Astronauts on Wednesday worked to install hoses on a valve module, a power and a data cable, and replace an external camera during a spacewalk at the International Space Station. Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) began the spacewalk at 8:32 a.m. EDT to install…
Link Between Adolescent Screen Time, Aggression and Emotional Problems: Study
March 23, 2022
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Canadian researchers have found “weak but significant” associations between screen time and behavioural problems such as aggression, as well as emotional and mood disturbances in children after analysing 87 studies published from 1960 to 2021. The team analysed 87 eligible studies from 595 articles, totalling over 159,000 participants aged 12 or younger and found that there…
Elon Musk Says SpaceX’s Starship Orbital Likely in May Despite Pending Regulatory Approval: Here’s Why
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk said on Monday SpaceX’s orbital debut for the Starship rocket from the Boca Chica launch site in Texas is likely to take place in May. What Happened The billionaire entrepreneur said SpaceX is currently building 39 flight-worthy Raptor 2 engines that will be ready by next month, following which it will take another month to integrate them with…
Azores on Watch for Large Quake, Eruption as Island Keeps Shaking
LISBON—A series of multiple small earthquakes that have been rattling a mid-Atlantic Portuguese island for three days could trigger a stronger tremor or a volcanic eruption, experts said on Tuesday, as authorities urged people not to travel there. The number of earthquakes recorded on the volcanic island of Sao Jorge, in the Azores archipelago, since…
Decentralize Scientific System to Lessen Reliance on Journals, Major Funders: Kulldorff
The current scientific paradigm needs to change to lessen reliance on journals and major funding entities such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Martin Kulldorff says. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the serious problems with the system, including how a select few control much of the financial support available to researchers in the…
Frequent Interactions Between Clinicans and Big Pharma a Conflict of Interest: Expert
March 21, 2022
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An expert in pharmaceutical policy has said that the frequent interactions between pharmaceutical companies and health professionals can pose a conflict of interest for clinicians. Prof. Barbara Mintzes told The Epoch Times that research has demonstrated that there was a corollary between health professionals receiving a low price meal while being promoted a drug and…
Youth Climate Change Activism: An Exercise in Futility?
March 21, 2022
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Commentary In an address to the Rural Press Club in Brisbane on March 17, the Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce criticised youth climate change activists, stating: “Those carrying coffins out of Ukraine churches are not focused on climate change.” In making this curious statement, Joyce suggested that high school students should be more interested…
SEC Rule Would Mandate That Companies Disclose Climate-Related Information, Greenhouse Gas Emissions
March 21, 2022
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President Joe Biden’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released proposed rules Monday for publicly traded companies that would compel those firms to disclose a range of climate-related information to shareholders. Described in a 500-plus-page document, that information includes financially material climate-related risks as well as estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which were described by the…
Persistent Drought and Above-Average Temperatures Expected in United States: NOAA
For the second year in a row, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are predicting “prolonged, persistent drought” in the western United States as part of its Spring Outlook for the country. Precipitation is “most likely” to remain below-average in the west, according to a NOAA news release published on March 17….
OneWeb to Launch Satellites With SpaceX After Suspending Ties With Russian Agency
March 21, 2022
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OneWeb will resume satellite launches with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the British satellite communications company said on Monday after it suspended launches from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. OneWeb did not disclose the terms of the new launch agreement. Earlier in March, OneWeb, said it would halt launches after Moscow’s space agency Roscosmos demanded guarantees that…
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