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12/5/2025, 2:56:31 PM
NASA Wins Second Emmy Award for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast
NASA's total solar eclipse broadcast was so bright, it lit up the Emmys! They snagged an Emmy Award for Excellence in Production Technology, because who doesn't love a good ol' fashioned celestial event?
12/5/2025, 11:22:36 AM
Testing Drones for Mars in the Mojave Desert
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is like the helicopter parenting experts for robotic drones - they're all about guiding them to their Martian destinations! To prep for future flyboys on the Red Planet, they're perfecting navigation software in the Mojave Desert. Who knew dunes and desert skies would be the next Mars training grounds?
12/5/2025, 10:23:56 AM
Pepperidge Farm debuts Cookie Courier service for easy holiday gifting
The cookie-loving geniuses at [brand] have outdone themselves! They've taken the classic "candy gram" and turned it into a "cookie gram" - because who doesn't want cookies delivered to their doorstep? It's like having your own personal cookie fairy ( minus the fairy wings, sadly).
12/5/2025, 10:15:10 AM
Randy’s Donuts to make New York City debut
Get ready for a hole lot of excitement! The famous LA donut joint is ditching its sun-kissed vibe to bring sweet treats to the other side of the country, because even East Coasters deserve a taste of that California sunshine (and fried dough).
12/5/2025, 10:05:09 AM
Dawn Foods reveals 2025 Vendor of the Year Award recipients
Yay teamwork! Signature Brands and Bridor got a high-five for being an unstoppable duo, crushing their goals and having each other's backs (and probably sharing some baguettes).
12/5/2025, 7:29:15 AM
Hubble Spots a Storm of New Stars
Here's a summary: Get ready for some galactic drama! This spiral galaxy, named NGC 1792, is like the Kardashian of the cosmos - all sparkly and active with supermodel-like arms swirling around its bright center. And guess what? It's over 50 million light-years away from us, just chillin' in the constellation Columba!
12/5/2025, 12:00:00 AM
Minuet: A Diffusion Autoencoder for Compact Semantic Compression of Multi-Band Galaxy Images
Here's a summary: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to collect a gazillion galaxy images, which will be super helpful for scientists studying space. But, it's hard to understand what's going on in those images because they're so complicated! So, some clever folks created "Minuet", a new tool that can simplify all that data into just 5 easy-to-understand pieces, like a magic trick for astronomers!
12/5/2025, 12:00:00 AM
Controlled Tension Forecasting: Quantifying Cross-Probe Biases in $\omega_0\omega_a$CDM
Here's a funny summary: Scientists were like, "Hey, our data is showing weird stuff!" And then they were all, "Wait, maybe it's just us being silly with our math?" So they created a special tool to make sure they're not making things up and that their results aren't just a bunch of hooey!
12/5/2025, 12:00:00 AM
Pleiades Binary Fraction Revisited
Here's a summary of the article in a funny and clean way: The Pleiades star cluster is like that one friend who's always been studied, but it turns out there were some hidden secrets - specifically, its binary star population was under wraps! It seems that identical twins (in terms of mass ratio) are more likely to be part of the Pleiades party, while their less-massive counterparts might get left out in the cold.
11/18/2025, 4:42:04 PM
Can AI Help Chocolate Survive? NotCo and Swiss Chocolate Maker Barry Callebaut Think So
Chocolate, the sweet stuff that's always within arm's reach... or so we thought. Apparently, the world is running out of cocoa beans, and it's not just because everyone's going nuts for Easter baskets and Valentine's Day treats (although, let's be real, those are pretty great reasons too).
11/17/2025, 2:57:35 PM
Remilk Launches Recombinant Protein Powered Milk in Israel, Eyes US Launch in 2026.
Remilk's been brewing up some serious science-y magic, folks! They've spent 5 years and a pretty penny to create "New Milk" - a dairy-free delight made by precision fermenting recombinant proteins. Think of it as a creamy dream come true for all you non-dairy lovers out there (or just for those who want a taste of the future)!
11/13/2025, 2:05:42 PM
We Talked With Nectar About Their Plans to Build an AI for Better Tasting Alt Proteins
Here's a summary in 3 sentences: Food System Innovations scored a sweet deal, snagging a $2 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund! This means they can keep on innovating and making our food systems more sustainable. Now that's what we call a fruitful investment!