Day: August 12, 2026
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Space
India landed on the Moon for less than the cost of Gravity
India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down on the Moon at 6:04 pm Indian time on 23 August 2023. It made India…
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Security
Saudi’s Patriot Stockpile Almost Wiped Out in Iran Conflict
Saudi Arabia’s stockpile of Patriot interceptor missiles has been reduced by 86% since the start of the war with Iran.…
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Space
‘From rockets to revenue: Musk says SpaceX hits $1T, builds on Moon by 2030’
Elon Musk loves a bold prediction. From humans colonizing Mars to flooding U.S. roads with robotaxis by 2020, Musk is…
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Oil & Gas
Dangote’s Lamu oil refinery construction to begin by October
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has announced that construction of the proposed Lamu oil refinery will begin by October this…
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Health
Eating less protein may help healthy ageing and improve metabolism, review suggests
Scientists have advised low consumption of protein-rich foods for longer life, following new research suggesting that excess protein could come…
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Tech
Joby establishes 45,000-sq-foot Texas hub ahead of planned eVTOL air taxi flights
The push to bring electric air taxis into everyday transportation is gaining another foothold in Texas, with Joby Aviation establishing…
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Automobile
Ford ‘Fathom’ truck to rival China’s EVs at sub-$30,000 price
Ford Motor Co.’s new budget-conscious electric pickup, the Fathom, will start at just under $30,000 as it is set to…
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Security
HII signs $900m robotics deal to modernise US Navy shipbuilding
America’s largest military shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), has announced a performance-based agreement worth up to $900 million aimed at…
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Tech
World’s largest building to house SpaceX, Tesla AI chip manufacturing plant
SpaceX last week announced that it had chosen Grimes County, Texas, outside of Houston, to build its planned semiconductor plant,…
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Automobile
Hyundai tests world’s first autonomous robot that drives aboard moving ship
Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) has successfully tested its autonomous self-driving robot operating aboard a moving ship, which it described as…
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