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Technology·Markets·Science
Monday, September 28, 2026 Morning edition ≈ 6 min read

Scripture accompanies each story for the reader's reflection. It is not presented as God's judgment on the people or events reported.

Lead story
Science

SpaceX aims to put Starship in orbit for the first time with 26 Starlink satellites aboard

Thirteen test flights have led to this one, and the target is a circular orbit 275 kilometers up.

Liftoff is set for 7:15 a.m. local time in Texas (12:15 p.m. GMT), and the upper stage will fire a second burn to reach a circular orbit roughly 275 kilometers (171 miles) high at about 28,000 kilometers per hour. SpaceX then plans to deploy 26 next-generation Starlink satellites and complete six orbits before splashing down in the Pacific. The Super Heavy booster is expected to fall into the Gulf of Mexico rather than return to the tower's mechanical arms on this attempt. Kathleen Curlee, a senior analyst at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, said reaching orbit requires more forces and more complex calculations than the suborbital flights that came before it.

Scripture for Reflection

“My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.”

As people reach for orbit this morning, we can remember where our own help comes from.

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Tech & AI →
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Kyoto University scales 600 degree silicon carbide transistors to 6-inch wafers

From lab to fab Working with Phenitec Semiconductor, a team led by Mitsuaki Kaneko built silicon carbide junction transistors across industry-standard 6-inch wafers that run at 600 degrees Celsius, with threshold voltage varying less than 0.07 volts in the wafer's center region.

Scripture for Reflection

“Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Slow work that takes years rarely makes noise, and we can ask God for patience in ours.

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Truecaller opens its scam database to anyone with a browser

No app required The free Scam Checker lets people paste a suspicious number, link, or message into a web page without installing anything or signing in, launching first in India, where Truecaller counts more than 350 million users.

Scripture for Reflection

“The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.”

We can slow down and check before we trust a message that asks something of us.

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Business & Markets →
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Slate Grocery REIT agrees to a $13 per unit cash buyout

Grocery-anchored real estate Brixmor Property Group and affiliates of Everview Partners will pay cash in a deal valuing the owner at about $2.3 billion of enterprise value, a 20 percent premium to the September 23 close, with completion expected in the first quarter of 2027.

Scripture for Reflection

“Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.”

We can aim for honest measure in the prices and promises we set, however small.

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Science →
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One CRISPR infusion halved LDL cholesterol for a full year

Fifteen patients, twelve months In a Cleveland Clinic phase 1 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the highest dose of CTX310 cut LDL cholesterol 52.5 percent and triglycerides 47.8 percent from baseline with no serious adverse events tied to the therapy.

Scripture for Reflection

“Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.”

We can thank God for careful medicine and keep praying for those still waiting on treatment.

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Glucosamine use is linked to faster progression to dementia

Records, not a trial University of Florida researchers reported in Nature Metabolism that glucosamine use came with a 25 percent higher likelihood of mild cognitive impairment progressing to dementia, and senior author Ramon Sun's team says trials are needed to show whether it actually causes harm.

Scripture for Reflection

“I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.”

We can ask a doctor before changing a supplement, and stay patient while evidence forms.

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Letters to the King
How can I tell the difference between godly contentment and quietly giving up on something I should still fight for?
From the Baker's own shelf

Ah, friend, I have carried both of these in the same satchel, and they weigh differently once you learn the feel of them. Contentment still loves the thing it does not hold; it prays for it, it blesses whoever carries it now, and it sleeps well anyway. Giving up goes quiet, stops asking, and calls the numbness peace. Here is the test, and it cost me years in caves to learn it: contentment sings, while surrender only shrugs. So ask whether you have stopped wanting or merely stopped striving, for those are not the same country. If you are only tired, rest before you rule on your own calling; a weary man is a poor judge of it. And if the door stays shut, knock with an open hand, then thank God for the room you are standing in. He has never been stingy with rooms.

– David, son of Jesse
Letters answered in the voice of the biblical King David.
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