Space
The Spin of the Milky Way galaxy's Halo spaceref
Astronomers at the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts lsa.umich.edu (LSA) discovered for the first time that the hot gas in the halo of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning in the same direction and at comparable speed as the galaxy's disk.
NASA to map the surface of an asteroid phys.org v
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will launch September 2016 and travel to a near-Earth asteroid known as Bennu to harvest a sample of surface material and return it to Earth for study. The science team will be looking for something special. Ideally, the sample will come from a region in which the building blocks of life may be found.
So much time, effort, and money has been spent ignoring what God told us about "where" (earth) and out of "what" (dust) we came (er, were "formed") :) (Gen 2:7) Still, fascinating watching these technological masterpieces being hurdled out into space.
A professor is working with NASA to 3D print houses on the moon — here’s his plan businessinsider
Behrokh Khoshnevis...has developed a method he calls Contour Crafting that would allow humans to easily build houses on other planets. Contour Crafting contourcrafting.org uses a giant robot to layer concrete to build houses. The 3D-printing method ensures all the conduits for electrical, plumbing and air-conditioning are set up once the house is complete.
War
US military creates 'Space Mission Force' to wage satellite war engadget
...the US Air Force Space Command has created the "Space Mission Force" to train soldiers to operate military satellites in response to threats. "Adversaries have developed and fielded capabilities to disrupt and deny the space systems we operate on behalf of the United States and our allies," writes US General John Hyten. "Consequently, [we] must organize, train and equip our space forces in a way that maintains our vigilance."
Also see U.S. Air Force expands space warfare training spacenews
Weapons
Behold the most expensive weapons system ever and all of its ammunition in one photo businessinsider
Designed and manufactured at Lockheed Martin's massive facility in Fort Worth, Texas, the F-35 Lightning II can carry an impressive 18,000 pounds of lethal ammunition.
South Sudan
South Sudan president replaces rival as vice president washingtonpost
South Sudan’s president on Tuesday replaced his deputy and opposition leader Riek Machar bbc, who fled into hiding this month amid renewed clashes with government forces. The move threatens an already fragile peace deal in a country ravaged by civil war.
Society
New California law requires registration of all 3D-printed guns digitaltrends
The serial number, or another form of identification, will have to be attached to a homemade firearm in some fashion. In order to obtain the identifier, the owner of a 3D-printed firearm will have to pass a background check. Interestingly, the law leginfo.legislature.ca.gov also forbids the sale or transfer of a homemade firearm from a California resident to another party. This limitation is attributed to the lack of quality standards of homemade firearms as well as the potential of widespread adoption of plastic firearms.
Study: More Colo. children hospitalized for mistaking pot brownies, cookies for treats usatoday v
The JAMA Pediatrics report archpedi.jamanetwork notes Colorado saw an increase of pediatric marijuana cases by 34% annually, compared to 19% for the rest of the U.S.
Fireman Sam producer apologises after showing character treading on page from the Koran telegraph.co.uk v
HIT Entertainment, the producer of the programme, last night issued an unreserved apology, and said it was cancelling its contract with the Chinese animation studio responsible for making the scenes.
Life
Severe birth defects not as lethal as docs once said: Study ksl
Parents of newborns with rare genetic conditions used to hear the grim words that the severe birth defects were "incompatible with life." Support groups and social media showing the exceptions have changed the landscape. So has mounting research suggesting that not all such babies are doomed to die.
Genetics
Dolly the sheep's siblings 'healthy' bbc
The first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell - Dolly - died at the relatively young age of 6.5 years, having suffered from osteoarthritis. This raised concerns that cloned animals might age more quickly. But the new study, which tracked four sheep cloned from the same ewe as Dolly, found they had aged normally.
Drones
Amazon Expands Drone Testing in Britain nytimes
Under the partnership, Britain’s aviation regulator will let Amazon test several aspects of drone technology — such as piloting the machines beyond the line of sight of its operators — that the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States has not permitted. The tests, which are an important sign of confidence in Britain after its historic vote last month to leave the European Union, are to begin immediately.
Automation
Delivery company to trial self-driving vans in Japan cnet
Yamato, a postal service in Japan, ... will next year trial self-driving delivery vehicles. It's partnering with IT company DeNA dena for the project, dubbed Roboneko Yamato.
Tech
NEW 3D MOVIE SCREEN COULD LET VIEWERS DITCH GLASSES AT THE THEATRE popsci v
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab csail.mit.edu (CSAIL) and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science weizmann.ac.il are presenting a paper this week at the SIGGRAPH computer-graphics conference that shows a prototype for how to create a cinema-sized movie screen that won't require patrons to wear those awful glasses.
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