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Picking lettuce. Farm labor activists have reported that doing this well is an extremely difficult task. While it might be possible for a robot to do this task, it would be very difficult. It would not only have to make a precise cut at the stem of the lettuce head, but would need to be able to navi...

The Navy Concluded Transmedium Flying Submersibles Were Possible A Decade Ago June 11, 2021 https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41045/the-navy-concluded-transmedium-flying-submersible-vehicles-were-possible-a-decade-ago Introduction: (The Drive) A U.S. Navy research document from 2010 outlines th...

A point made in this article concerns how the subject vessels were displaced by other better designs, but how this type of vessel did serve as a prototype of sorts for things to come. The Soviet-Era Hurricane High-Speed Missile Boat Had Absolutely Gargantuan Hydrofoils June 12, 2021 https://www.thed...

What’s the Connection Between the Chemistry of a Star and the Formation of its Planets? June 13, 2021 https://www.universetoday.com/151524/whats-the-connection-between-the-chemistry-of-a-star-and-the-formation-of-its-planets/ Introduction: (Universe Today) Scientists seem to have come up with a new...

Number of Mysterious Radio Flashes Detected Quadruples June 12, 2021 https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/number-of-mysterious-radio-flashes-quadruples/ Introduction: (Sky & Telescope) Fast radio bursts are powerful but fleeting flashes of radio waves. Their brevity makes them hard to fin...

How Many People Has Climate Change Killed Already? June 1, 2021 https://grist.org/climate/how-many-people-has-climate-change-killed-already/ Introduction: (Grist) Every year heat kills tens of thousands of people. Their breathing grows shallow, their heart rates flutter, their muscles spasm, and th...

New COVID-19 Outbreaks in Asia Could Exacerbate the Global Chip Shortage June 12, 2021 https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/12/22530908/covid-19-outbreaks-asia-global-chip-semiconductor-shortage Introduction: (The Verge) New outbreaks of COVID-19 in Asia could create delays in the global supply chain an...

NASA Seeking Proposals for Private Astronaut Missions June 11, 2021 https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/11/nasa-seeking-proposals-for-two-new-private-astronaut-missions-to-iss/ Introduction: (TechCrunch) NASA said Friday it was seeking proposals from commercial companies for two new private crewed missi...

Europe Picks Categories for Three Flagship Space Missions June 11, 2021 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/europe-picks-categories-three-flagship-space-missions Introduction: (Science) The biggest space missions gestate for the longest time. Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) revealed the ...