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NASA pumps 2.8M liters of fuel in massive Artemis 2 rehearsal

NASA completed a full fueling and simulated countdown of the Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space Center on February 19, 2026, pumping more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant into the ...
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The Withings BeamO Is a Next-Gen Thermometer That Let Me Listen to My Heart. Is It Worth $250?

With this multipurpose health testing device, you can measure your body temperature and blood oxygen saturation, take an ECG, and listen to your heart and lungs with a pair of headphones.
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NASA pumps massive 2.8 million liters of fuel for historic Artemis 2 rehearsal

The Artemis 2 team successfully completed a critical wet dress rehearsal, marking a major milestone by safely fueling the Space Launch System rocket.

After fueling test, optimism grows for March launch of Artemis II to the Moon

Technicians swapped seals at the launch pad after hydrogen gas leaked from the rocket’s main fueling line earlier this month.
Scientific American

NASA just passed a major milestone on its mission to return humans to the moon

After completing a second “wet dress rehearsal” of its upcoming moon mission, NASA said it is targeting a March 6 launch date ...

NASA moves forward with Artemis II tanking test that could set up moonshot mission

NASA is set to begin fueling 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant on the Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space ...
Space.com

NASA just fueled up its Artemis 2 moon rocket in 2nd critical test. Was it a success? (It sure looked like it.)

The lone previous Artemis mission, Artemis 1, successfully sent an uncrewed Orion to lunar orbit and back in late 2022. That flight was delayed multiple times by leaks of liquid hydrogen (LH2) ...

NASA completes hourslong moon launch rehearsal after repairing its rocket

The test is an essential step before NASA can set a launch date for its Artemis II mission, which will send four astronauts ...
Nature

OpenAI-backed firm to use ultrasound to read minds. Does the science stand up?

Spin-out Merge Labs aims to rival Elon Musk’s brain-chip company Neuralink. But researchers say the technology is still at an early stage. Brain implants are beginning to help people with severe ...
Scientific American

A tool-using cow is challenging what we know about farm animal intelligence

In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, cow tools are real. Larson’s 1982 comic for his series The Far Side showed ...
The Washington Post

No view or cozy nook? An ambiance video can zhuzh up your reading time.

On a summer day, sitting near the window of his study at his home in Oxford, England, J.R.R. Tolkien paused while grading papers to scribble the first sentence of his first novel: “In a hole in the ...
The Atlantic

Reading Is a Vice

If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, Lector americanus, has been declining for decades. The ...