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NASA Orders Rare Medical Delay in Launch of SpaceX Mission to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA announced on Monday a rare, health-related delay in its SpaceX rocket launch of four astronauts to the
Hopes Already Fading�as�COP26 Climate Pledges Fall Short
There are stark warnings from scientists that a failure
Scientists do not know why a strange object in the universe continues to emit energy ...
In a short time, astronomers have discovered a mysterious cosmic object with 1,652 energy explosions. Although researchers are still confused about the cause of the recurring eruption, they hope the observations will help them get closer to an answer, he
World Laureates Forum begins, gathering award-winning science leaders in Shanghai
SHANGHAI, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The 4th World Laureates Forum kicked off Monday in Shanghai, gathering more than 130 decorated scientists, including 68 Nobel Prize winners, to attend the three-day forum. Centering on the theme "Open
China's Geely Auto begins selling electric cars in Israel
JERUSALEM, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese automaker Geely Auto Group has started selling electric cars in Israel through the Israeli dealership Union Group, both companies said at a launch event in northeastern Israel on
Climate change will triple impacts to world’s 'life zones' unless emission rates are dramatically reduced
A new study that modeled changes in the world's 45 different 'life zones' from climate change revealed that climate impacts may soon triple over these areas if the earth continues 'business-as-usual' emissions. <!-- more --> ...
Study casts doubt on theory that women aren't as competitive as men
The theory has been touted as a possible explanation for America's longstanding gender wage gap. But new research suggests women exhibit their competitiveness differently. <!-- more --> ...
Uncovering the secrets behind Earth’s first major mass extinction
New research reveals more information about the first and oldest of the 'big five' extinctions. Around 85% of marine species, most of which lived in shallow oceans near continents, disappeared during that time. <!-- more --> ...
Meta Expands Facebook Climate Science Center to 100+ Countries
Meta detailed some of its efforts to combat climate
Leaders risk climate catastrophe without action
Time is running out to avoid the worst catastrophes of climate change. Mark Phillips reports on what’s at stake if world leaders fail to act now. ...
Science doesn’t support school mask mandates
Several recent letters and articles have noted the importance of mask wearing. “Think of the children,” proponents say. That’s always a
No, there's not enough evidence to prove two flu strains are now extinct
A tweet claims two strains of the flu have been eradicated during the pandemic, but public health experts say it’s too soon to tell if any are in hiding or extinct. ...
Final decision on Georgia spaceport permit delayed yet again
KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency has yet again pushed back a final decision on whether to allow the construction of a launchpad for commercial rockets in coastal Georgia. The Federal Aviation Administration plans to release its decision on Spaceport
SpaceX launch delayed due to astronaut ‘minor medical issue’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A medical issue has sidelined one of four astronauts assigned to SpaceX’s upcoming flight to the International Space Station and delayed the launch, officials said Monday. NASA said the launch is now off until Saturday night at the
Pushing renewable power immediately could save trillions in health costs
/ Building a lot of these would pay for itself, albeit indirectly. (credit: Picture Alliance / Getty Images) The use of fossil fuels comes with a wide variety of externalized costs. The big focus tends to be on the
At least 3 dead after high rise in Nigeria collapses
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A 21-story apartment building under construction collapsed in an upscale area of Nigeria’s largest city, killing at least three people and leaving dozens more missing, officials and witnesses said on Monday. Lagos
The silent build-up to a super-eruption
It is estimated that about 5-10 volcanoes worldwide are capable of producing a super-eruption
Researchers discover predictable behavior in promising material for computer memory
A team of researchers has discovered unexpectedly familiar behavior in the antiferroelectric material known as zirconium dioxide, or zirconia. <!-- more --> ...
Scientists Simulate the Climate of Arrakis. It Turns Out Dune is a Pretty Realistic Exoplanet
Science fiction author Frank Herbert is renowned for the richly-detailed worlds he created. None of his work is more well-known than “Dune,” which took him six years to complete. Like his other work, Dune is full of detail, including the
University of Missouri touts $1.5 billion investment plan
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri announced Monday that it plans to spend $1.5 billion during the next 10 years to hire about 300 more teachers and staff to enhance the university’s
SpaceX launch delayed due to astronaut 'minor medical issue'
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A medical issue has sidelined one of four astronauts assigned to SpaceX’s upcoming flight to the International Space Station and delayed the launch, officials said Monday. NASA said the launch is now off until Saturday night at the
NASA astronauts pick peppers in space for the first time on International Space Station
Humans introduced a new life form to outer space on Friday as NASA astronauts harvested the first ever chile peppers onboard the International Space Station. ...
321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week
321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week ...
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Granite Geek: When it comes to area codes I can be very wrong
If there’s one thing that people hate, it’s
At 28, computer engineer manages her own team in Singapore bank
SINGAPORE - Computer engineering major Michelle Tee knew little about banking when she joined Citi Singapore fresh out of university
Computer engineer with Citi is leading her own team at 28
Computer engineering major Michelle Tee knew little about banking when she joined Citi Singapore fresh out of university in 2016
US drops bid to end protections for threatened Canada lynx
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to drop their attempt to strip Canada lynx of federal protections, under a court settlement approved Monday by a judge in Montana. The legal settlement by
Watch Spot the robot dance like Jagger
We already knew Spot could dance. The Boston Dynamics critter has showcased its moves in videos set
SpaceX toilet problem leaves astronauts relying on ‘undergarments’
(CNN) — Issues with the toilet on board SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will leave four astronauts without a bathroom option during their hours-long trip back from the International Space Station aboard the 13-foot-wide capsule. Instead, the crew will
Flirting with disaster! Unlike everyday stressors, natural disasters like hurricanes bring married couples closer together ...
Natural disasters can actually bring couples closer together, at least in the short run, according to a unique new study. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin interviewed hundreds of newlywed couples before and after Hurricane Harvey
NASA has successfully grown and harvested green peppers on the ISS and one astronaut made ...
NASA announced late Friday that it has successfully grown the first chile peppers in space, with astronauts on the International Space Station turning the fruit into tacos. The U.S. space agency said the chile peppers were grown for the Plant Habitat-04
A superconducting silicon-photonic chip for quantum communication
Integrated quantum photonics (IQP) is a promising platform for realizing scalable and practical quantum information processing. Up to now, most of the demonstrations with IQP focus on improving the stability, quality, and complexity of experiments for
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'Smart growth': With new five-year plan, Clayton is revving its economic engine
The updated five-year roadmap isn't a checklist of far-fetched aspirations. Instead, it's a framework for self-sufficiency. ...
Ernst Proposes Cutting Off Federal Funding of EcoHealth Alliance, Gain-of-Function Research
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) vowed Monday to introduce legislation requiring "a full investigation of all U.S. funding of gain-of-function
Dr. Aaron Beck, father of cognitive therapy, dies at 100
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dr. Aaron T. Beck, a groundbreaking psychotherapist regarded as the father of cognitive therapy, died Monday at his Philadelphia home. He had turned 100 in July. Beck’s work revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of depression and other
Temporal and spatial distribution of health, labor, and crop benefits of climate change mitigation in ...
Societal benefits from climate change mitigation
Cryo-EM structures of PI3K{alpha} reveal conformational changes during inhibition and activation [Medical Sciences]
Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are lipid kinases
Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile, and mammal chromosomes [Evolution]
Microchromosomes, once considered unimportant shreds
Correction for Pero et al., Pathogenic role of delta 2 tubulin in bortezomib-induced peripheral neuropathy [Neuroscience]
NEUROSCIENCE Correction for “Pathogenic role of delta 2
Preventing translational inhibition from ribosomal protein insufficiency by a herpes simplex virus-encoded ribosome-associated protein [Microbiology]
In addition to being required for protein synthesis,
The minor pilin PilV provides a conserved adhesion site throughout the antigenically variable meningococcal type ...
Neisseria meningitidis utilizes type IV pili
Stable lariats bearing a snoRNA (slb-snoRNA) in eukaryotic cells: A level of regulation for guide ...
Small nucleolar (sno)RNAs guide posttranscriptional
Plant ecological genomics at the limits of life in the Atacama Desert [Plant Biology]
The Atacama Desert in Chile—hyperarid and with
Species invasion progressively disrupts the trophic structure of native food webs [Ecology]
Species invasions can have substantial impacts on
Thermodynamic feasibility of shipboard conversion of marine plastics to blue diesel for self-powered ocean cleanup [Engineering]
Collecting and removing ocean plastics can mitigate their
Phase separation in fluids with many interacting components [Physics]
Fluids in natural systems, like the cytoplasm of a
Structural differences in amyloid-{beta} fibrils from brains of nondemented elderly individuals and Alzheimer's disease patients ...
Although amyloid plaques composed of fibrillar
Uncontrolled corpus composition drives an apparent surge in cognitive distortions [Social Sciences]
Bollen et al. (1) present an exciting interdisciplinary
Extension request avoidance predicts greater time stress among women [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]
In nine studies using archival data, surveys,
Prosocial option increases women’s entry into competition [Economic Sciences]
We provide evidence that women enter
Quantifying contributions of natural variability and anthropogenic forcings on increased fire weather risk over the ...
Previous studies have identified a recent increase
Oxygen controls on magmatism in rocky exoplanets [Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences]
Refractory oxygen bound to cations is a key component
Thermochronologic perspectives on the deep-time evolution of the deep biosphere [Microbiology]
The Earth’s deep biosphere hosts some of its
Reply to Schmidt et al.: A robust surge of cognitive distortions in historical language [Social Sciences]
In their critique, Schmidt et al. (1) claim that
Differential phase register of Hes1 oscillations with mitoses underlies cell-cycle heterogeneity in ER+ breast cancer ...
Here, we study the dynamical expression of
Dendritic cell paucity in mismatch repair-proficient colorectal cancer liver metastases limits immune checkpoint blockade efficacy ...
Liver metastasis is a major cause of mortality for
Functional genomics and metabolomics advance the ethnobotany of the Samoan traditional medicine “matalafi” [Social Sciences]
The leaf homogenate of Psychotria insularum is widely used
Anthropogenic pressures and life history predict trajectories of seagrass meadow extent at a global scale ...
Seagrass meadows are threatened by multiple pressures,
Nuclear power plant operators want to run for eight decades, but a federal lab in ...
As the country's nuclear power plants seek new licenses to keep operating for decades longer, a report from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff detailed "critical gaps" in knowledge of how key plant parts would age. ...
The US Navy has figured out what a nuclear-powered attack submarine ran into in the South China Sea: report
The Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut has been battling bed bugs. US Navy The US Navy has completed its investigation into a mysterious submarine incident in the South China Sea. USS Connecticut grounded on an uncharted seamount, USNI News first
‘Hot Jupiter’ Planet Study May Help Us Find Life-Friendly Worlds
You can think of this study as a practice round for looking at small planet atmospheres. ...
Patel Engineering Q2 results: Co posts net profit at Rs 7 cr
The total income of the company rose to Rs 740.09 crore in the quarter from Rs 458.90 crore a year ago. ...
The US Navy has figured out what a nuclear-powered attack submarine ran into in the ...
The Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut has been battling bed bugs. US Navy The US Navy has completed its investigation into a mysterious submarine incident in the South China Sea. USS Connecticut grounded on an uncharted seamount, USNI News first
Elon Musk said he'd donate $6 billion if the UN could prove it would help ...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk doesn't shy away from a crisis. He's actively working to solve existential problems like climate change and traffic gridlock. He's also tried to solve immediate
Rand Paul: 'I Don't Think Fauci Is Ever Going to Admit' NIH Funded Gain of ...
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Monday previewed the upcoming hearing with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci regarding the origins of COVID-19. ...
Awesome Science (Episodes 3): Explore Meteor Crater & Petrified Forest National Park
In this episode, Noah travels to Arizona to explore two very odd geologic sites, petrified forests laid down beneath thin rock layers on the
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Texas Abortion Law
The U.S. Supreme Court heard challenges Monday to a Texas law that imposes a near total ban on abortion after six weeks. The Republican-backed Texas law bars abortions once cardiac activity has been detected in an embryo, which typically happens at six weeks –
This is the real science that ‘inspired’ the gruesome story of Frankenstein’s monster
Originally Published by: What to know about Native American Heritage Month At least 12 people killed in mass shootings at Halloween parties across US Woman shares clip of 'creepy' man in her gym who harassed her Google Maps watchers spot shipwreck on
In Chile's Atacama desert, stargazers search for alien life and 'dark energy'
ATACAMA DESERT, Chile, Nov 1 (Reuters) - In Chile's dry Atacama desert, stargazers are scanning the clear night skies to detect the existence of life on other planets and study so-called 'dark energy,' a mysterious cosmic force thought to be
NASA Awards $72M To UMBC, Morgan State For Earth Science Research Center
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — NASA on Thursday announced a $72 million award for an earth science research partnership led by UMBC, with Morgan State University as a primary partner. The Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II Center is a consortium, or
Health Sciences North to suspend unvaccinated employees by Nov. 12
As of Nov. 12, Health Sciences North employees and credentialed professionals who do not have at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose will be put on leave without pay or be suspended. ...
Curbing air pollution could prevent millions of deaths in North America over next 50 years
Curbing climate change and improving
What’s down there? WHOI study shows environmental DNA is a reliable way to learn about ...
The mid-ocean 'twilight zone' holds the key to several tantalizing questions about the
Snakes more likely to inbreed and lose ability to adapt due to urbanization
New research has found that isolated Perth tiger snake populations, such as those surrounded by urban development or seawater, are more likely to resort to inbreeding than those in less 'cut off' communities. <!-- more --> ...
Study shows how 1.5°C temperature rise can cause significant changes in coastal species
As COP26 leaders gather in the UK, new
How bread wheat got its gluten: Tracing the impact of a long-lost relative on modern ...
Genetic detective work has uncovered an obscure ancestor of modern bread wheat, in a finding similar to uncovering a famous long-lost relative through DNA analysis in humans. <!-- more --> ...
Sperm switch swimming patterns to locate egg
A new study reveals how sperm change their swimming patterns to navigate to the egg, shifting from a symmetrical motion that moves the sperm in a straight path to an asymmetrical one that promotes more circular swimming. <!-- more --> ...
The 5:2 diet: A good choice for gestational diabetes
Weight loss after gestational diabetes can prevent the onset of
Noninvasive imaging strategy detects dangerous blood clots in the body
Investigators have developed and tested a
Kew Gardens resident among five D&B Engineers and Architects employees to earn their professional engineer licenses
D&;B Engineers and Architects announced that five
The Guardian view on spooky science: AI needs regulating before it’s too late | Editorial
If by 2052 a computer could match the human brain then we need better ways to build it “Progress in AI is something that will take a while to happen, but doesn’t make it science fiction.” So Stuart Russell, the University of California computing professor,
Amazon’s Project Kuiper will launch two prototype satellites by the end of 2022
Amazon has hit another milestone on the way to its goal of putting 3,236 low Earth orbit to blanket most of the planet with internet access. On Monday, the company filed a license application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch two prototype
Amazon is launching its first internet satellites next year. It'll be around 2,000 satellites behind SpaceX.
Amazon Project Kuiper rocket. Amazon Amazon wants to provide you internet from space. It's launching the first two prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper service by late 2022. SpaceX has already launched some 2,000 satellites for its Starlink service.
Japan's Reports on Conditions at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 29 October 2021
On 29 October�2021, Japan provided the IAEA with a copy of a�report�on the discharge record and the seawater monitoring results at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station during September, which the Ministry of Forei ...
Rolls-Royce and Qatar to invest billions in UK green engineering
The engine-maker Rolls-Royce has entered into a long-term partnership with the Gulf state of Qatar to invest billions in green engineering projects, to fund entrepreneurs finding new ways to help transition to net zero. The deal will include the creation of
Nanosensor & Digital Twin Tech Come Together At COP26 To Help Deliver A Circular Economy ...
Deploying billions of highly accurate
