NASA's Artemis II mission, a crewed test flight around the Moon, is set to conclude with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego on Friday, April 10, 2026. The four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will face a high-speed re-entry, marking the most critical phase of their 10-day journey.
NASA has introduced a WindShaper fan array for dynamic low-speed and hovering flight research, capable of generating arbitrary wind gradients and gusts via a Python API. A companion WindProbe system uses motion capture to survey flows, enhancing aerodynamic studies.
A new study published this week in the journal Science documents what may be the first observed 'civil war' in wild chimpanzees. In the seven years following a split in Uganda's Ngogo group, members of the western group made 24 sustained and coordinated attacks on the central group, killing at least seven adult males and 17 infants.
BYD has unveiled a new Flash Charging station capable of delivering speeds up to 1,500 kW, charging an EV battery from 10% to 97% in nine minutes. The Chinese automaker plans to expand its network globally while launching its Denza Z9GT vehicle in Europe.