NASA formally closed the OSIRIS‑REx mission on Sept. 30 after a decade of engineering feats, delivering the largest asteroid sample ever returned and preparing the spacecraft for a new target.
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SpaceX lifted its Starfall return capsule for a second flight on the Bandwagon‑5 rideshare, deploying 32 payloads from Cape Canaveral and landing the first stage on a drone ship.
An early rise in flu cases on the West Coast, driven by a mutated H1N1 strain, has doctors urging everyone six months and older to get vaccinated, especially younger people.
Pennsylvania’s health department warned doctors of 66 measles cases in pregnant women and a rise in rare congenital measles, highlighting risks for mothers and newborns.
Researchers at Mass General Brigham used AI to gauge biological age and 90‑day mortality risk of cancer patients from a single selfie, showing promise as a clinical decision‑aid.
Anthropic's S‑1 filing reveals a struggle to secure cloud capacity from major providers while planning to spend over $750 billion on cloud contracts ahead of a planned November IPO.
Netflix stock fell more than 5% after the company beat Q3 earnings but gave a weak Q4 outlook, while co‑CEO Ted Sarandos outlined a strategy centered on originals and live events.
Elon Musk confirmed that special committees at Tesla and SpaceX are examining a possible merger, noting shareholder approval would be required.
Brandon Thomas and a small team used AI and Rust to create early‑alpha, open‑source replacements for seven Adobe Creative Cloud apps, challenging traditional subscription models.
While Samsung’s S95H offers top‑tier picture quality, several mid‑range OLED models from Samsung, Sony, LG and Roku provide solid performance at a fraction of the cost.