NASA will provide live coverage of launch activities for NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), which is set to lift off at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:40 p.m. IST), Wednesday, July 30, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern…
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UK’s Kier Group Names New CEO as Andrew Davies Exits After Six Years
London-based construction and services firm Kier Group announced in a July 22 financial update that CEO Andrew Davies will step down Oct. 31 after six years at its helm, naming as his successor Executive Director Stuart Togwell, who is also the…
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Long-Misidentified Fossil is First Known Nonmarine Lobopodian, Paleontologists Say
First published in 1865 as a caterpillar, nearly fifty years before the discovery of Canada’s Burgess Shale, Palaeocampa anthrax shuffled between classifications — worm, millipede, and marine polychaete — until 130 years later, when…
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Google set up two robotic arms for a game of infinite table tennis
On the early evening of June 22, 2010, American tennis star John Isner began a…
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How a Chatty Ancient Protein in Our Gut Could Be Giving Us a Sixth Sense
As humans, we heavily depend on our five senses. These senses help us process the world around us by sending a variety of signals for our brains to interpret, whether that be our favorite ice cream flavor or the sudden sting of a cold breeze.
Now,…
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NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse
A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very close companion star was proved true by a team of astrophysicists led by a scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s…
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If the Color of the Sun Is White, Then Why Does it Appear Yellow?
Key Takeaways on the Color of the Sun
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The color of the sun is actually white, though it may look yellow. If you were to get close enough to the sun, which you can’t actually do, you’d be able to see its true color.
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The light rays from the sun…
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Spain Wants The Thirty Meter Telescope
Keith’s note: According to this press release from Spain: Spain is willing to offer up to €400 million to attract the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) to the Canary Islands island of La Palma. — Uh oh. If you are in a ‘Make America Great in Space…
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Research uncovers a ‘neurobiotic sense’ that lets the brain respond to gut microbe signals
In a breakthrough that reimagines the way the gut and brain communicate, researchers have uncovered what they call a “neurobiotic sense,” a newly identified system that lets the brain respond in real time to signals from microbes…
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