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USC student team launches rocket roughly 90 miles into the air, breaking amateur record The rocket, Aftershock II, reached a height of over 470,000 feet, which is nearly the legal limit for amateur rocket launches.

A team of students at the University of Southern California has officially set a new record for the highest amateur space launch — and they’ve set the bar very, very high for anyone who tries to beat it. via @laistofficial.bsky.social

HRC’s 2024 Epidemic of Violence Report: Fatal Violence Against… Since Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023, HRC identified 36 deaths of transgender people, bringing total deaths since tracking began in 2013 to nearly 400

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A new kind of honeybee discovered in Europe - The World from PRX The red dwarf honeybee, known to aggressively defend patches of flowers against other insects, has been found in Malta. This is the first time it’s been detected in Europe. Host Carol Hills finds out ...

Not too long ago, we talked about a new honeybee found in Malta. Check it out: theworld.org/segments/202...

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback | CNN Business The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year. The plan marks a dramatic shift from when it closed...

A massive, multi-story building in the Washington, DC, neighborhood of Georgetown welcomed back a former occupant this month that had been gone for over a decade.

The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much • Alaska Beacon Thaw is a problem because permafrost holds enormous amounts of carbon, more than twice as much as is already present in the atmosphere.

The frozen carbon of the northern permafrost is on the move – we estimated by how much. By Pep Canadell and Gustaf Hugelius, writing for The Conversation, via the @alaskabeacon.com: