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GSK announced a major breakthrough concerning cancer therapy. A drug called Jemperli (dostarlimab) showed impressive results in a phase 2 trial at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). The study included 42 patients suffering from mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) locally advanced rectal cancer, a type of bowel cancer.

Used as a first-line treatment and an alternative to chemotherapy and surgery, Jemperli cured cancer in all patients, showing “an unprecedented 100% clinical complete response rate.” Tests that followed showed no evidence of remaining tumors. Moreover, the first 24 of the 42 patients were observed after an average time of 26.3 months, and they showed no signs of cancer resurfacing.

GSK will test the drug in additional studies involving certain types of colorectal cancers.

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Welcome to episode 2 of our behind-the-scenes series as we document space exploration. In this episode, join our team as we capture slow-motion footage of SpaceX’s Starship at Starbase, record powerful liftoff audio, share stereoscopic VR from up close, and journey to the top of NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building for an exciting astronaut launch. Thank you for watching!

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Early access to the full 100x slowmo: / starship-engines-105298825

Explore the Beta release of our IFT-3 Stereoscopic 3D film on Oculus headsets https://www.meta.com/experiences/4722…
(Apple Vision Pro Sideload video files available for patrons)

Music by @annu__music (MaryLiz)
Launch Audio by Andrew Keating, Cosmic Perspective.

The Cosmic Perspective team: Ryan and MaryLiz Chylinski, Andrew Keating, Nick Jakubik, Kelly Rodriguez, John Pisani, J. Trent Adams, and an extra special thanks to the Everyday Astronaut crew and our friends and volunteers!

Continue reading “Road to Mars — Episode 2 (SpaceX Starship Slow-mo at 2400fps, Incredible Sound, NASA VAB)” | >

Starship Flight Test 4 (unofficially IFT-4) will be the 4th flight of Starship. The current launch date is set for NET June 6, 2024. [1] Ship 29 (S29) and Booster 11 (B11) will be used for this mission. Both vehicles have received upgrades since Flight 3. The fourth flight test of Starship is currently planned for the 6th of June, 2024 at 7 am CDT, pending regulatory approval. The test profile of this mission is almost identical to the one on Flight 3, but there are some changes. The most notable of these changes are the jettison of the hot stage ring from B11 and a soft, engine powered landing for S29. The goals for the fourth flight per SpaceX: \.

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[TIME SUBJECT TO CHANGE] This is the fourth fully integrated full stack test flight of Starship and the mighty Super Heavy booster, the largest and most powerful rocket to ever fly. It produces over twice as much thrust as the Saturn V that took humans to the moon.

The goal of the test is to get further along than IFT-3 in March, 2024. If all goes well, Starship will re-enter in the Indian Ocean about 65 minutes after it lifts off from Starbase, TX, on a suborbital trajectory.

Want more information? We’ve got a video talking about what’s new and upgraded from flight 3! — https://youtu.be/O5GY7_aVBtk.

Want to know where to watch this live? I made a video on how to visit Starbase and where to watch a launch from — https://youtu.be/aWvHrih-Juk.

Learn more about Everyday Astronaut Mission Control by Guinn Partners! — http://guinnpartners.com.

Want to support what I do? Consider becoming a Patreon supporter for access to exclusive livestreams, our discord channel! — http://patreon.com/everydayastronaut.

Continue reading “[4K] Watch SpaceX Starship FLIGHT 4 launch and reenter LIVE!” | >

A single universal equation can closely approximate the frequency of wingbeats and fin strokes made by birds, insects, bats and whales, despite their different body sizes and wing shapes, Jens Højgaard Jensen and colleagues from Roskilde University in Denmark report in a new study published in PLOS ONE on June 5.

The ability to fly has evolved independently in many different animal groups. To minimize the energy required to fly, biologists expect that the that animals flap their wings should be determined by the natural resonance frequency of the wing. However, finding a universal mathematical description of flapping flight has proved difficult.

Researchers used dimensional analysis to calculate an equation that describes the frequency of wingbeats of flying birds, insects and bats, and the fin strokes of diving animals, including penguins and whales.

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