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The Iran War Could Make Your Next MRI More Expensive

The Iran War Could Make Your Next MRI More Expensive

ByAlex Knapp,

Forbes Staff

andAmy Feldman,

Sr. Editor

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at a serial entrepreneur’s effort to build an FDA-approved AI doctor, Pfizer’s lyme disease vaccine, and more.

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Complete Guide To NASA’s Epic Artemis II Mission — Launching This Week

NASA’s Artemis II mission is due to lift off on Apr. 1, launching astronauts beyond Earth orbit for the first time since 1972.

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Comet Alert: A Sungrazer May Soon Blaze After Sunset — Or Break Apart

Two comets — C/2026 A1 (MAPS) and C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) —could become visible in April. One may be super-bright or disintegrate, while the other may be more predictable.

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3 Ways Couples Create Their Own Private Language, By A Psychologist

Private language builds the relationship in a way that goes beyond a mere partnership. It helps form a separate emotional world.

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NASA Is Planning A Nuclear-Powered Trip To Mars

Why nuclear makes sense for the Red Planet. Google’s new memory math for AI. Why video games help you sleep. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

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NASA’s Psyche Mission Faces New Mystery As It Nears Mars Flyby

NASA’s Psyche mission, launched in 2023, will study a $10,000 quadrillion asteroid, with new research showing that its craters could reveal its true origin.

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We Trust AI Over Our Own Brains, Research Finds

AI has such a profound effect on cognition, Wharton researchers say, that it’s time to change a half-century-old scientific model that explains decision-making.

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NASA Sets 2028 Launch For First Nuclear Mission To Mars Days Before Return To The Moon

NASA plans a 2028 nuclear-powered Mars mission using SR-1 Freedom and Skyfall helicopters, aiming to transform deep-space travel and future human exploration.

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European Clocks Change This Sunday: When Daylight Saving Time Begins

In 2026, daylight saving time in the U.K. and across most of Europe begins on Sunday, March 29, 2026, when clocks go forward one hour. It ends on Sunday, Oct. 25.

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1 Unique Habit Only Truly Confident People Possess, By A Psychologist

Most people wait to feel confident before they act. Psychological research suggests confident people do the exact opposite.

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We’re Using Giant Freakin’ Lasers To Probe Alien Planets

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

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