E&T

JUNE 19, 2025

The minimally invasive surgery, performed at Baylor St Lukes Medical Center, reduced surgical trauma, blood loss and infection risk and increased recovery time for the 45-year-old patient. The robot was then navigated through the preperitoneal space in the abdominal wall to remove the diseased heart.

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E&T

JUNE 18, 2025

Although not known for its space aspirations, the auto giant Honda has for the past few years been developing a reusable rocket prototype under its research and development arm Honda R&D. metre-long reusable rocket has been undergoing engine combustion and hovering tests at Honda’s facility in Taiki, Hokkaido, Japan.

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E&T

JUNE 19, 2025

In 2018, the European Commission imposed a €4.34bn fine following findings by Brussels regulators that Google had “abused its dominant position”. The findings revealed that Google had used its Android mobile phone operating system to block rivals since 2011. This was deemed illegal under European law, hence the hefty fine.

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E&T

JUNE 6, 2025

The Hakuto-R Mission 2 that sent the lander into orbit launched on January 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. But mission control lost all contact with the craft around two minutes before it was scheduled for a soft touchdown.

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