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/FEATURED NASA TESTED NEW PROPULSION TECH THAT COULD UNLOCK NEW DEEP SPACE TRAVEL POSSIBILITIES NASA has tested a new rocket engine, called the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine, which is designed to use less fuel than traditional rocket engines, making deep space travel easier, reports BGR. They hope to build a 10,000‑pound version for comparison to traditional liquid rocket engines, and also to look into nuclear-powered spacecraft which could reduce the journey time to Mars from six months to 45 days.

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/STORIES THIS SWEDISH START‑UP IS BUILDING AN ELECTRIC AIRLINER According to World Economic Forum, Swedish start‑up Heart Aerospace has developed a 30‑seat, short‑range electric airliner with zero emissions and quiet engines that in the future, airlines can use to reduce their carbon impact. OPENAI HAS HIRED AN ARMY OF CONTRACTORS TO MAKE BASIC CODING OBSOLETE Essentially, OpenAI has hundreds of contractors providing data on coding and programming languages so that in the future, using basic English, people could create whole apps, programs, and games by essentially describing what they want instead of, you know, hiring someone skilled to do it, reports Semafor. NOOM COULD HELP CHANGE EVERYTHING Getting healthier means changing your lifestyle. Noom Weight helps users lose weight in a sustainable way through behavioral change psychology. IT'S A NO-BRAINER » DO WHITE HOLES REALLY EXIST? The answer is: Maybe, according to this post from MSURK. White holes may be theoretical space objects that don't let anything in and may have created the universe but there's no evidence yet.

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/CURIOUS //POLL OF THE DAY WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD? It can be anywhere — from Honolulu to the same place you did volunteer work in a war‑torn country (difficult yet truly fulfilling) — we don't care where, we just want to know. LET US KNOW » //SATURDAY'S RESULTS WHEN THE ALIENS FINALLY SHOW THEMSELVES, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'LL WANT? Δ 1st Place with 22.2%: "Our Total Eradication" — Dark, yet fair. Δ 2nd Place with 21.3%: "Share resources and tech" — Imagine getting to trade your PS5 for whatever their equivalent is. Seems unfair, honestly Δ 3rd Place with 20.8%: "To learn our ways as part of a massive intergalactic survey" — Like planet-to-planet census takers

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