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We'll be hearing about the BLA a lot now that Iran's military has been so heavily degraded. Power vacuums in border regions are a recipe for misery.

Inside the automated warehouse where robots are packing your groceries Your last online order might have been packed by a robot

A few weeks ago I got to visit an Ocado site where online orders are packed by robots, and they're getting better at it every day

Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs The assembly process will require more automation and fewer workers.

This is actually the big rethink-the-car push the legacy automakers needed to have to compete with Tesla, not just slapping iPads in the dashboard. Exciting stuff www.theverge.com/ford-motor-c...

📞 It’s Day 11 of #31DaysOfAction! The past week Trump has continued to fight his war on science. Tell your senators + rep: defend science + stop Trump’s attack on facts. Click-2-call here: zurl.co/bnC8s

Habitats Volume 2 (Optimistic Science Fiction & Fantasy) The second issue of a brand-new optimistic science-fiction and fantasy magazine. Published by Habitats Press.

6 days to go: we're 40% funded! Please keep reposting and back the campaign if you can! 💚 We won't be able to keep doing this unless we get 100% funded.

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mRNA vaccines might be the key to ending cancer, HIV, and countless other diseases. Cutting funding to research is needlessly destructive.

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Why building more homes near transit will transform lives across California | Opinion California cities have largely banned apartments and condos, preventing people from living near jobs and transit systems their taxes fund.

"We’ve let perfect become the enemy of good, and working families pay the price. SB 79 is a step toward fairness: it lets people live near the infrastructure we’ve already built, and ensures good housing doesn’t die in endless meetings." calmatters.org/commentary/2...

Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.

Concrete construction may be the solution. Concrete homes are more resistant to fire, if you build a lot of them they effectively limit a fire's ability to spread by simply denying it fuel.

A bold, patriotic-themed flyer for “31 Days of Action” by Stand Up for Science. The top half features red diagonal banners with white text reading “31 Days of Action” and the Stand Up for Science logo beneath it. The background includes blue ink splatters, red and white stars, and distressed textures evoking protest art. The right side prominently displays the Statue of Liberty in grayscale, holding her torch high. At the bottom, there is a red QR code and a blue banner with the URL: “standupforscience.net/31-DAYS-OF-ACTION”. The overall design conveys urgency, activism, and American iconography.

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: 31 Days of Action – All August!

Funding cuts. Banned words. Fired public servants.

Trump & his cronies are dismantling America’s greatest experiment - our democracy - & with it, science.

Between now & Sept 30th we decide: Are we a democracy… or an oligarchy?

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Scheduled to launch in February 2026, the Artemis II Orion capsule and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are currently at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final integration and stacking.

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Written by Sawyer Rosenstein

The White House released adjusted reciprocal tariff rates covering imports from a range of trading partners, aimed at narrowing trade deficits and raising revenues. See the full list: bloom.bg/4mHbwhJ

📷: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg

Concrete construction may be the solution. Concrete homes are more resistant to fire, if you build a lot of them they effectively limit a fire's ability to spread by simply denying it fuel.

Space Force bets on commercial entrants in $4B satcom contest | TechCrunch The Space Force is leveraging commercial competition for the next phase of its PTS program.

Space Force bets on commercial entrants in $4B satcom contest

ISS astronauts spot lightning strike from space | Space photo of the day for July 29, 2025 ISS astronauts and people in Singapore were treated to a spectacular show.

In a stunning display, astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently captured a lightning storm illuminating the skies above Singapore
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With 10 launches scheduled from around the world, this week’s launch manifest is among the busiest of 2025 so far.

www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/07/laun...
By Aaron McCrea

Bipartisan senators seek to prevent Trump from cutting EPA science research office A bipartisan Senate appropriations bill seeks to prevent the Trump administration from cutting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) scientific research office. Text of the appropriations bil…

The Trump admin pushed to gut EPA science.

Senate responds with a bipartisan bill that defends the Office of Research & Development, echoing a key message of the #EPA #DeclarationofDissent.

This is a start, not a finish, sign your support ➡️ zurl.co/ZtWtM

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Image shows a large, under 5-km diameter impact crater on the surface of Mars. There are bright exposures of bedrock on the rim in one section of the crater, and some darker streaks down one side. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)

HiPOD: Keeping a Watchful Eye

Existing images of this impact crater show a couple of dark lineations on the equator-facing wall that resemble small recurring slope lineae.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #science #NASA

Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 on Friday, June 25th, at 7:00 p.m. EDT / 23:00 UTC for a special Astro Live stream in collaboration with the Intrepid Museum. This month, hear from Polaris Dawn astronauts Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon!
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USDA reorganization will cut agricultural and forest research One of the agency’s largest and most storied research facilities will be closed along with most forest research stations

USDA will close its flagship, but deteriorating research site in Maryland as part of a major reorganization aiming to shift 2600 employees away from the nation’s capital area. The agency also said it plans to shutter most of its forest research stations around the country. scim.ag/3J2aNZC

Honda Enters the Launch Market — Space Advisors Honda's new rocket threatens SpaceX and China for dominance over a multibillion dollar launch market, giving Japan the chance to become a major player in space.

Honda's rocket testflight last month was a major milestone for the space industry, and a challenge to both SpaceX and China.
#space #business

Resignations and a ‘dissent’ letter suggest Trump has put NASA’s future in doubt It remains an open question as to whether NASA and the U.S. space program will survive the Republican president’s second term.

NASA’s warning signs are flashing. Senior staff are resigning, and hundreds of scientists are pushing back against Trump-era chaos.

The time to act is now.

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How Political Parties Use Gerrymandering for Their Own Gain Gerrymandering is almost as old as the US republic itself. It’s the process of drawing electoral district lines in sometimes absurd ways to fortify one political party at the expense of another. Good-government groups say that gerrymandering lets politicians choose their constituents, rather than the other way around.

The Texas legislature is considering a proposal to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts. Here's what you need to know about gerrymandering.

NEW: Under @robertgarcia.bsky.social’s leadership, Democrats forced a subpoena of the Epstein files.

Thanks to their work, Pam Bondi MUST release the files to Congress.

Serving up food antigens. Food antigens sampled by cells in the small intestine are taken up by RORγt+ Thetis cell subtype IV (TC IV). These cells present the antigens, on MHC-II, to naïve CD4+ T cells in mesenteric lymph nodes. Actived TGF-β then drives their differentiation into Treg cells. These cells migrate back to the intestine and suppress immune responses to food antigens, limiting inflammation and food allergies.

An antigen-presenting cell subtype tames the immune response to food antigens in early life.

Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/3GQM3ms

In scathing letter, NASA workers rebuke ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at agency | CNN Current and former NASA employees have co-signed a declaration protesting changes at the agency that some say pose a grave risk to astronauts.

Hundreds of NASA employees have sounded the alarm.

They took the risk. Now it’s your turn. Stand with NASA employees calling out corruption and dangerous cuts.

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#StandUpForScience
#VoyagerDeclaration

On Trump’s order, Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans are hijacking a special session that should be focused on flood victims so they can ram through a gerrymandering scheme.

This is a clear political ploy to hold Congress in 2026.

Let’s kick these cowards out in the midterms.

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet rolls out for its 1st test drive (video) The aircraft is undergoing its final round of tests before it finally takes to the sky for the first time.

NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet continues to make its way toward the runway.
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Image shows what either is a large delta or a possible sedimentary fan on the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)

HiPOD: Might be a Delta, Might be a Fan

Delta or fan deposits indicate past water activity. HiRISE can resolve sedimentary characteristics such as layering to the surrounding geologic setting or distributary channels that cannot be resolved by other camera experiments.

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