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Gravitics Wins NASA Award and Lockheed Deal in One Week — Here’s Why It Matters

Marysville startup Gravitics landed a Lockheed Martin Department of Defense contract and a NASA research award within days of each other in August 2026, putting its expandable space habitat technology at the center of two defining questions in modern spaceflight: who builds the next station, and how do humans actually live there. Asher John - August 15, 2026

Hospital-Owned Doctors Cost More — But Does Care Improve? Two Studies Clash

A August 2025 Yale study found that hospital acquisitions of physician practices drive prices up with no measurable quality improvement — but Yale New Haven Health's Chief Clinical Officer says a newer study tells a different story, showing patient care often gets better after these deals. Asher John - August 14, 2026

NASA Avionics License Gives Rocket One an AI-Powered Spacecraft Shortcut

Rocket One has secured a NASA patent license for its Affordable Vehicle Avionics system, using the proven flight-computing architecture as the foundation for an AI-enabled spacecraft engineering and mission-planning platform that could dramatically reduce development costs for commercial operators. James Loftus - August 4, 2026

Why Japan Never Ate Raw Salmon Until Norway Sold Them the Idea in 1986

Salmon nigiri is Japan's best-selling sushi topping today, yet raw salmon was considered dangerous in Japanese cuisine for centuries — until a Norwegian government trade mission, launched in 1986 to solve a farmed-fish surplus, spent nearly a decade convincing Japan that parasite-free Atlantic salmon was safe to eat raw. Alexander Gabriel - August 1, 2026

NASA Scientist Defrauded Investors

A former NASA scientist's fraud conviction exposes a well-documented psychological trap: the expert overconfidence that makes high achievers dangerously blind to risk outside their domain. Alexander Gabriel - July 28, 2026

9 Things to Know About the NASA BFGoodrich Tires Partnership

BFGoodrich Tires is now a National Partner of NASA — but not the space agency. Here are 9 things worth understanding about what this motorsport partnership actually is and who it benefits. James Loftus - June 20, 2026

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