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NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current home in a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hangar in Virginia, may end with a different spacecraft entirely landing in Houston.

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A 1982 Lotus Esprit Turbo that has spent three decades sitting untouched in a barn is set to cross the auction block in the United Kingdom, offering collectors a rare look at long-term automotive neglect wrapped in iconic sports car design. The car, now coated in moss and other organic growth, has been entered into a classic and vintage vehicle auction held at the Haynes Motor Museum. The sale is being organized by Charterhouse, a Dorset-based auction house known for handling estate and specialt

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Tory Bruno, the longtime chief of the launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) has joined the competition at Blue Origin.

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US electric car manufacturer Tesla is aiming to increase in production at its factory in Grünheide near Berlin in 2026, despite the difficult market situation in Germany. Output already grew in each quarter of the past year as planned, plant manager André Thierig told dpa in a recent interview.

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SpaceX just set a new annual-launch record for the sixth year in a row, and the numbers are getting pretty silly.

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NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Drugmakers plan to raise U. prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and shingles and blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump administration pressures them for cuts, according to data provided exclusively ​by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors.

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We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of failures as well, some of them quite dramatic.

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LONDON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Ask executives in the healthcare industry about the future market for weight-loss drugs and the analogies are telling: monthly GLP-1 medicine subscriptions like a streaming video membership; dose decisions managed on a smartphone app; access made as easy as buying a pair of Nikes. This is their vision of the consumerization of weight-loss as drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly prepare to launch pill versions alongside their blockbuster injectable treatments and incr

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Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework last fall. Their exchanges grew more consuming as the 16-year-old opened up to the chatbot about his suicidal thoughts, according to data analysis of the conversations shared with The Washington Post by attorneys for Adam’s parents.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. In January, the high school sophomore spent just under an ho

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More than half of Germany's medium-sized companies expect an economic downturn next year, according to a survey by the BVMW business association. Christoph Ahlhaus, the association's chief executive, said on Saturday that "superficial reforms are no longer enough to get Germany back on track.

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A genuine Holden Commodore VL Turbo BT1 police interceptor highlights Australia’s 1980s pursuit car era and Nissan-powered performance shift.

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After nearly 12 years leading the United Launch Alliance (ULA), its chief Tory Bruno is stepping down from the U.S. rocket launch provider to pursue "another opportunity," the company announced this week.

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Dec 24 () - Shares of Agios Pharmaceuticals jumped nearly 12% premarket on Wednesday after the U. ​Food and Drug Administration approved the expanded use ‌of its drug for the treatment of a type of blood ‌disorder.

Agios Pharma shares jump as US FDA expands approval for its blood disorder drug

Food and Drug Administration's approval of an oral version of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy could potentially expand access to millions of patients and give the Danish company a much-needed fillip in the red-hot market. The first GLP-1 pill specifically for ​obesity, also branded as Wegovy, is a 25-mg oral formulation of semaglutide, the active ingredient in the blockbuster injectable version.

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HYDERABAD, India, Dec 24 () - Global pharma giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are scrambling to cement their lead in India's booming obesity drug market before cheaper generic versions hit shelves in March next year. Novo's strategy emphasizes price cuts and accelerated launches, while Lilly's products benefitted from hitting the market early.

Lilly, Novo lock horns in India's obesity drug race

An Indian LVM3 rocket successfully launched the massive BlueBird 6 smartphone satellite for AST SpaceMobile to orbit on Tuesday night (Dec. 23).

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NEW YORK, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Packaged food makers and fast-food restaurants may be forced to overhaul more of their products next year as newly approved, appetite-suppressing GLP-1 pills become available in January, analysts say. More Americans are expected to try the ​drugs as a pill rather than as a shot because the medication will be cheaper and many patients are hesitant to inject themselves.

Weight-loss pill approval set to accelerate food industry product overhauls

Dec 24 (Reuters) - Sanofi will buy U. vaccines company Dynavax Technologies for around $2.

Sanofi to acquire hepatitis B vaccine maker Dynavax for $2.2 billion

Alex Yang details founding an AI startup with other high schoolers worldwide to improve Alzheimer's diagnostics.

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Rick Steves is the guy to go to for budget traveling tips, and if you've set your eyes on Spain, this is the time he believes is best to visit.

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Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has authorized the marketing of six Altria-owned on. PLUS nicotine pouch ​products, through a pilot program aimed to fast-track reviews of such ‌products.

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The South Korean startup Innospace will attempt its first orbital launch from Brazil's Alcântara Space Center on Friday (Dec. 19), and you can watch the action live.

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March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) on Friday closed down -89 (-1.50%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) closed down -43 (-0.99%). Cocoa prices extended this week's losses on Friday, with NY cocoa falling to a 1.5-week low. Favorable weather in West Africa is expected to boost yields...

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Dec 19 () - BioMarin Pharmaceutical said on Friday it would acquire Amicus Therapeutics for about $4.8 billion, expanding ​its presence in rare metabolic diseases.

BioMarin to acquire Amicus Therapeutics for $4.8 billion in rare disease bet

The Ukrainians have converted an E38-generation 7-Series from a 5-passenger sedan into a multi-shot rocket-firing weapon in their war against Russia.

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Dec 18 () - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said on Thursday its experimental pill for a type of skin disease, developed using ​artificial intelligence, succeeded in two late-stage studies. More than half ‌the plaque psoriasis patients across the studies showed clear or almost clear skin after ‌16 weeks of treatment with the once-daily drug, zasocitinib, the company said.

Takeda's AI-crafted psoriasis pill succeeds in late-stage studies

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) on Thursday closed down -44 (-0.74%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) closed down -24 (-0.55%). Cocoa prices settled lower on Thursday, with NY cocoa falling to a 1-week low. Favorable weather in West Africa is expected to boost yields and supply,...

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MEXICO CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Mexico's state oil company Pemex is preparing to replace the head of its exploration and production arm, just months after he returned ​to the post, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the company struggles ‌to stem a decline in crude output. Angel Cid Munguía resumed leadership of Pemex Exploration and Production (PEP) in early May.

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