#News #Australia Australia's first space rocket could blast off in matter of weeks https://w.st/wag2fr

Settle the Ukraine War, Bring Russia into the Fold? https://www.markjamesauthor.com/l/settle-the-ukraine-war-bring-russia-into-the-fold/

The Geography of Unequal Recovery https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/27/business/economy/jobs-election-county.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GU4.r7dn.H4NMOXJ1Gam2&smid=em-share

Evidence for a large underground reservoir of liquid water — enough to fill oceans on the planet’s surface — discovered on Mars about 7 to 13 miles below the surface https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/08/12/scientists-find-oceans-of-water-on-mars-its-just-too-deep-to-tap/

What Does It Mean to Be Intelligent? https://avi-loeb.medium.com/what-does-it-means-to-be-intelligent-dd178d1f618b

Despite landmark report that outlines weak evidence and led to restrictions on youth gender care in Britain, US health groups continue to push for youth gender transition treatments https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/health/hilary-cass-transgender-youth-puberty-blockers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk0.gGKZ.7LGfByjHSeZc&smid=tw-share

The Palestine protests don’t represent the young generation https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/at-least-five-interesting-things-a59?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=35345&post_id=144493830&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=g3qy7&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

The harms from immigration just keep failing to appear (interesting fact #2, by @Noahpinion) https://www.noahpinion.blog/i/144493830/the-harms-from-immigration-just-keep-failing-to-appear

Super-aged Japan now has 9 million vacant homes. And that’s a problem https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/asia/akiya-homes-problem-japan-intl-hnk

Scientists create swarming micro robots that can hunt microplastics and bacteria contaminating water https://thedebrief.org/scientists-create-swarming-micro-robots-that-can-hunt-microplastics-and-bacteria-contaminating-water/

US spends more on defense than the next 10 countries combined? Nope. China spends as much on defense as the US https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/at-least-five-interesting-things-3da?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=35345&post_id=144157846&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=g3qy7&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Space laser transmission strikes Earth from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, 140 million miles away https://nypost.com/2024/04/29/lifestyle/space-laser-transmission-strikes-earth-from-140-million-miles-away-nasa/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost_sitebuttons

Friendship Games lands FIRST PLACE in the Chanticleer Reviews Global Thriller of the Year category https://www.markjamesauthor.com/l/friendship-games-lands-first-place-in-the-chanticleer-reviews-global-thrillers-category/

Columbia University goes back to online classes because of anti-Israel protests and antisemitism https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/us/columbia-university-protests-classes.html

Do Tanks Have a Place in 21st-Century Warfare?
As explosive drones gain battlefield prominence, even the mighty U.S. Abrams tank is increasingly vulnerable https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/world/europe/tanks-ukraine-drones-abrams.html

Damn, such a good article in a lower-impact factor journal. It's about field methods in a historical #HumanGeography research project. Proud of this one (and I've published in Antipode, Regional Studies, etc.). If you teach research or field methods, check it out. https://www.academia.edu/7848461/Exploring_Location_Patterns_of_Gasoline_Stations_on_Virginia_s_Eastern_Shore_Field_Logistics_and_Lessons_Learned

Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/animal-consciousness-scientists-push-new-paradigm-rcna148213

A modified F-16 AI-powered drone just successfully defeated a manned F-16 in simulated aerial dogfights https://thedebrief.org/darpas-groundbreaking-ace-program-and-x-62a-becomes-first-ai-controlled-jet-to-dogfight-against-manned-f-16-in-real-world/

Why so many of us were wrong about missile defense and the F-35 https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/why-so-many-of-us-were-wrong-about?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

🚨 It has begun, and it is probably just the start. I think we are at war. https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-13-24/index.html