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• 5 space-age technologies that the EU just launched into orbit

  10-10-2023 17:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  A new EU mission has sent some suitably space-age tech into the cosmos. On a Vega rocket that launched from the European spaceport in French Guyana on Monday, the union sent six satellites and nine experiments into orbit for testing. The programme aims to boost the EU’s space sector and broader tech innovations. According to the bloc, the mission is “closing the gap between the development of a technology and its commercialisation.” That may prove a tricky task, as some of the
  
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• Even world’s biggest offshore wind farm can’t mask UK’s green energy failures

  10-10-2023 16:46 via thenextweb.com
  
  The world’s largest offshore wind farm has started exporting power to the UK grid after its first turbine came online this weekend.   The Dogger Bank Wind Farm, currently under construction in the North Sea, will comprise a total of 277 turbines once complete in 2026. The huge plant is expected to churn out 3.6GW of power — enough for 6 million UK homes. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hailed the milestone as a boost to energy security and job creation. “Offshore wind is
  
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• What’s behind TikTok’s #lazygirljobs trend — and do you actually want one?

  10-10-2023 10:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  Earlier this year, TikToker Gabrielle Judge, aka the “anti-work girlboss,” posted a now-viral two and a half minute video. The subject was the “Lazy Girl Job,” which captured the imagination of viewers to such an extent that Judge’s video now has more than 345,000 views. The concept then took on a life of its own and has spawned the proliferation of the #lazygirljobs hashtag, which has rocketed past 17 million views on the platform. Judge was quick to quantify what
  
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• Gaia spacecraft finds new jigsaw pieces for puzzle of the Universe

  10-10-2023 10:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Gaia spacecraft has unearthed a new treasure trove of secrets about our galaxy — and beyond. The European Space Agency (ESA) mission plans to produce the largest, most precise 3D map of the Milky Way. To achieve this lofty goal, Gaia is surveying almost 2 billion celestial objects. Using two optical telescopes, the satellite is monitoring their motions, luminosity, temperature, and computation. Every observation could unravel new details about Earth and the surrounding Universe. The n
  
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