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Starship Lifts 3× More Than SLS — So Why Does NASA Still Fund Its Own Rocket?

SpaceX's Starship outlifts NASA's SLS by three times and costs a fraction per launch — yet NASA keeps funding its own rocket while depending on Starship to actually land astronauts on the Moon.

Samwise Shore ·7 min read ·5 hours ago

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4 Weeks on a Fiber-Rich Diet Measurably Lowers Biological Age, Study Finds

New research shows that just four weeks on a fiber-rich, plant-based diet — free of ultra-processed foods and animal fats — produced a statistically significant reduction in participants' biological age as measured by epigenetic clocks.

By James Loftus·Aug 15, 2026