The war in Ukraine is seen as the model for future wars.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February resulted in severe economic sanctions on Russia which the Russian government was collecting less money for national programs.

In February 2023 Russia began using its limited supply of 1.5 ton UPAB-1500V GLONASS satellite guided bombs against Ukrainian targets.

For years, women's health advocates have argued that far more research is needed on women's bodies and health. The world's first-ever "vagina on a chip," recently developed at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, could go a long way to making that happen.

On January 8th China launched another Shijian (“experimental” or “special purpose”) satellite into GSO (geostationary orbit).