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Starwatch: Virgo is at its most visible in northern spring skies
Constellation is now on opposite side of sky to the sun and best placed for night-time observation Virgo, the virgin, is a prominent constellation in the northern spring skies. It is one of the zodiacal constellations, sandwiched between Libra to the east and
US plans to test two big nuclear power systems in space by 2027
US plans to test two big nuclear power systems in space by 2027 ...
Gene-edited food and the engineered “food crisis”: same script, same ruling crime syndicate . . ...
Intro by Steve Cook Featuring another gem from the excellent Off-Guardian. A close look at the issue of genetically-edited food and the scam/con/jiggery-pokery behind the high-sounding but ultimately transparently deceitful verbiage spewed out by our ruling
2021 Another Record Year for Meth Seizures in Southeast Asia
Methamphetamine seizures across East and Southeast Asia hit yet another record high in 2021, proof of the “staggering” scale and reach the region’s drug gangs have gained after a decade of steady growth that looks set to continue, the United Nations says in a
Can you solve it? Intrigue at the pet hotel
Today’s brain-manglers come from Tadao Kitazawa, a prolific creator of maths and logic puzzles from Japan. Over the last two decades he has introduced many original ideas, and given new twists to established genres. Puzzles, he writes, are about having fun
Astronomers Should Shift Focus To Understanding Exoplanets We’ve Already Discovered, Says Researcher
A recent exoplanetary science
TULP3-related ciliopathy: Scientists identify new liver and kidney disease
Scientists have identified a new disease in a ground-breaking discovery that could help patients with unexplained liver and kidney problems. Researchers at Newcastle University in the UK have established the inherited condition, called TULP3-related ciliopathy
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Captures Video of Record Flight
Imagery has come down from Mars capturing a recent flight in which the rotorcraft flew farther and faster than ever before. The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s black-and-white navigation camera has provided dramatic video of its record-breaking 25th flight, which
Power plant shutdowns hinder France’s ‘nuclear adventure’
Corrosion in ageing reactors hits output just as president revives atomic energy programme ...
Singapore Gradually Replacing Manpower With Robotic Technologies
Singapore, after struggling to find staff during pandemic, has gradually adopted the shift towards deploying robots to help carry out a range of tasks, from surveying construction sites to scanning... ...
ISRO Ropes in Doctors to Build Human-Rated Spacecraft for Gaganyaan Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation is taking help of doctors in building its human-rated spacecraft for the Gaganyaan mission. This will be India's first human spaceflight to take astronauts into... ...
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Mayan City on Construction Site
KANASIN, Mexico—Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city filled with palaces, pyramids, and
Can nuclear power ever be considered safe? With Serhii Plokhy
When the site of the Chernobyl disaster was occupied by Russian troops during their invasion of Ukraine, fears of further contamination put the safety of nuclear power in the spotlight once again. In his latest book, Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to
OBITUARY: Northrup Grumman Engineer for 45 Years, William Richard Frank, 68, of Melbourne, Passed Away ...
bill was a singer-songwriter and played piano, guitar, harmonica, drums, bass and saxophone William “Bill” Richard Frank, Jr. 68, born in Oceanside, Long Island, passed away May 18, 2022. Bill worked at Northrup Grumman for 45 years and was also a
Tau Herculids meteor shower could turn to hour-long storm TODAY – the best place in ...
THE TAU Herculids meteor shower could turn into an hour-long storm today - and the best place in America to see it and time has been revealed. Tau Herculids is a meteor shower that could materialize from a crumbling comet on the evening of Monday, May 30. 3 3
EF-5 hurricanes: a record in their absence
2022 May 29, Sunday 3:45 p.m. – This is the longest range in which these extremely violent phenomena do not appear. May 20 marks the ninth anniversary of Hurricane EF-5 in the United States. It is the longest hurricane-free streak of this force in the
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter captures record-breaking 25th flight video
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter's black-and-white navigation camera has provided dramatic video of its record-breaking 25th flight. The flight, which took place on April 8, covered a distance of 704 metres at a speed of 5.5 metres per second. It was the Red
Wild vision captures man’s brawl with roo
Wild footage has emerged of a man’s desperate fight against a kangaroo, who had the upper hand for the majority of the brawl. ...
Military Aerospace & Defense Lifecycle Management Market To Hit USD 12.56 Billion By 2028 Military ...
(MENAFN - GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) WASHINGTON, May 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vantage Market Research's recent analysis of the Global Military Aerospace & Defense Lifecycle Management Market finds ... ...
The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives (Scientific American)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-is-clear-gun-control-saves-lives/ Some editorials simply hurt to write. This is one. At least 19 elementary school children and two teachers are dead, many more are injured, and a grandmother is fighting
CNPC lands engineering deal for giant gas plant in Iraq
China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Company (CPECC), the engineering and construction arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation
Peat soil fires: Campaigners say England's 'rainforests' illegally burned
The scars of burning on deep peat in the Yorkshire Dales National Park Some shooting estates in England burn deep peat moorland in protected areas despite a government ban, say the RSPB and Greenpeace. England's deep peat soils support rare ecosystems and
North East gas/electricity networks lag on info says watchdog
Some 84 percent of all digging projects now preceded by a search for underground pipes and cables, according to the LinesearchbeforeUdig online search service. ...
Openness On Use Of Animals In Research, Testing And Teaching Statistics
On Friday 27 May 2022, the Ministry
FDA Investigating Outbreak of Hepatitis A Possibly Linked to Strawberries
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other officials are looking into an outbreak of Hepatitis A possibly connected to organic strawberries. ...
Up To 100,000 ‘Shooting Stars’ An Hour And All Five Naked-Eye Planets: What You Can ...
Are you ready for a maybe-just-maybe intense meteor shower like nothing you’ve ever seen before? It's just possible that it could happen this week. ...
Medical research stalled as NHS focuses on small number of trials, experts say
Report outlines ‘research waste’ that occurred during the pandemic, with weakly designed trials exposing millions to unproven treatments Government efforts to focus NHS resources on a smaller number of well-designed clinical trials could inadvertently be
Tetra Pak claims fibre-based alternative is a packaging first
Tetra Pak is testing a fibre-based
Russia releases images of 'unstoppable' Tsirkon hypersonic missile at sea test
Unlike previous test shootings of the new supersonic cruise missile in the Russian north, Saturday's
