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CEO Yariv Bash talks about building a better flying robot, seeking FAA approval and how competition with Amazon helps.

New research shows millions of devices are vulnerable to vulnerable, but there are ways to protect yourself.

A large project is underway to disease-proof pigs using CRISPR to change their DNA. Are people next?

The tech giant is kissing California goodbye.

Crops will grow in stacks 14 layers high and will use more than 20,000 LED lights. Robots on wheels will deliver seeds to the growing shelves.

To the moon — from dream to reality | space documentary.

Between 1969 and 1972 twelve men walked on the surface of the moon. It was seen as the first chapter in an ambitious program of space exploration. But what started with NASA’s Apollo missions ended with the Apollo missions. Humanity’s boldest venture is now 50 years in the past. To The Moon — From Dream To Reality looks back at the people and the technology of the Apollo era.

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This week at NASA:

👨‍🚀 Vice President Mike Pence announced NASA’s Artemis Program astronauts.
🛰 SpaceX’s updated cargo Dragon docked with the International Space Station.
🌊 Sentinel-6 sent back its first sea measurements.
🚀 NASA’s Space Launch System rocket updates.
🔬 #Artemis III science priorities.

Take a look at these stories and more: https://go.nasa.gov/3gFa6U7

In recent years, scientists have learned that one of Earth’s most unique features — its liquid oceans — is far more common throughout the solar system than scientists ever expected.

Take Ceres, a dwarf planet orbiting our Sun inside the asteroid belt, which scientists discovered earlier this year is actually an ocean world, according to Discover Magazine. The discovery of abundant water on other worlds could have huge implications for the search for extraterrestrial life — to the point that NASA astronomer Alan Stern tells Discover that it’s “one of the most profound discoveries in planetary science in the Space Age.”

Australians are in awe of a native bee covered in deep blue stripes after learning the unusual insect can be found across the country.

The blue-banded bee can be spotted in gardens in each state except for Tasmania and can be recognised by the coloured stripes around their abdomen.

While the bees have stingers they are not known to be aggressive and are attracted to native plants including tomato flowers.