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Watch Live as ULA Attempts First Engine Static Fire Test of Vulcan Centaur Rocket [Updated]

An explosion at the launch facility last month delayed the rocket's inaugural mission, but the company wants to see…

Passant Rabie

UpdatedMay 25, 2023

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ScienceSpaceflight

Recent Explosion Means ULA's Big New Rocket Won't Launch Until Summer

The heavy-lift Vulcan Centaur was undergoing tests at a NASA launch facility when a powerful fireball tore through…

Passant Rabie

PublishedApril 20, 2023

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ScienceSpaceflight

Debut Launch of ULA's Vulcan Rocket Likely in Jeopardy After Dramatic Explosion at Test Stand

The heavy-lift rocket is scheduled for liftoff on May 4, but an unexpected hydrogen fireball at a test facility will…

Passant Rabie

UpdatedApril 14, 2023

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SciencePhysics

Weird Boson Measurement May Have Been a Fluke, Large Hadron Collider Data Suggests

Does the W boson break the Standard Model? Depends on how you measure it.

Isaac Schultz

PublishedApril 12, 2023

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ScienceSpaceflight

Spaceflight Shakeup: Leading Rocket Company ULA Is Reportedly Up for Sale

Rumors are swirling that United Launch Alliance is on the verge of being sold, in what would be a major shift in the…

George Dvorsky

PublishedMarch 2, 2023

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Tech

ATLAS Robot Is Now That One Worker Who Ignores All the Safety Rules on a Construction Site

The company shows off the humanoid bot's new skills which seem more careless than helpful.

Andrew Liszewski

PublishedJanuary 18, 2023

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TechRobots

MIT's Boston Dynamics Is Suing Ghost Robotics Over Robot Dog Plagiarism

The U.S. Air Force was reportedly testing Ghost Robotics' robot dogs in 2021.

Kevin Hurler

PublishedNovember 16, 2022

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TechNews

Viral Video Shows China's Gun-Toting Robot Dog Getting Dropped Off by Drone

The robot weapon, produced by China Kestrel Defense, is the stuff of sci-fi nightmares.

Matt Novak

PublishedOctober 11, 2022

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TechNews

Boston Dynamics Promises Not to Make a Robocop

Boston Dynamics and 5 other major robot makers promise they won't weaponize their robots. What you do with them,…

Mack DeGeurin

PublishedOctober 6, 2022

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TechGadgets

Kawasaki's Rideable Robotic Goat Is the Electric Car for Wandering Cowpokes

Unlike Boston Dynamics' Spot, Kawasaki's robotic Ibex is ready for human passengers.

Andrew Liszewski

PublishedMarch 14, 2022

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ScienceSpaceflight

Watch Live: ULA Attempts Launch of Asymmetrical ‘Super Slider’ Atlas 5 Rocket

The Space Force mission seeks to deliver a pair of surveillance satellites to geosynchronous Earth orbit.

George Dvorsky

PublishedJanuary 21, 2022

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TechPolitics

Brazil's Bolsonaro Signs Order Prohibiting Tech Firms From Deleting His Cancerous Posts

The Brazilian President is promoting Trump-ian conspiracy theories on social media ahead of latest election.

Tom McKay

PublishedSeptember 9, 2021

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TechGadgets

Watching a Robot Slip and Fall Is Way More Entertaining Than the Milk Crate Challenge

The robotic equivalent of America's Funniest Home Videos is exactly what you need right now.

Andrew Liszewski

PublishedAugust 25, 2021

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TechGadgets

This Robot Performs Amazing Jumps and Flips by Swinging Its Cyber-Penis Around

Robotics engineers often imitate nature for their creations, for better or for worse.

Andrew Liszewski

PublishedJune 15, 2021

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TechGadgets

Boston Dynamics' New Box Grabbing Bots Can Roam a Warehouse Looking For Work

It won’t be long before brick and mortar stores will be a distant memory, replaced by entire neighborhoods of…

Andrew Liszewski

PublishedMarch 29, 2021

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TechGadgets

Boston Dynamics' Spot Robot Finally Gets Its Helping Hand

When Boston Dynamics first revealed a prototype of its Spot robot to the world back in 2016, it featured a gripper…

Andrew Liszewski

PublishedFebruary 2, 2021

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TechRobots

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Robot Army Dance Their Way to World Domination

As the company wonders what the future holds for it now that Boston Dynamics is owned by the Hyundai Motor Group,…

Andrew Liszewski

PublishedDecember 29, 2020

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TechRobots

U.S. Police Already Using 'Spot' Robot From Boston Dynamics in the Real World

Massachusetts State Police (MSP) has been quietly testing ways to use the four-legged Boston Dynamics robot known as…

Matt Novak

PublishedNovember 25, 2019

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SciencePhysics

Physicists Create Incredible 'Quark Soup' Droplets That Expand Like Little Big Bangs

The universe began with a bang—and things immediately got weird.

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

PublishedDecember 11, 2018

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TechRobots

Latest Boston Dynamics Video Proves the Robot Uprising Will Be Shockingly Nimble

Do you remember the Boston Dynamics robots videos of just a few years ago? It was a big deal that robots like Atlas…

Matt Novak

PublishedOctober 11, 2018

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