“Europe's real weakness is execution. It is not about knowing what to do since we have perfect analysis about the problems holding us back. It is about getting it done, and that is where we can learn the most from the U.S."
“Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based artificial intelligence startup backed by Alibaba, on Thursday released Kimi K3 — a 2.8-trillion-parameter model that the company says is now the largest open-source AI model in the world, and one that benchmarks show performs neck-and-neck with the most powerful proprietary systems from Anthropic and OpenAI.
The release, timed to land just ahead of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, is a dramatic escalation in the global AI arms race and a watershed moment for the open-source AI movement. It also marks a remarkable comeback for a company whose market position had eroded significantly over the past 18 months following DeepSeek's meteoric rise.”
Radiographs of the hand were acquired (A) preflight by a crewmember, (B) in-flight on day 1 after launch (L+1) by a crewmember, and (C) postflight by a non-crew operator using the same imaging protocol. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
“Last year, astronauts in orbit took diagnostic x-rays of their own bodies for the very first time—and now, we get to see the results.
On March 31, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Fram2 mission, which was the first human spaceflight to enter a polar orbit. The four people on board—cryptocurrency investor Chun Wang, film maker Jannicke Mikkelsen, engineer Rabea Rogge and polar explorer Eric Philips—spent three and a half days orbiting Earth.
During that time, they performed various science experiments, including taking x-rays of themselves. The results were published on Tuesday in Radiology.
For four decades astronauts aboard spacecraft such as the International Space Station have had some seriously stocked medicine kits, including an ultrasound machine. But an x-ray machine was never part of that cache. That was partly because x-ray machines were too bulky to go to space, but new portable technology is making them more accessible.” (via Scientific American)
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