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People with annoying communication habits exist in every conference room, Zoom tile, and inbox in the world. And they’re more than just a minor workplace woe. Your communication skills, or lack thereof, are on display during everything from daily banter in the break room to negotiating with your boss, running meetings, handling conflict, and dispensing feedback. We asked experts which communication habits are most likely to drive your colleagues up the wall—and why. Read here: https://lnkd.in/enETWa3v

The far side of the moon isn’t just the “dark side," it’s older, rougher, and full of clues about how the solar system formed. Here’s why scientists are so interested in it and why missions like Artemis II are heading there. Read about this week’s Artemis II launch here: https://lnkd.in/gwUF7xxc

"I would be disappointed if we didn't have a settlement on the moon and [are] building a manufacturing facility on the moon within 10 years. Hopefully half that.” Before Mars, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is now betting on the Moon as a new hub of computing and space infrastructure. SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell told TIME the company hopes to manufacture AI-powered satellites on the lunar surface, part of a broader plan to build data centers in space and partnership with NASA’s lunar Artemis program. In 2021, NASA selected SpaceX to build Artemis’ so-called human landing system: the vehicle designed to land two astronauts on the Moon while two others remain in orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft. With the Artemis IV mission scheduled for 2028, SpaceX’s proposed solution Starship is still in testing. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ePSNCP7A

Wastewater has become a powerful tool that gives scientists early glimpses into where infections are peaking. Analysis of the water can alert health officials of upticks in infection several days before hospitals and other health care facilities note increases in symptoms and positive tests. TIME's Alice Park explains:

You might know that the shingles vaccination prevents shingles — but did you know it may have additional benefits for cognitive health in older age? Pascal Geldsetzer, a medical professor at Stanford University, explains.

“We have more than 30% of counties in the United States that don’t have an OB provider.” Emergency medical physician and ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton talks maternal mortality in the U.S. — as well as what gives him hope in the medical field today.

“We had no idea what mobile phones would become… and robotics feels the same.” On this episode of Future Back Drinking, Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility, reflects on leading through uncertainty and why AI-powered robots could transform work in ways we can’t fully predict yet. Sponsored by PepsiCo Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g8KGG6SG Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gyEnpijt Learn More: https://lnkd.in/evSp3QtQ

Time is running out on Trump’s war with Iran. By the Pentagon’s own accounting, the operation was an unambiguous military success, but with a murky endgame. Trump tried to thread the needle in a primetime address to the nation on April 1. He trumpeted the military triumphs and said the operation was “nearing its completion,” while also saying the U.S. would strike the Islamic Republic “extremely hard.” In a phone interview Thursday morning, Trump told TIME that Iran was eager to make a deal to end the fighting. ‘Why wouldn't they call? We just blew up their three big bridges last night,” the President says. Yet behind the bluster has been a growing recognition within the West Wing that the situation may be slipping out of its control. Advisers say Trump is searching for an off-ramp, caught in the crosshairs of a war he had neither fully sold to the public nor secured a mandate to wage, but that now threatened the very promises on which he had campaigned. Read about Trump’s behind-the-scenes frustration in interviews with advisors and members of Congress here: https://lnkd.in/gEF5AB4x

“You get to see the power of music come together with the power of medicine … to impact someone’s life.” Singer Ciara’s “One2PrEP” campaign is promoting a new long-acting shot for PrEP, which can reduce the risk of contracting HIV.

One expert calls it a “gamechanger.” This portable X-ray machine is powered by AI to accelerate screening, early detection, and treatment of tuberculosis.