Material science plays an absolutely critical role in space exploration. So when a new type of self-healing composite is announced, it’s worth a look–especially when the press release specifically calls out its ability to repair microtears associated with micrometeoroid impacts on satellites. It sounds like just such a composite material was recently invented at North Carolina State University - and it’s even already been spun out into a start-up company.

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ChatGPT was the second most downloaded app in India for 2025 after Instagram.

Consumers spent more money in mobile apps than games in 2025, driven by AI app adoption.

Language learning marketplace Preply is now valued at $1.2 billion after raising a $150 million that marks a new chapter for the 14-year-old company.

The last time the United States made a bold purchase of territory, it was "Seward's Folly" of Alaska. That worked out pretty well.

Print is dead. New Jersey is flipping the script and ordering its public schools to bring back cursive writing starting next fall. In one of his final acts as governor, Phil Murphy on Monday signed legislation requiring students in third through fifth grades to learn cursive, insisting the move would help pupils with basic tasks such as opening bank accounts and signing checks later in life.

"This is freedom of speech. This is America, right?" Those were the incredulous words of Raquel Pacheco, a US Army veteran and three-time candidate for local office. She made the remark while being questioned by police at her Miami Beach home last week for criticising her mayor on Facebook. On 6 January, Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner posted a message on his official Facebook page saying, among other things, that "Miami Beach is a safe haven for everyone" and that the city "is consistently ranked by a broad spectrum of groups as being the most tolerant in the nation".