SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch

Watch: SpaceX loses Starship spacecraft but catches booster on seventh test flight The latest test of Space X’s giant Starship rocket has failed, minutes after launch. Officials at Elon Musk’s company said the upper stage was lost after problems developed after lift-off from Texas on Thursday. But the Super Heavy booster managed to return to…

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Iran launches wave of missile strikes against Israel

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has discussed the military operations between Israel and Iran in a telephone call with US President Donald Trump, the kingdom’s state agency reported. The two sides discussed the “critical importance of restraint, de-escalation, and resolving all disputes through diplomatic means”, according to the official Saudi readout. Relatedly, the Saudi…

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Traditional diagnostic decision support systems outperform generative AI for diagnosing disease

Medical professionals have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline diagnoses for decades, using what are called diagnostic decision support systems (DDSSs). Computer scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system first developed MGH’s own DDSS called DXplain in 1984, which relies on thousands of disease profiles,…

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