The space industry is playing a waiting game as lawmakers decide whether private companies flying paying customers to space are ready for regulation.
Why it matters: Some experts argue regulation could hamper growth of the private human spaceflight sector, while others say it's necessary to regulate these companies before a major accident occurs.
The sizzling summer of 2023 may be over, but now the U.S. is seeing the reemergence of summer-like heat for tens of millions from Minneapolis to Maine.
The big picture: Temperatures this week have already broken records, including a monthly high of 92°F in Minneapolis on Sunday,which forced the cancellation of the Twin Cities marathon for health reasons.
Two scientists on Monday were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research that laid the foundation for the COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
Why it matters: The prize recognized Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, whose research on mRNA vaccines was originally overlooked by the scientific and medical communities.
