Geoff Brumfiel

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SpaceX wants this supersized rocket to fly. But will investors send it to the Moon?

Friday, May 05, 2023

Getting Starship off the ground is costing the commercial spaceflight company billions of dollars at a time when money is tight. Some analysts think more funding will be needed.

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What's next for SpaceX's (very expensive) Starship program?

Thursday, May 04, 2023

Elon Musk is promising that SpaceX's newest rocket will one day take humans to Mars, but it's costing the company billions of dollars to develop. Can SpaceX afford to see the program through?

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SpaceX prepares to launch the largest rocket ever built

Monday, April 17, 2023

The commercial spaceflight company SpaceX is preparing to launch the largest rocket ever built. The stainless-steel giant could one day take humans to Mars, but first it has to get off the ground.

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SpaceX readies to launch the biggest rocket ever made. Will it get off the ground?

Monday, April 17, 2023

In South Texas, the commercial spaceflight company SpaceX is preparing to test a huge, stainless-steel rocket. The machine could one day carry humans to the moon, Mars and beyond.

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SpaceX scraps Starship launch at the last minute due to frozen valve

Monday, April 17, 2023

The 400-foot-tall, stainless steel Starship could one day shuttle humans to the moon. But getting the rocket to fly is no easy feat, and it'll be 48 hours until the team can try again, SpaceX said.

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SpaceX prepares to launch its mammoth rocket 'Starship'

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Starship is the largest rocket ever built. The company hopes it will one day take people to the moon and Mars. But first it has to fly.

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North Korea tests a powerful new kind of missile

Thursday, April 13, 2023

North Korea has successfully tested a solid-fueled ICBM, a type of missile that can be launched far more quickly than its current ones.

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Doctors are drowning in paperwork. Some companies claim AI can help

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

New startups believe chatbot technology could help reduce the burden on physicians. But some academics warn bias and errors could hurt patients.

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Scientists believe they have found a crucial building block of life on an asteroid

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

It's an intriguing finding that suggests life as we know it may have been seeded by asteroids and meteors.

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A shrinking reservoir signals Ukraine and Russia are waging a dangerous water war

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water.

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Here's what the latest version of ChatGPT gets right — and wrong

Friday, March 17, 2023

Open AI released a new version of ChatGPT this week. It claims GPT-4 is more powerful than ever, and could even do your taxes. But a quick test drive revealed some problems.

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If daylight saving time seems tricky, try figuring out the time on the moon

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Scientists are pondering how to tell time on other celestial bodies. It's a lot harder than you might think.

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The House's attempt to shed new light on COVID-19's origins

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

As questions remain over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republican-led House is attempting to shed new light on the matter, but its not without political debate and questionable claims.

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This selfie above China's balloon was taken over Missouri. Here's how we know that

Thursday, February 23, 2023

The photo from aboard the Air Force's legendary U-2 spy plane shows the Chinese balloon. But where, exactly, was it taken? It's actually possible to answer that question using clues from the image.

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Russia says it will stop participating in its last nuclear treaty with the U.S.

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Arms control experts warn that the suspension of the New START treaty is part of a troubling global rise in nuclear weapons.

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Russia says it's suspending a major treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Russia announced Tuesday that they're suspending participation in the New START treaty. It's the latest blow to the treaty system governing U.S. and Russia's nuclear weapons stockpiles.

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Researchers watch and worry as balloons are blasted from the sky

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Scientists want you to know that most balloons come in peace. They're used for experiments to look at everything from cosmic rays to the ozone layer.

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How the U.S. may have popped the balloon on scientific education and research

Monday, February 20, 2023

President Biden says the aerial objects shot down over the U.S. may have been scientific balloons. Some researchers are concerned that the diplomatic fight over balloons could disrupt their work.

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Militaries have sought to use spy balloons for centuries. The real enemy is the wind

Friday, February 17, 2023

The U.S. government suspects that China's surveillance balloon may have blown off course. It wouldn't be the first time.

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Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant

Friday, February 10, 2023

Satellite data show water levels plummeting at the Kakhovka Reservoir. The reservoir supplies drinking water, irrigates vast tracts of farmland, and cools Europe's largest nuclear plant.

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