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The Relay is a new media project dedicated to covering slightly futuristic domains such as artificial intelligence, space exploration, longevity science, crypto and blockchain, advanced biology, and defense technologies. Our mission is to capture the signals of tomorrow and relay them forward with clarity, depth, and context.

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Tianwen‑2 Sets Out to Sample Earth’s Mysterious Quasi‑Moon

Tianwen‑2 Sets Out to Sample Earth’s Mysterious Quasi‑Moon

China has launched Tianwen‑2 to Kamoʻoalewa, a tiny companion of Earth that might be a fragment of the Moon. The mission will try touch‑and‑go and anchoring‑drill sampling, with a target return in 2027 and big stakes for planetary defense.

Perseverance’s Sapphire Canyon ups the stakes for life on Mars

Perseverance’s Sapphire Canyon ups the stakes for life on Mars

A peer reviewed Nature study of Jezero’s Bright Angel rocks elevates Perseverance’s best hint of Martian life. We decode what a potential biosignature really means, the mineral organic clues the rover found, and why a leaner sample return must move faster.

How SEC’s new rules unleashed Dogecoin and XRP ETFs overnight

How SEC’s new rules unleashed Dogecoin and XRP ETFs overnight

The SEC’s Sept 17 approval of generic listing standards for commodity-based ETPs, paired with July 29 in-kind creation and redemption orders, cleared the path for Cboe to list REX‑Osprey’s Dogecoin and XRP ETFs on Sept 18. Here is what changes next.

Gemini in Chrome makes agentic browsing mainstream at last

Gemini in Chrome makes agentic browsing mainstream at last

Google’s September rollout of Gemini inside Chrome is the moment agentic browsing jumps from demo to default. Here is what tab‑aware synthesis and upcoming multi‑step, cursor‑driven automation mean for search, ecommerce, privacy, extensions, and your roadmap.

Israel’s Iron Beam enters service: per shot shield math

Israel’s Iron Beam enters service: per shot shield math

Israel says its 100 kilowatt class Iron Beam will be ready for operational use later in 2025. If lasers really cut interception costs to a few dollars, the economics of barrages and drone swarms change fast. Here is how and where it still breaks.

Ghost Shark goes fleet: Australia’s bet on autonomous subs

Ghost Shark goes fleet: Australia’s bet on autonomous subs

Australia just moved Ghost Shark from prototype to fleet, committing A$1.7 billion to field dozens of extra‑large autonomous subs within five years. The decision signals a pivot from slow, crewed AUKUS timelines to scalable undersea autonomy.

Speed to Power: How AI Will Fast-Track a New U.S. Grid

Speed to Power: How AI Will Fast-Track a New U.S. Grid

Washington’s new Speed to Power push aims to deliver the electricity surge needed for AI and data centers by fast-tracking generation and transmission. Here is how it works, who benefits, who pays, and what it means for prices and emissions.

Retro’s Autophagy Alzheimer’s Pill Enters Human Trials

Retro’s Autophagy Alzheimer’s Pill Enters Human Trials

Retro Biosciences will dose its first Alzheimer’s patients in Australia with RTR242, an autophagy-boosting pill. The study is a test case for proving longevity mechanisms through disease endpoints, and for a new path in regulation and funding.

FDA nod for dog longevity sets a blueprint for humans

FDA nod for dog longevity sets a blueprint for humans

In 2025 the FDA gave Loyal’s canine longevity pill a reasonable expectation of effectiveness, opening the first practical regulatory path for lifespan extension. Here is how the dog route could speed safe human geroprotectors.

Chang’e‑6 Far‑Side Samples Are Rewriting Lunar History

Chang’e‑6 Far‑Side Samples Are Rewriting Lunar History

Peer reviewed results from Chang’e‑6 are changing the Moon’s origin and evolution story. The first analyses point to a global magma ocean, a markedly drier far-side mantle, and a magnetic field that flickered, not faded. Here is what that means for missions.

SEC opens the gates: generic rules for spot altcoin ETFs

SEC opens the gates: generic rules for spot altcoin ETFs

The SEC just approved generic listing standards that let NYSE, Nasdaq, and Cboe list spot crypto ETPs without case-by-case reviews. Here is what changed, which tokens likely go first, and how liquidity, custody, and DeFi could shift next.

Workday’s $1.1B Sana bet puts agents under HR-grade control

Workday’s $1.1B Sana bet puts agents under HR-grade control

Workday’s move to buy Sana signals a new phase for enterprise AI. The company is formalizing an Agent System of Record with a partner network and a gateway that treats AI agents like employees with identity, permissions, and auditability.

China’s new sea skimmers are testing the limits of Aegis

China’s new sea skimmers are testing the limits of Aegis

Beijing’s September parade put scramjet sea skimmers front and center. Here is why low‑altitude hypersonic flight compresses reaction time for U.S. ships, what counters are realistic in 3–5 years, and why uncrewed pickets matter most.

AI’s data‑center boom is reshaping the U.S. grid now

AI’s data‑center boom is reshaping the U.S. grid now

Record peaks and hyperscale buildouts have collided in 2025. From Virginia to Texas and Georgia, utilities are racing to add capacity, revive gas, sign nuclear and renewables deals, and fast‑track storage and wires.

GLP‑1s at scale: decoding Swiss Re’s mortality forecast

GLP‑1s at scale: decoding Swiss Re’s mortality forecast

Swiss Re projects that broad GLP‑1 adoption could trim U.S. deaths by 6.4% and the U.K. by 5.1% by 2045. We stress‑test that forecast, parse the latest outcomes data, and map the ripple effects for insurers, pensions, and public health.

Why New Glenn’s Second Flight Could Redefine Mars Missions

Why New Glenn’s Second Flight Could Redefine Mars Missions

Blue Origin’s New Glenn is set to loft NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes to Mars on its second flight. Here is why sending interplanetary science so early in a rocket’s life could reset expectations for cost, risk, and NASA–industry partnerships.

New Glenn’s Mars Debut: Why NASA Bets on Flight Two

New Glenn’s Mars Debut: Why NASA Bets on Flight Two

Blue Origin’s second New Glenn launch is set to send NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes toward Mars. Here is why NASA chose a new rocket’s sophomore outing, how VADR changes risk, what ESCAPADE will study, and what success or a scrub would mean.

Tether brings USAT stateside, and the stakes get real

Tether brings USAT stateside, and the stakes get real

Tether just unveiled USAT, a U.S.-regulated stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital with Cantor Fitzgerald as custodian. After July’s GENIUS Act, this could reshape the U.S. stablecoin stack, pressure USDC, and redraw compliance lines.