhang and what can be done about it
Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Based on provisional election results, New Zealand’s parliament could grow by up to 11 overhang seats – without accurately representing the proportion of party votes cast. There are now growing calls for reform of the mixed member
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Rubies on Mars?
Written by Roger C. Wiens, SuperCam Principal Investigator for NASA’s Perseverance rover at Purdue University Nov. 4, 2026 Exploration on Mars turns up the unexpected. Perseverance is equipped with a fantastic set of instruments for studying the rock record of
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 5050-5055: It’s Nazca, Our 49th Drill Hole
Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 23, 2026 As regular readers of this blog will know, we returned to the area where we found disc shaped inclusions
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 5056-5062: Charging Back Up!
By Remington Free, Operations Systems Engineer, NASA-JPL Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 30, 2026 Today’s plan covered 3 sols, 5060, 5061, and 5062, as we take a few recharging sols before getting back to our normal drilling activities. As you
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Disproportional representation: what National wins and loses from the overhang
Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Did New Zealand just witness a first-past-the-post election under MMP? There was a time when elections were determined by results in a handful of marginal electorates. Since the introduction of MMP in 1996, however, overall voter support
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I don’t want AI in my online search. What options do I have?
Weiquan Lin/Getty Images Last week, Google announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) policy for schools that use Google apps. It provides new settings for opting in or out of AI products on student accounts. For schools that reject AI in
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Victoria will bring in a domestic violence disclosure scheme. Could it help protect women?
In the lead-up to the Victorian state election, both major political parties have now committed to introducing “Clare’s Law”. It is a domestic violence disclosure scheme that would allow people to ask police about a current or former partner’s history
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America’s 2-party system seems weird, but adding a 3rd party could make voter representation worse
Two big-tent parties can house a wide array of political views. Carol Yepes/Moment via Getty Images In most races in the midterm elections on Nov. 3, 2026, Americans had only two realistic choices: Democrats and Republicans. As a scholar of
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Economic coercion once ousted Iran’s leader – but that was the 1950s; don’t expect a repeat today
Pro-monarchists celebrate after the 1953 Iranian coup. Intercontinentale/AFP via Getty Images “Very little gets into, or out of, Iran!” President Donald Trump claimed on Nov. 8, 2026, in a social media post that also lauded “history’s greatest Naval Blockade.” It
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COP31: Governments are failing to rein in emissions from their own power plants
A South African worker waits for transportation near one of the government-owned utility Eskom's coal-fired power stations in Kriel in 2024. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images World leaders meeting at the annual U.N. climate summit in November 2026 are wrestling with a
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Andy Burnham and climate change: where does the prime minister really stand?
Since becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham has set out a relatively ambitious political agenda. He has outlined plans for a national care service, a “Great British Grid” and suggested a rethink of the UK’s relationship with the European Union. But
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Who does Budget 2026 help? Not the 1 in 3 Canadians skipping meals to cope with grocery costs
In his 2021 book Value(s): Building a Better World for All, Mark Carney, now prime minister, wrote: “Companies exist to improve our lives, expand our horizons and solve society’s problems.” His government’s Budget 2026, tabled Nov. 5 under the title
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NASA Scientists Show How Gravitational Waves Can Reveal New Worlds
The LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) observatory, now in development, will detect gravitational waves, the tiny ripples in space-time caused by orbiting masses. Now two studies led by NASA astrophysicists show in new detail how LISA could reveal a new
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Media ultimately exposed Russell Brand – but his fame and celebrity added to victims’ trauma
After years of caution, journalists can now exchange the word “alleged” for “convicted” when describing Russell Brand as a sexual predator. Following a four-week trial, where six women testified in detail, the former comedian was jailed for ten years and
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NASA to Welcome Expedition 74 Astronauts Home at Space Center Houston
NASA will welcome home the Expedition 74 crew during a public event at Space Center Houston following their return from a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, and Chris Williams; ESA (European Space
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NASA Invites Media, Public to Join Voyager 1 One-Light Day Activities
Launched nearly 50 years ago in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 on Wednesday, Nov. 18 will have traveled one light-day from Earth, which is more than 16 billion miles (25.9 billion kilometers). Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object, and
Read at source - 28The Conversation· 13h ago
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kos Samaras & Richard Willingham on Victoria’s expected change of government
Victoria votes in just over two weeks, and although there’s still a long way to go, on present numbers the Liberals’ Jess Wilson, a first term MP, who leads a Coalition with the Nationals, is set to become premier. While
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When it comes to rape cases involving a celebrity, the media too often miss the point
Russell Brand has been convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault and sentenced to ten years and six months in prison. The Age, The Herald Sun, The Guardian, the ABC and The Australian all reported
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Australia will impose mandatory safety rules on AI. Are we focused on the right risks?
energyy/Getty Images Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has just announced six mandatory artificial intelligence (AI) safety guardrails. The government will establish a new AI safety regulator to enforce the regulations, with the power to impose significant penalties. According to the guardrails,
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Some antidepressants may work better than others long term – new study
Tara Winstead/Pexels A new review has found some antidepressants may be more effective than others at helping people reduce the severity of their symptoms of depression over the long term. The research, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, found people taking
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One of the Beaconsfield miners has died. Here’s how his story hooked the nation for 20 years
Todd Russell, one of two Beaconsfield miners trapped underground for 14 nights in 2006, has died age 54 after a long illness. It was a quiet end for a man whose ordeal once captivated the entire country. At 9.23pm on
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COP 31: what South Africa must do to deliver on its climate promises
Over the past 10 years South Africa has made a number of promises to tackle climate change. These have included its first pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2016, a stronger target to reduce pollution in 2021 and a
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