Space & Aerospace
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FAA Locks in $875 Million 12‑Year AI Deal to Streamline Air Traffic Flow
Expanded article on FAA's $875 million AI contract with Air Space Intelligence, covering FMDS and SMART, benefits, challenges, and outlook.
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Why Most Groups Keep Cooperating Even When Some People Won't Pull Their Weight
A new experiment with over 70 groups reveals that most people choose to double down and keep contributing—even when teammates free ride—challenging the assumption that free riders destroy cooperation.
House spending records reveal ChatGPT dominates Capitol Hill's AI tool usage
Analysis of House disbursement data shows OpenAI's ChatGPT accounts for roughly 90% of congressional AI spending, with Democratic offices outpacing Republicans in adoption.
Saudi Aramco's $9.5 Million Bet on India's Mitti Labs and Asia's Rice Crisis
Saudi Aramco's venture arm leads a $9.5 million Series A in Mitti Labs, a New York- and Bengaluru-based climate-tech startup using AI and satellite imagery to help rice farmers reduce water use and methane emissions while generating carbon credits, with plans to expand into the Philippines and Indonesia.
Sitting Upright Boosts Strategic Risk-Taking and Pride: What Space.com's NASA Feature Gets Right About Posture Research
Research from McGill University demonstrates that implicitly induced upright posture improves strategic risk-taking performance and elevates feelings of pride. Study used environmental constraints (desk height, tablet positioning) to manipulate posture without participant awareness. Participants in upright posture group took greater calculated risks on virtual balloon inflation task and reported higher pride levels. Published in British Journal of Psychology.
When the Pain of Loss Softens, It Can Feel Like Losing a Loved One Again: A Psychologist Describes This "Second Loss" and How to Navigate It
Clinical psychology explains the "second loss"—the confusing grief that returns when pain softens and memories shift. Understanding how continuing bonds and meaning reconstruction help us rebuild relationships beyond mourning.
Why Conspiracy Theories Are Not Bedtime Stories: The Psychology Behind Space.com's NASA Coverage and Broader Mistrust
Dr. Scott G. Eberle contrasts purposeful storytelling with conspiracy theorizing, exploring why Space.com's NASA coverage can become a vector for mistrust and ontological insecurity.
Space Markets Rise on New Month Hopes as AI Anxiety Lingers
August 2026 market kickoff: Investors start fresh month with rising U.S. stock futures and upbeat sentiment while grappling with persistent AI-related anxiety that caused market pain in July. Includes verified source data on Wall Street tech rally, oil price declines, SpaceX IPO expectations, and aerospace sector developments.
Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News Lessons on Silent Newsroom Departures
What happens when star reporters vanish from tech and science mastheads without a word? A look at newsroom HR policies, job requirements, and reader trust.
NASA Commercial Crew Program Insights and Commercial Rocket Lab iQPS Launch Surge
Commercial launch operators continue scaling up, with Rocket Lab locking in new iQPS Electron missions while government efforts like the NASA Commercial Crew Program deal with schedule slippage.
Antares Secures $470M for Military Reactors Beyond Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News
Antares Nuclear has raised $470 million in Series C funding to build TRISO-fueled small modular reactors for U.S. military installations, tackling supply chain hurdles and high energy costs.
Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News: How Java Survived Its 1995 Emergency Hotfix
Cult.Repo's new documentary 'The Java Story' exposes how Sun Microsystems nearly abandoned Java after set-top box failures and how a frantic three-day threads rewrite rescued the language right before its 1995 launch.