Month: June 2024

Anzeige: Energiewende mitgestalten: Mainova sucht IT-Experten

Ob E-Autos, erneuerbare Energien oder intelligente Stromnetze – ohne moderne Informationstechnologie lässt sich die Energiewende nicht realisieren. Mainova bringt die Energieversorgung des Rhein-Main-Gebiets ins digitale Zeitalter. (Energie & Klima, Ar…

Ob E-Autos, erneuerbare Energien oder intelligente Stromnetze - ohne moderne Informationstechnologie lässt sich die Energiewende nicht realisieren. Mainova bringt die Energieversorgung des Rhein-Main-Gebiets ins digitale Zeitalter. (Energie & Klima, Arbeit)

Shokz Openfit Air im Test: Keine Alternative zum Openfit oder Huaweis Freeclip

Die neue Air-Variante des Open-Ear-Kopfhörers Openfit soll sich vor allem mit Brille angenehmer tragen lassen. Leider hat Shokz dafür am falschen Ende gespart. Ein Test von Ingo Pakalski (Kopfhörer, Test)

Die neue Air-Variante des Open-Ear-Kopfhörers Openfit soll sich vor allem mit Brille angenehmer tragen lassen. Leider hat Shokz dafür am falschen Ende gespart. Ein Test von Ingo Pakalski (Kopfhörer, Test)

Shokz Openswim Pro: Dieser Bluetooth-Kopfhörer spielt Musik unter Wasser

Die beim Vorgängermodell vermisste Funktion ist dabei, das Shokz-Produkt lässt sich als Bluetooth-Kopfhörer nutzen. Außerdem hat der MP3-Player des Openswim Pro deutlich mehr Speicher. (Kopfhörer, Audio/Video)

Die beim Vorgängermodell vermisste Funktion ist dabei, das Shokz-Produkt lässt sich als Bluetooth-Kopfhörer nutzen. Außerdem hat der MP3-Player des Openswim Pro deutlich mehr Speicher. (Kopfhörer, Audio/Video)

Anzeige: Einstieg in Python und Machine Learning

Python und Machine Learning sind Schlüsseltechnologien der modernen Datenanalyse. Ein intensiver Online-Workshop bietet eine praxisorientierte Einführung in beide Bereiche. (Golem Karrierewelt, Python)

Python und Machine Learning sind Schlüsseltechnologien der modernen Datenanalyse. Ein intensiver Online-Workshop bietet eine praxisorientierte Einführung in beide Bereiche. (Golem Karrierewelt, Python)

SpaceX is about to launch Starship again—the FAA will be more forgiving this time

The FAA has approved a license for SpaceX’s fourth Starship launch, set for Thursday.

The rocket for SpaceX's fourth full-scale Starship test flight awaits liftoff from Starbase, the company's private launch base in South Texas.

Enlarge / The rocket for SpaceX's fourth full-scale Starship test flight awaits liftoff from Starbase, the company's private launch base in South Texas. (credit: SpaceX)

The Federal Aviation Administration approved the commercial launch license for the fourth test flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket Tuesday, with liftoff from South Texas targeted for just after sunrise Thursday.

"The FAA has approved a license authorization for SpaceX Starship Flight 4," the agency said in a statement. "SpaceX met all safety and other licensing requirements for this test flight."

Shortly after the FAA announced the launch license, SpaceX confirmed plans to launch the fourth test flight of the world's largest rocket at 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC) Thursday. The launch window runs for two hours.

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Flawed, scandalous trials tank FDA expert support for MDMA therapy

Bias, missing data, and claims of a new-age cult overshadow positive patient results.

MDMA pills up close.

Enlarge / MDMA pills up close. (credit: Getty | Universal History Archive)

After a remarkably sensational regulatory drug review, advisors for the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly against approving midomafetamine (MDMA, aka ecstasy or molly) as part of therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder.

In a response to the question, "Do the available data show that the drug is effective in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder?" advisors voted 9 "no" to 2 "yes" against MDMA

The votes come after a full-day meeting in which the independent expert advisors heard detailed reviews of clinical trial data from the company that proposed the therapy—Lykos, formerly MAPS—as well as internal FDA reviews.

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Down to just two gyroscopes, Hubble’s science operations will continue

“We do not see Hubble as being on its last legs.”

Hubble Space Telescope above Earth, photographed during STS-125, Servicing Mission 4, May 2009.

Enlarge / Hubble Space Telescope above Earth, photographed during STS-125, Servicing Mission 4, May 2009. (credit: NASA)

The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is running out of gyroscopes, and when none are left, the instrument will cease to conduct meaningful science.

To preserve the telescope, which has been operating in space for nearly three and a half decades, NASA announced Tuesday that it will reduce the Hubble's operations such that it will function on just a single gyroscope. This will limit some scientific operations, and it will take longer to point the telescope to new objects and lock onto them.

But in a conference call with space reporters, Hubble officials stressed that the beloved scientific instrument is not going anywhere anytime soon.

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