07 Apr
Science & Technology, Top Stories

Artemis II begins journey home following record-breaking lunar flyby

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The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission is en route back to Earth after breaking the record for the furthest distance travelled by humans from our planet. An image of the Moon taken from Orion, including parts of the far side (to the left of the picture) which cannot be seen from Earth - NASA On Monday, 6 April, the Orion spacecraft carrying the four astronauts achieved its furthest point from Earth, having travelled 252,756 miles. Earlier in the day, the crew had broken the previous distance record of 248,655 miles, set by the historic Apollo 13 mission in 1970. The Artemis II crew was in radio blackout for approximately 40 minutes as it travelled around the far side of the Moon, out of reach from NASA's Deep Space Network. Related content Artemis II Moon mission underway with successful launch Lunar...
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Nvidia and Dassault Systèmes combine digital twins and AI in industry world models
02 Mar
Science & Technology

Nvidia and Dassault Systèmes combine digital twins and AI in industry world models

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The companies want to ground AI models in science and engineering to grow industrial know-how.Nvidia is putting its AI infrastructure, models, and libraries together with virtual twin technology from 3D design software vendor Dassault Systèmes to build a shared architecture the companies describe as “science-validated industry world models.” It’s a deepening of their existing collaboration with “a shared long-term vision for how industrial AI will be built, validated and deployed at scale,” the companies said. Nvidia is multiplying its partnerships with developers of industrial design software. It recently expanded the integration options for its Omniverse development platform farther into physical AI applications, building the Omniverse libraries into Siemens Digital Twin Composer as well as integrating into products and services from Accenture, Microsoft, Ansys, Cadence, and others.World modelsDassault Systèmes CEO Pascal Daloz talked up the partnership’s potential for...
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Bonobos Demonstrate Imaginative Ability in New Experiments
02 Mar
Science & Technology

Bonobos Demonstrate Imaginative Ability in New Experiments

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The consistent performance of Kanzi the bonobo in pretend play experiments suggests that the mental capacity to imagine nonexistent objects may trace back 6 to 9 million years, rewriting assumptions about the uniqueness of human imagination.Kanzi the bonobo. Image credit: Ape Initiative.“It really is game-changing that their mental lives go beyond the here and now,” said Dr. Christopher Krupenye, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University. “Imagination has long been seen as a critical element of what it is to be human but the idea that it may not be exclusive to our species is really transformative.” “Jane Goodall discovered that chimps make tools and that led to a change in the definition of what it means to be human and this, too, really invites us to reconsider what makes us special and what mental life is out...
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NASA Space to Soil Challenge
02 Mar
Science & Technology

NASA Space to Soil Challenge

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Bailey G. LightFeb 03, 2026Rapid advances in commercial space, artificial intelligence, and edge computing are transforming what is possible for Earth observation. By pushing more intelligence onboard, missions can move from passively collecting data to actively interpreting and responding to changing surface conditions in near-real time, enabling more targeted observations and dramatically improving the value of data returned to the ground. Within this context, land-focused applications such as regenerative agriculture, sustainable forestry, and broader land resilience efforts stand to benefit enormously from satellites that can adapt what, when, and how they sense based on dynamic environmental signals and algorithmic insight rather than fixed schedules or static acquisition plans. NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) invites participants to design small satellite (SmallSat) mission concepts that leverage adaptive sensing and onboard processing to enhance regenerative agriculture, forestry, or...
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