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The Trump-Musk break up may affect the future of SpaceX andTesla
Elon Musk, who quit as the US government’s Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Outreach last week, has asked his fans on social media whether it’s time “to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle”. “Without me, Trump would’ve lost the election, Dems would…
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The craft is likely to have crashed on the Moon
Swedish space startup ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lunar lander failed to reach the Moon’s surface after contact was lost less than two minutes before its scheduled landing on June 5. The startup had launched the mission with a rover named “Firefly”, which was expected to collect imagery, location data and lunar sands known as regolith.
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Let’s do a dramatic reading of Trump and Musk’s posts
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to troll Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk over the federal government’s plan to end its contracts with the companies. “If your company doesn’t win the contract, why should you?” Trump wrote. Musk responded, “No, we win because we have the most beautiful people in the world.” Trump…
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Let’s all read mean posts from Musk and Trump
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that without him, US President Donald Trump would have lost the 2020 presidential election. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” he added. This comes after Trump asked Musk to vote against the immigration…
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I have brought the voices of local fishers into ocean policies
A study of small-scale fishing practices in Senegal by a research project titled ‘Hidden Harvests’, led by Nature, found that the country’s fishers voluntarily closed certain fisheries to preserve species. In Senegal, fishers innianing immersing clay and shell pots in the sea in order to help aquatic creatures reproduce during the year added value to…
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The carbon is routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems
Eight dissolved CO2 and three dissolved CH4 samples were collected for 14C analysis from London in September 2021. CO2 samples were collected from the Regent’s Canal and the River Thames, while CH4 samples were collected from Bow Creek. The CH4 samples were collected using a coiled membrane method in which water was being pumped through…
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A drone attack by Ukranians has destroyed more than 40 military aircraft
Ukraine on Sunday said that Russia carried out “the largest single-day air attack since the conflict began”, firing over 470 drones and several missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that his government will send a delegation to Turkey for a new round of peace talks with Russia. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the move…
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A Hurricane Season like no other
US President Donald Trump’s administration has laid off more than 500 workers from the country’s National Weather Service (NWS), which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in recent months. The cuts come amid Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s decision to reduce the federal workforce. NOAA, which houses NWS and…
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The CDC says parents should speak to a doctor about getting their kids shots
US’ Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Kennedy has said that the COVID-19 vaccine for children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule. The decision comes after the Trump administration made changes that could dramatically restrict the availability of the next round of COVID-19 vaccines. The new recommendation…
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DC had a black eye and a tattered reputation, so it was no surprise that Mr. Musk left with a black eye
Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk in an interview revealed that his 5-year-old son Draco got a black eye when he hit him in the face with a hammer. “I couldn’t take it any more,” he added. Musk further said that Draco had left the house earlier this year and had told him, “Don’t…
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Opinion, how the iPhone Drove Men and Women apart
In an interview, US President Donald Trump said people should get “fed up and frustrated” simultaneously as they spend more time on their phones, addicted to echo chambers. “The less time that we spend socializing with different other people, the less we develop understanding…across political groups,” he added. “The less time we spend socializing with…
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A citation penalty should not be given to researchers who transition into new fields
A study published in Nature reported researchers in disciplines including ecology and artificial intelligence were ‘pivoting’ away from their primary fields to research COVID-19. The study analysed 1.7 million patents granted in the United States from 1980 to 2015. Researchers found a similar phenomenon when evaluating technology areas listed in patents’ citations.
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The U.S. stops interviewing foreign students for visas
The US has suspended visa appointments for foreign students under President Donald Trump’s administration while it screens their activity on social media, The New York Times reported citing a memo from US State Department. It added that if there is an expansion of required social media screening and vetting the consulate sections should not add…
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An analysis shows that scientists get cited less after going from one field to another
Quantifying researcher pivots using a cited-similarity metric, technological field codes in measuring the distribution of research references. An individual’s work includes any paper for which the individual is a listed author. The pivot measure is then defined as 1 minus the vector of these two vectors. We used the pivot measure based on the reference…
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NPR and Colorado public radio stations are going after the White House
NPR and three Colorado public radio stations filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his executive order barring the appropriation of federal funds for NPR and PBS. The suit said Trump’s order was “textbook retaliation” and an ” existential threat” to the public radio system ” that millions of Americans rely…
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The U.S. stopped scheduling visa interviews for foreign students
Harvard University President Larry Garber said in an interview, “I believe…we’ve made substantial progress on campus over the past year.” He added, “That’s what I’ve heard from many faculty and staff and students. I’d demand they learn a little more about Harvard, as well as other research universities.” Garber further said that Harvard “doesn’t have…
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The rocket will attempt to launch again tonight
SpaceX’s Starship rocket was launched on Tuesday night for a test flight over the Mexican Gulf ofMexico. The rocket’s Super Heavy stage will use 33 powerful engines to propel the Starship to the edge of space. Starship will then separate from Super Heavy and ignite its six engines. The rocket will fly around the Earth…
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The rise in trade crime is a result of Trump’s tariffs
US-based automotive parts maker Plews warned that it may be dodging tariffs by manipulating the information about the shipments that is given to the US government to qualify for a lower tariff rate. This comes after the US announced a pause on most of those tariffs, announced by the country and China. This comes as…
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The president of Harvard says they should stand firm
Harvard University has denied US President Donald Trump’s claims that the university “blatantly” refused to provide information about international students. “It hurts us because after all, the research funding is not a gift,” said Harvard University’s President Brad Garber. “We perform…at the behest of the government. The money that goes to research universities in the…
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Colorado’s public radio stations sued the White House
Colorado Public Broadcasting Corporation (CPB), the state’s public broadcasting agency, filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order that prohibits funding of NPR and PBS. “CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to thePresident’s authority,” CPB chief Patricia Harrison said in a statement. She added that hundreds of stations that send funding to…
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Harvard’s president thinks they should stand firm as Trump targets them
Harvard University President Alan Garber has said it’s “not possible” to stop antisemitism on campus, while adding that the US government is “attempting to frighten students with fear”. “We have no way to stop this,” he further said. The administration froze more than $2 billion in research grants and contracts in April and tried to…
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Harvard’s president says they should stand firm while Trump targets elite schools
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is offering international students dedicated scholarships, accommodation assistance and guidance on transferring academic credit, according to a letter addressed to them by Zhigang Suo, a Materials Engineer at Harvard University. “Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country because after all, the research funding is not a gift,”…
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Russia hits Ukraine with its largest missile and drones attack of the war
At least four people were killed and 16 were injured in the attacks on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and itsoutlying areas on Saturday. Russia’s defence ministry said that it expected the exchange of Russian prisoners of war with Ukraine to continue as scheduled. The attack came on the third day of a planned prisoner swap between…
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Russia has launched the most powerful air attack of the war so far
Russia will give Ukraine a document outlining its conditions for a peace agreement after a prisoner exchange ends, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday. Russia will also give Ukraine a document outlining its conditions for a peace agreement, he added. This comes after Russia and Ukraine agreed to the prisoner exchange on Friday…
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The judge ordered Trump officials to seek the return of a deported man
The US Supreme Court ruled that the White House was unable to retrieve a gay man, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in June, when it mistakenly deported him from a Salvadoran prison. Both the US and El Salvadoran President have said they are powerless to return him. The court upheld a lower court’s…