Recent research might have teased out some of the reasons why women experience pain for longer, and it could lead to new opioid-free treatments.
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Florida would seem like the obvious place for SpaceX to launch Starship, but the company chose Texas instead. The decision came with some trade-offs.
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Wind turbines have a rated capacity, but that doesn't paint the whole picture because that's just the amount of power they can produce under ideal conditions.
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Pythons are known to be ambush predators, lying in wait for prey to come within striking distance. Helpfully, this patience gives the robotic rabbit time.
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SpaceX wants to spend billions on Nvidia chips, but these aren't the graphics cards you'd put in a gaming PC. The company has something much bigger in mind.
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With local weather patterns changing every year, access to regular rain is a growing concern, and one new startup hopes to address it with drones.
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With how many rockets are launched between NASA and private agencies like SpaceX, it's a wonder that more rockets don't accidentally collide with satellites.
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Just because wind turbines are one of the greenest power sources doesn't mean there aren't downsides, but we may be able to take advantage of them.
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Technology and progress are often at odds with nature and preservation, but that's not always the case as illustrated at this Illinois solar farm.
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Solar power is one of the cleanest energy sources there is, but some panels are hiding a dark secret that could make them anything but green.
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Antarctica is cold, and if you want to live there you need to bring diesel to keep the heaters on, but China is trying to do it all with renewables.
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Putting things into outer space is expensive, that's why reusable rocket boosters have been the dream for decades, and SpaceX is making it work.
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SpaceX's launch history runs from early Falcon 1 failures to astronaut flights and Starship tests, with one rocket doing most of the work along the way.
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SpaceX has relied on the same rocket for years of astronaut trips and satellite launches, but Elon Musk says it won't stay at the center of SpaceX forever.
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Reusing a rocket sounds like an obvious way for NASA to save money, but the cost of a SpaceX launch and the price the agency pays for it aren't the same thing.
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SpaceX has plenty left to test on Starship, from refueling to docking in orbit, and NASA is counting on it to finish in time for a much bigger assignment.
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No matter what circumstances you're in, you're probably never looking forward to dealing with cockroaches, but new research may change that.
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Judging distance by miles is good enough for most of us on the ground, but for ocean-going vessels and spacecraft nautical miles make more sense.
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A company called Reflect Orbital received permission to send a test satellite into orbit to reflect sunlight back to Earth, how does this even work?
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SpaceX fitted Starship's first-stage booster with 33 engines, enough to make you wonder how it compares with the most powerful rockets humans have ever built.
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Space is full of electromagnetic radiation like radio signals, but those signals are usually coming from stars or black holes, not planets.
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While both the Merlin and Raptor rocket engines are being used by SpaceX for launch missions, there are key differences between the two designs.
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Wind-powered electricity is a boon for the environment thanks to its lack of emissions, but what do we do with the blades when we can't use them?
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Boeing's Starliner could return to space before the year is out, but NASA has a different plan in place after the problems that plagued its last mission.
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There's been a lot of chatter lately about orbital data centers, and contrary to popular belief, satellite-based computing is closer than you think.
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Finding a place in your home for a Wi-Fi router can be a tricky task, but the best place is somewhere central so the signal reaches all parts of your home.
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As smartphones and computers integrate themselves into more of our lives, many are simply abandoning handwriting, and it's affecting their brains.
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