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SaturnDaily Apr 26, 2026 (SPX)

Dragonfly Structure Takes Shape as Parachute and Chemistry Lab Tests Advance

The fuselage panels that form Dragonfly's body were recently delivered to APL, where engineers began assembling the structure in early April. Designed at APL and manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, the panel...

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SaturnDaily Apr 11, 2026 (AFP)
After Artemis II, NASA looks to SpaceX, Blue Origin for Moon landings

The Apollo program -- which sent the first and only humans to the Moon's surface between 1969 and 1972 -- was designed so that onl...

RussoDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
More on army, less on schools: What we know about Russia's 2027 budget

Russia plans to sharply increase defence spending, cut funding for education and raise taxes next year as costs mount in its war w...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Lula, Bolsonaro trade blows in final scramble for votes in Brazil

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro are pulling no punches in a last-ditch effort to win voters ahead o...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Battle in Yemen's Taiz kills scores of combatants: sources to AFP

Yemen's Houthis and Saudi-backed forces fought over an area near a waterway crucial to global energy flows, killing 80 combatants ...

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RoboDaily Amazon vows $1 bn for data center towns, decries 'myths' Effective Altruism: the philosophy behind Silicon Valley's AI fears Anthropic's Dario Amodei: AI's most visible CEO and enigma
DarwinDaily Petrobras discovers more oil off Brazil's Amazon coast After hottest summer, weeds turn historic Belgian canals green Tourist killed by lightning amid Greece storms
PolicyDaily Tanker attacked in Strait of Hormuz: UK maritime agency Yemen hunger crisis could become 'absolutely devastating': UN Lebanon PM says scale of war recovery beyond state's capacity
FiscalDaily Iraq says gets US exemption for Iranian flights to and from holy city Asian stocks hit as oil spike fans rate hike bets, eyes on US jobs Asian tech firms stand out on mixed day for stocks
SinoDaily China widens military footprint with Laos air base Novartis in $575 mn deal with China's Abogen for RNA drugs US arrests man over alleged smuggling of $300 million worth of computer servers to China
DisasterDay Thai Airways sacks CEO after floods flight chaos: reports Nepal's grim DNA puzzle to identify flood dead Mystery over UK airbase scare as police find petrol not explosives
BeyondLEO Four-member crew docks at International Space Station Seoul says no decision on Alaska gas investment announced by Trump Trump unveils $200 bn in US energy investments by South Korea
SeedDaily UN worried about impact of latest Lebanon war on agriculture Rice work: Dutch test new crop to save sinking peatlands New Delhi to ban construction for six weeks to tackle air pollution
BatteryDaily Russian drone hits Kyiv nuclear institute grounds, reactor undamaged Bulgaria's battery boom pays off as drought hits power plants Ukraine nuclear plant back on grid after almost three weeks: IAEA
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DarwinDaily ENVIRONMENT Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
US Supreme Court to hear high-stakes climate case

The US Supreme Court hears a climate case Monday that could upend dozens of lawsuits aimed at making polluters pay for their role in global warming and allegedly deceiving the publ...

DisasterDay ENVIRONMENT Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Sea levels to rise in California as coastal wave surges up west coast

Sea levels in California are set to rise by as much as a foot (30 centimeters) in the coming days as an enormous wave washes up the US West Coast.

DarwinDaily ENVIRONMENT Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Latin America campaigners unveil model 'ecocide' law

Lawyers and environmentalists from Latin America unveiled a model law this week that punishes severe environmental harm by eliminating excuses for failing to protect ecosystems, on...

RoboDaily HIGHTECH Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Trump expected to name intel chief Clayton as AI czar: reports

President Donald Trump is expected to name Jay Clayton, the US director of national intelligence, as the White House's new AI czar, CNN and other US media reported Friday.

PolicyDaily MILITARY Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Drone strikes on dormitory, shelter kill 10 in Sudan's El-Obeid

Drone attacks on a university dormitory and a centre sheltering displaced families in Sudan's central city of El-Obeid killed at least 10 people this week, a Sudanese rights group ...

SinoDaily CHINA Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
China a more positive influence than US in Latin America: poll

China is viewed as a more positive influence on the world than the United States, a major poll of citizens in 17 Latin American countries published Friday showed.

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Space & Science
HF radar proposed as a wide area sensor for US Navy operations in a changing Arctic
SkyNightly
Quantum Decoherence Can Lock Cosmological Fields Into False Vacuums
NanoDaily
NASA announces new missions for Boeing Starliner spacecraft
BeyondLEO
JWST Finds Ammonia and Puzzling Chill in Giant Exoplanet's Atmosphere
SkyNightly
Taiwan chip industry sees revenue soaring 40% in 2026 despite headwinds
NanoDaily
Earth & Energy
Kenyan island paradise fears damage from mega-refinery
OilGasDaily
G.Bissau urges calm after reports of unrest among troops
AfricaDaily
World's tallest wind turbine in Germany reaches full height
WindDaily
Italy winemakers hail bumper harvest but cut output
SeedDaily
Silicon Solar Cells Could Cut Satellite Power Costs by Up to 90 Percent
SolarCell
Tech & Industry
Taiwan receives its first US-made F-16V fighter jets
PolicyDaily
OpenAI says three staffers fired for mishandling 'sensitive' info
RoboDaily
Latvia election expected to keep EU course as Russia looms
RussoDaily
Asian stocks mixed as positive US data offset by elevated oil, bond yields
FiscalDaily
Rescuers pull nine bodies from landslide in flood-hit Myanmar
IndoDaily
Wire Feed
DarwinDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
World powers gather in Pacific to chart climate battle

World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to see t...

SinoDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Rights group, US lawmakers condemn first Starbucks stores in China's Xinjiang

An advocacy group and US lawmakers criticised Starbucks for opening its first cafes in China's Xinjiang, where...

DarwinDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Return of swarming moth spectacle has Australia in a flutter

Moth swarms so thick they can blot out the stars are fluttering across Australia, heralding a migratory specta...

DarwinDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Cash for nature protection: hotelier's offer to Principe islanders

On the paradise island of Principe, a lush jungle haven in the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Guinea, a South...