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GRANT BRICKMAN: Vulcan has a date for its return to flight, and the calendar did it no favours.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now the full story. The Vulcan rocket is coming back, and the date is Friday the thirteenth. I call that confidence. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: United Launch Alliance picked it, Grant. The target is November 13, with 40 Amazon Leo satellites on board. ▶
KAI: Huge day ahead! This is Vulcan's return to flight, and it is the first Vulcan launch for Amazon. ▶
KAI: Two BE-4 engines, six solid rocket boosters, and a Centaur V on top with two RL10C-1 engines to finish the climb. Huge stack. ▶
KAI: This is file footage of a Vulcan climbing. Earlier this year, one booster burned through its nozzle on the way up. The report calls it a significant performance anomaly. ▶
KAI: The Space Force payload still reached orbit, but Vulcan was stood down for an investigation. A nozzle was also shed on the second launch in 2024. ▶
KAI: Meanwhile Atlas V kept flying Amazon Leo satellites. Twenty-nine went up on July 2. Amazon has booked 38 Vulcan launches, up from eight on Atlas V. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The open question is whether the nozzle problem is fixed. The report doesn't say what the investigation found. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Friday the thirteenth is only unlucky if you believe in it. The rocket certainly doesn't. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Scientists find one weakened brain signal that may tie schizophrenia's symptoms together.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Now the full story, and a serious one. Scientists report a single weakened brain signal that may connect several symptoms of schizophrenia. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A weak signal. So the brain needs a better antenna? ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It's not reception, Grant. It's how the brain processes information. Vera will explain. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The article reports a weakened brain signal tied to sensory processing difficulties, disorganized speech and greater symptom severity. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: So are those separate conditions, Vera? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Typically they are studied as separate features. The new research suggests a shared disruption in how the brain processes information. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The study is in Science Advances, by scientists from McGill University, the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, the University of Montreal and the Douglas Research Centre. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Vera, what is still unsettled? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The article says the finding could potentially lead to earlier detection and new treatments. Potentially is the operative word. ▶
NOVA: Each brain has more connections than I can count, and one signal may tie symptoms together. That is a wonderful finding. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The article doesn't say how large the study was. We have no other outlets to cite today, so the article is our only source. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A shared mechanism, if it holds, would be a real step in understanding. We'll keep watching for more. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Thank you, Vera. A careful report on an important subject. ▶
THE NETWORK REPORT (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: THE NETWORK REPORT, with the traffic on the information superhighway. Dot, what is it like out there? ▶
DOT: A clear run for now. Nothing to report. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Thanks, Dot. Safe travels. ▶
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