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As for what to do about it, Griffin said legislators should end the present plan. “The Artemis III mission and those beyond should be canceled and we should start over, proceeding with all deliberate speed,” Griffin said. He included a link to his plan, which is not dissimilar from the “Apollo on Steroids” architecture he championed two decades ago, but was later found to be unaffordable within NASA’s existing budget. “There need to be consequences” Other panel members offered more general advice. Clayton Swope, deputy director of the Aerospace Security Project for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said…

After a contentious meeting, vaccine advisers for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted on Thursday to delay a vote on restricting hepatitis B vaccination for infants until Friday.The meeting of the advisory committee on immunization practices (ACIP) turned confrontational at times before one member introduced a motion to delay the vote, which passed by six to three, to give advisers time to examine the wording before taking a vote.In the unprecedented meeting, the vaccine advisers debated restricting access to the hepatitis B vaccine for infants – a significant step toward limiting safe and effective shots given…

It’s official, Spotify Wrapped is back from the brink. Last year, the streaming platform’s year-end data dump feature, where Spotify users are forced to contend with what music they actually listened to, was poorly received for its underwhelming data points and lackluster presentation. But, thankfully, the 2025 edition far outshines last year’s. This year, Spotify Wrapped offered nearly a dozen new features that users online already can’t get enough of. From the return of Top Genres to the unique joy of Listening Age, Spotify made Wrapped exciting again. People are loving — or at least getting a kick out of…

Fantasy Football is all about the matchups. Even though you drafted your team with certain hopes and intentions, your weekly lineup decisions shouldn’t be determined by the order you picked your players in. You need to check who your players play and make sure you’ve got the right guys in — and the wrong guys out. We can take some educated guesses based on coaches film, meaningful data, healthy personnel, defensive schemes, track records, and key details of offenses. The things we know can help us minimize the impact of the things we don’t know. This should lead to better…

Kevin KeaneScotland environment, energy and rural affairs correspondentBBCGB Energy intends to invest billions in clean energy projects like offshore windGreat British Energy (GBE) says its investments aim to support at least 10,000 jobs over the next five years, with a focus on areas historically dependent on oil and gas.The publicly-owned body, set up by the UK government, has been told by ministers to invest billions to accelerate the transition to green energy.It says it wants the transition to be seen as “the great economic opportunity of a lifetime” rather than a financial burden.But there are concerns that the rate of…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

Irish authorities have been formally asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by the Israeli Defense Forces.The complaint has been made by the human rights group the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) to the Data Protection Commission, which has legal responsibility in Europe for overseeing all data processing in the European Union.It follows revelations in August by the Guardian with the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew outlet Local Call that a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls was being stored on Microsoft’s cloud service, Azure, as part of a mass surveillance operation by the Israeli…

“Frankenstein” poster art.NetflixAvatar: Fire and Ash, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners and Wicked: For Good are among the American Film Institute’s Top 10 films of 2025.Unlike other awards bodies, the AFI doesn’t single out any particular film as the “best” and instead, simply releases a Top 10 list annually, where the titles are listed in alphabetical order.“For more than a quarter of a century, AFI Awards has held the flag high for community without competition,” said AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale in a statement that annouced the Top 10 list on Thursday. “It is AFI’s honor to celebrate…

Wider use of new tools against malaria, including dual-ingredient nets and WHO-recommended vaccines helped to prevent an estimated 170 million cases and 1 million deaths in 2024, according to WHO’s annual World malaria report. WHO-recommended tools are increasingly being integrated into broader health systems. Since WHO approved the world’s first malaria vaccines in 2021, 24 countries have introduced the vaccines into their routine immunization programmes. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention has also been expanded and is now being implemented in 20 countries, reaching 54 million children in 2024, an increase from about 0.2 million in 2012. Progress is also being made in…

The Duke of Sussex appeared to joke about US President Donald Trump in an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.Prince Harry appeared in a US TV sketch with Colbert, where he auditioned as himself for a “Christmas prince” role in a romantic TV film, for the Hallmark Channel. Appearing behind Colbert, the prince joked he was lost while searching for an audition for the “Gingerbread Christmas Prince saves Christmas in Nebraska”, and the TV host asked him why a real prince would want to star in such a film.Prince Harry said Americans were “obsessed” with Christmas movies and…