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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U.S. trading partners cheer Supreme Court tariff ruling — but businesses must still navigate ‘murky waters’

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Business World leaders during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, in Alberta, Canada, June 17, 2025. Amber Bracken |ReutersU.S. trading partners offered a cautious welcome to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday to strike down large parts of President Donald Trump's flagship trade policy on global tariffs — but global trade bodies warned of lingering uncertainty surrounding import levies. The law that undergirds the import duties "does not authorize the President to impose tariffs," the majority ruled six to three in the long-awaited Supreme Court decision. Hours after the ruling, Trump said he signed an executive order imposing a new 10% "global tariff". The "Section 122" tariffs will take effect "almost immediately," Trump said. At a White House press briefing Friday afternoon, Trump railed against the "deeply disappointing" 6-3 ruling. Trump's tariff regime impacted a swathe of countries from the...
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The Foundation Reports: tackling mental health inequalities in the UK
07 Nov
Health News

The Foundation Reports: tackling mental health inequalities in the UK

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1 Hardy G, Lane J. Walking on Thin Ice: The Cost of Financial Insecurity. Citizens Advice; February 22, 2018. Accessed October 16, 2025. citizensadvice.org.uk/wales/policy/publications/walking-on-thin-ice-the-cost-of-financialinsecurity/ 2  Wenham A, Clark T. Anxiety Nation? Economic Insecurity and Mental Distress in 2020s Britain. Joseph Rowntree Foundation; November 10, 2022. Accessed October 16, 2025. jrf.org.uk/savings-debt-and-assets/anxiety-nationeconomic-insecurity-and-mental-distress-in-2020s-britain 3  Marmot M, Goldblatt P, Allen J et al. Fair Society, Healthy Lives (The Marmot Review). Institute for Health Equity; February, 2010. Accessed October 16, 2025. instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/fair-society-healthylives-the-marmot-review 4  Marmot M, Allen J, Boyce T, Goldblatt P, Morrison J. Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On. Institute of Health Equity; 2020. Accessed October 16, 2025. instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/marmot-review-10-years-on 5 Ellingworth D, Bécares L, Šťastná M, Nazroo J. Racism and racial discrimination. In: Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time...
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