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4 Best Walking Pads for Small Spaces and Standing Desks (2026)
Our remote team clocked serious hours walking, working, and sometimes jogging to find the best under-desk treadmills for home offices and small spaces.
Jul 19, 20262 min
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ScienceI replaced my space heater and ceiling fan with one Dyson appliance
Designed for year-round comfort, the Dyson Hot+Cool HF1 combines quiet operation and simple controls with Dyson's signature bladeless design.
Jul 19, 20262 min
ScienceSpaceX scrubs Starship launch after some of its engines didn't start
"Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days."
Jul 19, 20261 min
ScienceRocket Report: India's Vikram-1 nears debut flight; AST to become rocket company?
"We have done everything that could be done to test Vikram-1 on ground."
Jul 19, 20261 min
ScienceThe report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science
New report says our ability to tie weather damages to climate change is improving.
Jul 19, 20262 min
ScienceWill Russia's answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight?
Grasshopper-like tests could begin in 2028.
Jul 19, 20261 min
ScienceThe Pentagon's Space Development Agency hasn't moved as fast as anyone would like
"Missiles are being launched at the joint force every single day in [Operation] Epic Fury."
Jul 19, 20262 min
ScienceGoogle-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada
The FireSat program can spot wildfires that other satellites miss.
Jul 19, 20261 min
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Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time Ever
Researchers identified traces of erythrulose, a monosaccharide, thousands of light-years away.
Jul 16, 20262 min
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SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status
Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/3a023b95-66c3-41e1-b0ce-df752a499541 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48920181 Points: 256 # Comments: 159
Jul 16, 20261 min
ScienceBuzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon
While an impressive sale, the pen and switch did not break records.
Jul 16, 20263 min
ScienceElon Musk bought a gas turbine company
It's likely to become a direct power source for SpaceXAI's data centers.
Jul 15, 20261 min
ScienceJudge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation
Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations.
Jul 15, 20261 min
ScienceA most improbable astronaut just went to space
"I pretty much, at that point in time, gave up on being an astronaut."
Jul 15, 20261 min
ScienceWhy Realta Fusion is building a fusion reactor at an old hot dog factory
An old Oscar Meyer factory in Wisconsin will become America's latest fusion power research and development hub.
Jul 15, 20262 min
ScienceA SpaceX vet raised $65M to pull wire harnesses out of the Cold War era
Someone has to bundle all the wires that go into rockets, missiles, and satellites.
Jul 15, 20262 min
ScienceStarlink’s V5 dish is now available — here’s how it compares
SpaceX's latest residential dish - the Starlink V5 - is now available in "select areas." It's notably smaller and lighter than the V4 dish with improved power efficiency. It'll be available in more places as SpaceX ramps up production to meet global demand. The company notes that Starlink V5 is not intended for in-motion use […]
Jul 15, 20261 min
ScienceSpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage
SpaceXAI's Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users' entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published findings on Monday showing how the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading entire code repositories, "including files it was told not to open […]
Jul 14, 20261 min
ScienceBoomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol
New research overturns assumption that abstinent younger drinkers are behind weak demand.
Jul 14, 20261 min
ScienceSun sets on Vulcan Centaur as NASA moves SunRISE to SpaceX Falcon Heavy
Solar observatory awaits a new launch date after its original ride hit booster trouble
Jul 14, 20262 min