Japan’s Plan to Discharge Fukushima Radioactive Water into the Sea has Supporters as Well as Foes Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:00:00 GMT Despite protests at home and abroad, the government has also received overseas backing for how it intends to deal with a “unique and complex” problem Match ID: 0 Score: 130.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 1 day qualifiers: 40.00 japan, 40.00 china, 30.00 south korea, 20.00 taiwan
China's Most Popular EV is No Longer a Tesla Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:28:00 GMT A new EV made by General Motors and Chinese manufacturers underlines the virtues of Lilliputian size Match ID: 1 Score: 98.57 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 3 days qualifiers: 34.29 japan, 34.29 china, 30.00 india
15 Graphs You Need to See to Understand AI in 2021 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:50:00 GMT The 2021 AI Index provides insight into jobs, publications, diversity, and more Match ID: 2 Score: 95.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 2 days qualifiers: 40.00 china, 35.00 india, 20.00 singapore
Joe Biden and Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, have presented a united front to counter an increasingly assertive China. The two leaders made statements at the US president’s first face-to-face White House summit since taking office. Biden said ‘we committed to working together to take on the challenges from China and on issues like the East China Sea’
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How NASA is Adapting to Busier and Noisier Communications With Mars Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:30:00 GMT Perseverance’s lead telecom engineer explains how to handle interplanetary radio interference Match ID: 4 Score: 75.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 2 days qualifiers: 40.00 china, 35.00 india
Generation of super-resolved optical needle and multifocal array using graphene oxide metalenses Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:00:00 EDT (Compuscript Ltd) Generation of super-resolved optical needle and multifocal array using graphene oxide metalensesIn a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI https://doi.org/10.29026/oea.2021.200031, Researchers led by Professor Baohua Jia at Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia, Professor Cheng-Wei Qiu at National University of Singapore, Singapore and Professor Tian Lan at Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China considered the generation of super-resolved optical needle and multifocal array using graphene oxide metalenses. Match ID: 6 Score: 60.00 source: www.eurekalert.org age: 2 days qualifiers: 40.00 china, 20.00 singapore
Australia is in no hurry to open up its international borders, prime minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. The country has managed to return to something close to normality in recent months.
Australia closed its borders to everyone except citizens and residents in March 2020, and has been allowing just a small number of international arrivals in recent months - mainly citizens returning from abroad. This measure, alongside swift lockdowns, successful contact tracing, and high rates of compliance with public health measures, has been credited with making Australia’s response to the pandemic highly successful.
The Labour Party has called for a thorough investigation into lobbying in the UK government, amid a series of high profile lobbying scandals linked to coronavirus contracts in recent months.
What’s the background?
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China and US pledge climate change commitment Sun, 18 Apr 2021 08:16:01 GMT The US and China announced actions to tackle climate change following meetings in Shanghai last week. Match ID: 8 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
The US president has chosen to stand up to Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping with steady diplomacy
In one respect, the punitive measures imposed on Russia last week by the Biden administration are an attempt to clean up the mess left by Donald Trump. On issue after issue, such as Russian meddling in the 2016 and 2020 elections and cyber-attacks and hacks of US government agencies and businesses, the former president failed to take prompt retaliatory action or any action at all.
Trump cast doubt on Russia’s responsibility for these and other hostile acts, contradicting the findings of America’s intelligence agencies. He routinely declined to criticise Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, for his support for Syria’s murderous regime, the 2018 Salisbury poisonings and the persecution of the opposition activist Alexei Navalny.
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The head of the Olympic movement will visit Japan in May as the nation struggles to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases before the start of the Games, with Pfizer agreeing to supply extra vaccine doses to the country.
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, will attend a torch relay ceremony in the western city of Hiroshima on 17 May and meet prime minister Yoshihide Suga the next day, Kyodo News agency said on Saturday, citing sources close to the matter.
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From climate to healthcare, fundamental challenges demand the US change with the times
America is about to revive an idea that was left for dead decades ago. It’s called industrial policy and it’s at the heart of Joe Biden’s plans to restructure the US economy.
World’s biggest polluters release joint commitment to climate action following John Kerry visit to Shanghai
The US and China have “committed to cooperating” on the pressing issue of climate change, the two sides said in a joint statement on Saturday, following a visit to Shanghai by US climate envoy John Kerry.
“The United States and China are committed to cooperating with each other and with other countries to tackle the climate crisis, which must be addressed with the seriousness and urgency that it demands,” said the statement from Kerry and China’s special envoy for climate change, Xie Zhenhua.
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Inside the chemist made entirely out of felt Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:02:08 GMT After wowing art lovers in the US and China, Lucy Sparrow's latest felt fantasy is her first UK show in five years. Match ID: 13 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
Tesla could be in for a shock as far-eastern rivals use cheap money to gain traction among affluent western car buyers
Tesla boss Elon Musk is not known for admiring his competition, but when Chinese manufacturer Nio made its 100,000th electric car last week, he offered his congratulations.
It was a mark of respect from a chief executive who had been through “manufacturing hell” with his own company. Yet it is also a sign of the growing influence of China’s electric carmakers. They are hoping to stake out a spot among the heavyweights of the new industry and bring a significant new challenge to Tesla – and to the rest of the automotive industry as it scrambles to catch up.
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This Week in Apps: A surprising report on App Tracking, Apple event predictions, Instagram for kids Sat, 17 Apr 2021 14:00:22 +0000 Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android […] Match ID: 15 Score: 40.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
Biden hosts Japan’s Suga as first foreign leader at the White House Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:34:00 EDT The new president signals a focus on Asia by making Japan’s leader his first in-person foreign guest. Match ID: 16 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 40.00 japan
Business continuity planning is a necessity for your fund and portfolio Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:18:26 +0000 A business continuity plan does not have to be complicated or long, but it needs to tell you or your senior team how to keep big things moving forward and what's needed to get things done. Match ID: 18 Score: 40.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 40.00 china
Why Has China Targeted Minorities in Xinjiang? Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000 The staff writer Raffi Khatchadourian explains how Xi Jinping’s government used an obsession with “stability” to justify a genocide against ethnic Uyghurs and Kazhaks. Match ID: 19 Score: 40.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 40.00 china
China dominates supply of the elusive metals, which are vital to modern technology, but finding new sources is becoming a global priority
There are an estimated 1.4bn cars on the world’s roads today. Around 78m new cars are sold every year. To head off the worst effects of climate change, every single one will need to go electric eventually.
Whether it rolls off a production line in Fremont, California, or comes together in a vast megafactory in Qinghai, China, a colossal amount of human effort must go into building the components and obtaining their base minerals. In each car, for instance, there is roughly a kilogram of magnet providing the motion needed to fire engines and electrify windows. Roughly 30% of this material is made up of rare earth material known as neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr).
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Nvidia's Supercomputing CPU Puts Intel Under Pressure Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:59:00 GMT Grace already has clients lined up in one of Intel's stalwart markets Match ID: 21 Score: 40.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 1 day qualifiers: 40.00 japan
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The Painted-Steel Whimsy of Yayoi Kusama Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Works by the nonagenarian Japanese artist grace the grounds and interiors of the New York Botanical Garden through Oct. 31. Match ID: 23 Score: 40.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 40.00 japan
Thermoelectric material discovery sets stage for new forms of electric power in the future Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:00:00 EDT (Clemson University) A Clemson University physicist and collaborators from China and Denmark have created a new and potentially paradigm-shifting high-performance thermoelectric compound. Match ID: 24 Score: 40.00 source: www.eurekalert.org age: 2 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
China 'can save $1.6 trillion by scrapping coal', report says Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:16:43 GMT Beijing must close 588 coal-fired power plants in a decade to meet climate pledges, experts say. Match ID: 25 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 2 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
Indianapolis gunman bought rifles despite earlier gun confiscation Sun, 18 Apr 2021 08:38:40 GMT Brandon Hole legally bought the rifles despite having had a gun confiscated by police months before. Match ID: 26 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
India's first 'intimacy coordinator' helps choreograph sex on screen Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:12:38 GMT Aastha Khanna's job is to ensure safety during scenes involving simulated sex, nudity and sexual violence. Match ID: 28 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
Indianapolis FedEx shooting: Who were the eight victims? Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:24:34 GMT Four of the eight who died at a FedEx warehouse were members of the Sikh community. Match ID: 29 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
Bairstow knock not enough for Sunrisers Hyderabad Sat, 17 Apr 2021 18:15:51 GMT Mumbai Indians eke out a 13-run Indian Premier League win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, who lose their way after Jonny Bairstow's sparkling 43. Match ID: 30 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
What does it take to create a startup ecosystem? Sat, 17 Apr 2021 18:00:58 +0000 Say it louder for the people in the back: As tech grows bigger by the minute and venture capital adds dollar signs by the day, a startup hub’s success is not an either/or situation. The next Silicon Valley is a tired narrative, when in reality startups look, innovate and create differently all over the world. […] Match ID: 31 Score: 35.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
Four were members of Indianapolis’ Sikh community – a grandmother, a mother, an aunt, a father who was picking up his first paycheck
A gunman killed eight people Thursday night at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The eight victims who died were identified by police as Matthew R Alexander, 32; Samaria Blackwell, 19; Amarjeet Johal, 66; Jaswinder Kaur, 64; Jaswinder Singh, 68; Amarjit Sekhon, 48; Karli Smith, 19; and John Weisert, 74.
Four were members of Indianapolis’ Sikh community, dealing another blow to the Asian American community, as their deaths come one month after six people of Asian descent were killed in an Atlanta-area shooting spree, and amid continuing attacks and harassment against Asian Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic. Police chief Randal Taylor said that a “significant” number of employees at that FedEx facility are members of the Sikh community. It remains unclear whether Sikhs were targeted, authorities reportedly said.
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Allegations made against workers at Mitie, a company contracted by the Home Office to deport people from UK
Home Office contractors who deport people from the UK have used the racist term “cotton pickers” to describe their black colleagues, a court has heard.
The Home Office uses the contractor Mitie to deport people to destinations including Jamaica, Pakistan, India, Nigeria and Ghana along with European countries and other locations. The escorts are only allowed to do this work if they have received accreditation from the Home Office.
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Latest massacres test gun-control advocates’ resolve as White House faces growing pressure to act Sat, 17 Apr 2021 10:48:26 EDT With Democrats in control of Washington for the first time in a decade, the recent string of mass shootings has encouraged activists to make a concerted push for fresh legislation restricting access to guns. Match ID: 34 Score: 35.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
The global death toll from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 rose above 3 million on Saturday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, as the case tally climbed above 140 million. The U.S. leads the world in cases and deaths by wide margins, with 31.6 million cases and 566,238 deaths. The U.S. added at least 78,932 new cases and 940 new deaths on Friday, according to a New York Times tracker. The U.S. has averaged 70,117 cases a day in the past week, up 8% from the average two weeks ago.
Outside of the U.S., India has replaced Brazil as the country with the second highest number of cases at 14.5 million, and is fourth globally by deaths at 175,649. Brazil is third by cases at 13.8 million and second with a death toll of 368,749. Mexico is third by deaths at 211,693 and 14th highest by cases at 2.3 million. The U.K. has 4.4 million cases and 127,472 deaths, the highest in Europe and fifth highest in the world.
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Sheriffs in Minnesota worried about who would oversee an escrow account, funded by pipeline giant Enbridge, to reimburse the costs of policing protests.
Howard Dean, ex-governador democrata no estado de Vermont, se junta à indústria farmacêutica para lutar contra o compartilhamento de propriedade intelectual para vacinas de baixo custo.
The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness rose above 139 million on Friday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, as the death toll climbed above 2.98 million. The U.S. leads the world in cases and deaths by wide margins, with 31.5 million cases, or about 23% of the global total, while the 565,289 death toll makes up about 19% of the global toll. The U.S. added at least 74,312 new cases and 909 new deaths on Thursday, according to a New York Times tracker. The U.S. has averaged 70,514 cases a day in the past week, up 8% from the average two weeks ago. Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Albert Bourla said it is likely that people who receive Covid-19 vaccines will need booster shots within a year afterward, and then annual vaccinations, to maintain protection against the virus as it evolves, the Wall Street Journal reported. "The variants will play a key role. It is extremely important to suppress the pool of people that can be susceptible to the virus," Bourla said during a virtual event hosted by CVS Health Corp. that aired Thursday but was recorded April 1.
Outside of the U.S., India has replaced Brazil as the country with the second highest number of cases at 14.3 million, and is fourth globally by deaths at 174,308. Brazil is third by cases at 13.7 million and second with a death toll of 365,444. Mexico is third by deaths at 211,213 and 14th highest by cases at 2.3 million. The U.K. has 4.4 million cases and 127,438 deaths, the highest in Europe and fifth highest in the world.
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At least eight people have been shot and killed at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. The suspected gunman killed himself, police have said. Multiple other people were injured and taken to local hospitals, a police spokesperson, Genae Cook, said at an early morning news conference on Friday
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“Duvidha,” an Indian Independent Film That Contains Lessons for American Directors Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:39:15 +0000 Mani Kaul’s film about a newlywed couple, from 1973, showcases the cinematic freedom that can come from working hands-on with scant means. Match ID: 40 Score: 35.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
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The FBI Takes a Drastic Step to Fight China’s Hacking Spree Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:41:11 +0000 The agency's approach to protecting vulnerable victims of the recent Hafnium attack manages to be at once controversial and refreshingly restrained. Match ID: 42 Score: 34.29 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days qualifiers: 34.29 china
In January, we learned about a Chinese espionage campaign that exploited four zero-days in Microsoft Exchange. One of the characteristics of the campaign, in the later days when the Chinese probably realized that the vulnerabilities would soon be fixed, was to install a web shell in compromised networks that would give them subsequent remote access. Even if the vulnerabilities were patched, the shell would remain until the network operators removed it.
Now, months later, many of those shells are still in place. And they’re being used by criminal hackers as well...
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US envoy John Kerry woos China over climate Tue, 13 Apr 2021 23:41:35 GMT US envoy John Kerry will hold talks in Shanghai ahead of a climate summit hosted by President Biden. Match ID: 45 Score: 28.57 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 4 days qualifiers: 28.57 china
A new drought monitoring approach: Vector Projection Analysis (VPA) Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 EDT (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)) South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has proposed a satellite-aided drought monitoring method that can adequately represent the complex drought conditions into a single integrated drought index. Match ID: 46 Score: 25.71 source: www.eurekalert.org age: 3 days qualifiers: 25.71 south korea
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Fukushima: Japan approves releasing wastewater into ocean Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:42:29 GMT Most experts say it's a normal and safe practice but environmentalists and locals are not happy. Match ID: 48 Score: 22.86 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 5 days qualifiers: 22.86 japan
ITER Celebrates Milestone, Still at Least a Decade Away From Fusing Atoms Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:00:00 GMT Machine assembly has commenced, but this gigantic nuclear fusion experiment costing tens of billions of dollars is nowhere near starting up Match ID: 49 Score: 20.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 236 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.71 china, 5.00 india, 4.29 south korea
Rwanda study raises fears erosion of efficacy may have begun, with children at greatest risk
Resistance to malaria drugs in Africa may be starting to take hold, according to a study that maps changes similar to those seen a decade ago when drug resistance spread in south-east Asia.
In Cambodia and neighbouring countries, the artemisinin drug compounds widely used against malaria are no longer always effective. The falciparum malaria parasites have developed genetic mutations that allow them to evade the drugs. There has been great concern that drug resistance could spread to Africa, which has the highest burden of cases of this type of malaria – and the highest toll of child deaths from it.
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Ex-CNN reporter and founder of the news site Rappler on life under the relentless social media assault of the Duterte regime
As terrible as the events were that played out on Capitol Hill on 6 January, Maria Ressa admits to feeling “a small amount of relief” about them. An ex-CNN bureau chief, and now the founder of her own news organisation, Rappler, she had spent the past two years sounding a warning about what she’d seen happen in her native country, the Philippines.
There, a Facebook-fuelled tsunami of lies had assisted an authoritarian into power. And she had seen where that had led: to opponents of the state being killed in their homes or turning up dead in ditches. As a Filipino American with a foot in both countries – she calls herself “the first of the CNN hybrids” – she was perfectly positioned to warn America about what happens when a populist president is allowed to spread out-of-control lies across a vast, unregulated tech platform. “A lie told a million times becomes a fact,” she repeated again and again.
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The Vital Wisdom of Wesley Brown’s “Tragic Magic” Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:02:00 +0000 The 1978 novel, championed by Toni Morrison, is a vibrant riff on Blackness, manhood, and jazz. Match ID: 54 Score: 15.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days qualifiers: 15.00 vietnam
Why India and Nepal's forest fires are worrying scientists Sun, 11 Apr 2021 23:11:32 GMT Activists say authorities in India and Nepal seem underprepared to fight forest fires. Match ID: 55 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 6 days qualifiers: 15.00 india
10 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2021 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:00:00 GMT Expect advances in Mars missions, wearable brain scanners, and quantum communications Match ID: 56 Score: 15.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 100 days qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india, 4.29 south korea
A Theory of (Almost) Everything Thu, 08 Apr 2021 18:30:00 GMT A new book analyzes the seven grand transitions that have formed the modern world Match ID: 58 Score: 11.43 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 9 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.71 china
Spotting Mystery Methane Leaks From Space Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:00:00 GMT A fleet of microsatellites will identify emitters of the gas, which is responsible for a quarter of global warming Match ID: 59 Score: 11.43 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 172 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.71 china
Japan on Track to Introduce Flying Taxi Services in 2023 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:00:00 GMT SkyDrive’s success in conducting a piloted eVTOL test indicates short-hop flights are close to commercial reality Match ID: 60 Score: 11.43 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 225 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.71 china
Russia, China, the U.S.: Who Will Win the Hypersonic Arms Race? Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:00:00 GMT When missiles fly beyond Mach 5, materials melt, airflow turns turbulent, and budgets enter the stratosphere Match ID: 62 Score: 10.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 151 days qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india
China to Launch Space Mining Bot Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:00:00 GMT Chinese company sets out first steps towards extracting space resources Match ID: 63 Score: 10.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 213 days qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india
A Glass Nightmare: Cleaning Up the Cold War’s Nuclear Legacy at Hanford Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:00:00 GMT Scientists have spent three decades cleaning up the Hanford Site’s 177 giant tanks of radioactive sludge. And they’re just getting started Match ID: 64 Score: 10.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 354 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.00 india
Spacety Has Big Plans for Small Satellites Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:00:00 GMT Spacety was one of China’s first private space companies and has so far been involved in 10 space launches Match ID: 65 Score: 10.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 423 days qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india
Employees were demanding unpaid wages and a pay rise at a Chinese-backed power plant, officials and police said
At least five people were killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh after police opened fire on a crowd of workers protesting to demand unpaid wages and a pay rise at a Chinese-backed power plant, officials and police said.
Police opened fire after about 2,000 of the protesters began hurling bricks and stones at officers at the construction site of the coal-fired plant in the south-eastern city of Chittagong, local police official Azizul Islam told Reuters.
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Video Friday: Robotic Eyeball Camera Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:56:00 GMT Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Match ID: 67 Score: 8.57 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 8 days qualifiers: 5.71 china, 2.86 taiwan
Tiny Satellites Could Distribute Quantum Keys Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:30:00 GMT CubeSat design packs entangled photon generator into small space Match ID: 69 Score: 8.57 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 295 days qualifiers: 5.71 china, 2.86 singapore
How Robotics Teams Prepared for DARPA's SubT Challenge: Urban Circuit Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:00:00 GMT With the Tunnel Circuit completed, teams are working harder than ever to prepare for the urban underground Match ID: 70 Score: 7.14 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 423 days qualifiers: 4.29 south korea, 2.86 taiwan
Solar-to-Hydrogen Tech Sees "Remarkable" Efficiency Jump Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:23:00 GMT Researchers in Japan reported a 100-fold improvement in their solar energy conversion method Match ID: 71 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 8 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan
His Blue LEDs Changed How We Light Our World Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:22:00 GMT Nearly 30 years ago, Isamu Akasaki dazzled journalists with a bright pen light Match ID: 72 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 9 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan
The cost of speaking up against China Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:08:52 GMT Uyghurs abroad describe a pattern of harassment and intimidation they say is designed to silence them. Match ID: 73 Score: 5.71 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 18 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has started training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA. Set to launch for her second mission in spring 2022, Samantha is already getting reacquainted with International Space Station systems in a series of refresher courses.
Samantha was last on the International Space Station in 2014 for her Futura mission. She spent 200 days in space, conducting European and international scientific experiments and Space Station operations.
In the coming months, her schedule will intensify as she trains for the specific experiments and tasks she will perform in space during her second mission.
As a collaborative, international effort between the United States, Europe, Canada, Russia and Japan, Space Station training takes place across the globe. Samantha will be training between Johnson Space Center in the USA, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Russia and the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.
Samantha and her fellow Class of 2009 astronauts will soon welcome new colleagues. For the first time in over a decade, the European Space Agency is seeking new astronauts and applications are open from 31 March to 28 May 2021. A six-stage selection process will start thereafter. This is expected to be completed in October 2022.
Ready to make #YourWayToSpace? Check out the dedicated website with all the information relating to ESA’s 2021–22 astronaut selection.
Most importantly, get ready to apply. Perhaps you will find yourself where Samantha is today.
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Here's What You Need to Know About China's Mars Rover Mon, 29 Mar 2021 11:00:00 GMT Tianwen-1 is expected to attempt a difficult Martian landing in May; if it survives, expect to hear much more Match ID: 75 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 19 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Russia’s Failure to Throttle Twitter Isn’t a Sign of Weakness Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000 Widely cast as an indication of frailty, the Kremlin’s bungled crackdown shows the lengths it will go to to control the Russian internet. Match ID: 76 Score: 5.71 source: www.wired.com age: 31 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Don't Believe the Hype About Hypersonic Missiles Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:00:00 GMT Hypersonic tech represents merely evolutionary change that isn't worth the price Match ID: 77 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 71 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Japan Prepares to Welcome Home Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:02:00 GMT Return of the space probe launched six years ago could help answer the question of how life began on Earth Match ID: 79 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 132 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan
China Launches Beidou, Its Own Version of GPS Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:00:00 GMT China places the final Beidou navigation system satellite into orbit Match ID: 81 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 248 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Quantum Satellite Links Extend More Than 1,000 Kilometers Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:00:00 GMT New system one step closer to practical quantum cryptography Match ID: 82 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 306 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Plasma Jets May One Day Propel Aircraft Fri, 15 May 2020 14:29:00 GMT Plasma thrusters could help jet planes fly without fossil fuels Match ID: 83 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 337 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Here’s Where and How We Think China Will Land on Mars Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:13:00 GMT China’s 2020 HX-1 Mars mission will draw on previous lunar explorations and human spaceflights Match ID: 84 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 388 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Galactic Energy Prepares Ceres-1 Rocket for First Launch Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:00:00 GMT The June launch is just the start of the company’s grand plans for future spaceflight Match ID: 85 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 393 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Satellites and AI Monitor Chinese Economy’s Reaction to Coronavirus Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:00:00 GMT Researchers at WeBank mine satellite, GPS, and social media data to conclude that the Chinese economy is well on the way to recovering from COVID-19 Match ID: 86 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 403 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
European Space Agency Targets Orbital Debris, Solar Storms Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:57:00 GMT The ClearSpace-1 and Lagrange missions will try to make life safer both in orbit and here on Earth Match ID: 87 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 451 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan
Boeing’s Autonomous Fighter Jet Will Fly Over the Australian Outback Thu, 02 Jan 2020 20:00:00 GMT Robotic aircraft will accompany human-piloted planes, adding firepower and thwarting enemy attacks Match ID: 88 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 471 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Startup Tries to Revive Interest in Aerospike Rocket Engines Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:55:00 GMT NextAero, an advanced manufacturing startup in Australia, is 3D printing aerospike engines for satellite launch vehicles Match ID: 89 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 486 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Pioneering Astronomy Experiment Begins Beyond the Moon Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:59:00 GMT The radio astronomy experiment will listen for signals from the early universe Match ID: 90 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 502 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
When a Giant Mylar Balloon Was the Coolest Thing in Space Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:00:00 GMT The Echo 1 satellite delivered mail, probed the ionosphere, and captured traces of the big bang Match ID: 91 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 156 days qualifiers: 5.00 india
Bangladesh at 50: Why climate change could destroy my ancestral home Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:12:51 GMT As Bangladesh turns 50, a UK-Bangladeshi reflects on how climate change affects his parents' country. Match ID: 93 Score: 1.43 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 23 days qualifiers: 1.43 bangladesh
When a democratic socialist slate won in March, establishment staffers rushed to drain party funds. Now the new staff has raised it back — and then some.
State legislators are crafting ever more extreme abortion restrictions designed to reach the Supreme Court. 2021 has already seen more than 500 bills filed across the country.
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Rep. Greene tries to distance herself from ‘America First Caucus’ document denounced as racist Sat, 17 Apr 2021 16:58:50 EDT Reports of the new caucus and its stated goals drew condemnation from Democrats and some Republicans for promoting nativist rhetoric and policies. Match ID: 5 Score: 90.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat
The new Georgia voting rights law makes it harder to vote, especially for communities that tend to vote for Democrats – and that's what Republicans want. But it's not just Georgia: these restrictive voting laws are being considered in nearly every state in America, from Arizona to Texas to Florida.
These efforts come on the heels of the 2020 presidential election, which Republicans lost by slim margins in several states. Many Republicans claimed they lost because of voter fraud – because people who were ineligible to vote found a way to skirt the rules and cast ballots. Election officials around the nation said there was no widespread fraud, but Republicans are using this argument to push for a wide array of laws that will skew election in their favor.
If enacted, Americans will have to ask a hard question: is the US still a democracy?
Alvin Chang and Sam Levine explain this Republican effort to suppress voting rights as part of the Guardian's Fight to Vote series
Despite pledging to recuse herself from contracts involving her partner “as necessary,” the council member-turned-House-candidate approved $17 million to Perk.
The UK government has moved to veto two bills passed by the Scottish parliament, strengthening the hand of the SNP
Are postal voters bolder? Does the solemnity of polling stations cow voters into having second thoughts? Because of the pandemic, there will be far more postal voters than ever in the Scottish elections on 6 May – almost a quarter of the electorate. It’s easier to be adventurous with a ballpoint at your kitchen table. The radio next to the teapot said last week that Boris Johnson and his English Tories were going to veto Scottish bills aimed at strengthening the rights of the child and of local authorities, even though both were passed unanimously by Scotland’s parliament, which could prove a significant landmark. It grows easier to vote for the three parties that want another independence referendum.
It is in danger of becoming received wisdom that the Greensill affair is an example of “Tory sleaze” similar to that which polluted the party’s reputation in the late 1990s. They do not compare. I had a ringside seat for the seedy death throes of John Major’s government. The scandals of those years mainly involved hitherto obscure politicians being caught with their peckers out or their snouts in the trough. The tabloids discovered various Conservative MPs in bed with people who were not their wives, often a career-busting transgression then, but now so accepted that Boris Johnson can be prime minister. There were also some notorious cases of Tory backbenchers taking undeclared payments – “cash for questions” – to promote business interests in parliament. This swelled the public’s feeling that the Conservatives had been corrupted by a long stretch in power and contributed to their landslide defeat at the 1997 election, but none of it threw into question the integrity of government itself.
The Greensill affair is several orders of magnitude more serious. A former prime minister is at the heart of this scandal that points to something rotten about how we are governed and is now embroiling not just politicians, but also the civil service.
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Latest massacres test gun-control advocates’ resolve as White House faces growing pressure to act Sat, 17 Apr 2021 10:48:26 EDT With Democrats in control of Washington for the first time in a decade, the recent string of mass shootings has encouraged activists to make a concerted push for fresh legislation restricting access to guns. Match ID: 11 Score: 70.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 30.00 democrat, 10.00 congress
From climate to healthcare, fundamental challenges demand the US change with the times
America is about to revive an idea that was left for dead decades ago. It’s called industrial policy and it’s at the heart of Joe Biden’s plans to restructure the US economy.
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What does it take to create a startup ecosystem? Sat, 17 Apr 2021 18:00:58 +0000 Say it louder for the people in the back: As tech grows bigger by the minute and venture capital adds dollar signs by the day, a startup hub’s success is not an either/or situation. The next Silicon Valley is a tired narrative, when in reality startups look, innovate and create differently all over the world. […] Match ID: 13 Score: 60.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel comes under pressure to show more independence from Trump Sat, 17 Apr 2021 10:00:00 EDT Some party committee members want the GOP to create some distance from the former president — or at least grapple with the fact that Republicans lost the White House, Senate and House during his administration. Match ID: 14 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics
Republicans try to crown Harris the ‘border czar.’ She rejects the title. Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:43:22 EDT GOP leaders are working to tie Harris to the problems at the border, hoping to weaken her politically. She is trying to push back. Match ID: 15 Score: 60.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 republican, 30.00 politics
Next year’s Élysée race looks like a battle between a fading Emmanuel Macron and the far-right leader. And some believe she might win this time
In Paris’s symbolic Place de la République, under the watchful gaze of France’s allegorical figurehead Marianne, the skateboarders are not in the mood to discuss politics.
For the young here, as everywhere, life has been paused during a pandemic that has halted studies, jobs, socialising and parties. What they want is their lives back, not to talk about an election.
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Arkansas House passes unconstitutional bill putting creationism in schools Fri, 16 Apr 2021 19:40:38 +0000 Despite unanimous Democratic opposition, the bill moves on to the Senate. Match ID: 19 Score: 55.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 democrat, 15.00 constitution, 10.00 house of representatives
The Guardian’s banking correspondent, Kalyeena Makortoff, and political correspondent Rajeev Syal discuss the unprecedented formal inquiry into lobbying by the former prime minister David Cameron on behalf of the collapsed finance company Greensill Capital
The Guardian’s banking correspondent, Kalyeena Makortoff, talks to Rachel Humphreys about Greensill, a company that specialised in supply-chain finance, and its relationship with the former prime minister David Cameron. Cameron joined Greensill as an adviser in 2018, two years after resigning as prime minister. It has emerged that last year he sent texts to Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, and “informally” phoned two other Treasury ministers, asking for Greensill Capital to get the largest possible allocation of government-backed loans under the Covid corporate financing facility, or CCFF. He also lobbied a No 10 aide, and in 2019 took Lex Greensill to a “private drink” with Matt Hancock, the health secretary.
Although Cameron hasn’t broken any rules, there have been questions raised over the fact that he appears to have used personal contacts to seek preferential treatment for a company in which he had a financial stake. On Monday No 10 said it was launching an independent investigation into Cameron’s lobbying, led by the corporate lawyer and government adviser Nigel Boardman. Rachel also hears from Guardian political correspondent Rajeev Syal about how Cameron has responded to the scandal and the wider role of lobbying in UK politics.
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Observer analysis of those companies condemned by unions also shows that some raised executive pay
Nearly 70% of companies accused of launching fire-and-rehire assaults on workers’ wages and conditions are making a profit and half have claimed government support during the pandemic.
Boris Johnson has called the practice “unacceptable”, but ministers have also insisted that firms in financial difficulty must have the flexibility to offer new terms and conditions.
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Invited to dinner to muse on the EU, I found little to suggest a latent Brexiter
It was a Monday evening in early 2004 when a group of Europhiles and Europhobes gathered for a Buckingham Palace dinner at the Duke of Edinburgh’s invitation. We were there to discuss the proposed treaty for a European constitution, just written and whose ratification across Europe was about to begin. I had been one of 12 European “thinkers” who had made joint recommendations on what European values should be in its preamble, hence my presence. What followed was one of the most surreal evenings of my life, brought to mind by the three German princes the Duke of Edinburgh insisted should attend yesterday’s funeral.
Evidently he cared about the issue, hosting the dinner after an Atlantic night flight and two public engagements earlier that day. Conversation over pre-dinner drinks was wary – Labour MP Austin Mitchell relieved our awkwardness by switching the lights on his union jack bow tie on and off – and eventually we were ushered through long corridors to a banqueting room, lit by low chandeliers and guttering candles.
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Prime minister ‘will lose trust of ex-Labour supporters’ over Cameron lobbying scandal, leading Tory Sir Bernard Jenkin says
Boris Johnson will lose the trust of former Labour voters who helped put him in Downing Street unless he tackles the burgeoning sleaze crisis now threatening to engulf his government and the Whitehall machine, a leading Tory says today.
The warning from Sir Bernard Jenkin, chair of the powerful Commons liaison committee, is evidence of mounting concern in Conservative ranks about the potential electoral damage to the Tory party, particularly in so called “red wall” seats, from any further revelations like the David Cameron lobbying scandal.
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The US president has chosen to stand up to Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping with steady diplomacy
In one respect, the punitive measures imposed on Russia last week by the Biden administration are an attempt to clean up the mess left by Donald Trump. On issue after issue, such as Russian meddling in the 2016 and 2020 elections and cyber-attacks and hacks of US government agencies and businesses, the former president failed to take prompt retaliatory action or any action at all.
Trump cast doubt on Russia’s responsibility for these and other hostile acts, contradicting the findings of America’s intelligence agencies. He routinely declined to criticise Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, for his support for Syria’s murderous regime, the 2018 Salisbury poisonings and the persecution of the opposition activist Alexei Navalny.
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Andrew Cuomo, Matt Gaetz, and the New “Never Resign” School of Politics Sat, 17 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 In recent years, many politicians have seemed to realize that remaining in office is often the best path out of a scandal—for their own sake if no one else’s. Match ID: 25 Score: 40.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 10.00 congress
Howard Dean, ex-governador democrata no estado de Vermont, se junta à indústria farmacêutica para lutar contra o compartilhamento de propriedade intelectual para vacinas de baixo custo.
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Enemies, Foreign and Domestic Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:39:14 +0000 The heads of American intelligence agencies brief Congress on the biggest threats to national security Match ID: 28 Score: 40.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days qualifiers: 30.00 politics, 10.00 congress
Did we miss it? No, of the “clear plan” an incoming Boris Johnson promised within 12 months, thus differentiating his resolve from the way social care funding had been “shirked by governments for about 30 years”, there is still no sign. Nor of promised cross-party talks.
Although to be fair, Matt Hancock, the health secretary, did ask every single MP and peer for any social care hints or hacks they might have – excluding the thrifty tip, inexplicably omitted from Andrew Dilnot’s 2011 report, that where possible, middle-aged men restrict their relationships to future care-givers at least a decade younger than themselves. This is already being trialled.
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In a letter seen by the Observer, 33 trade union general secretaries representing more than 5 million workers have urged the government to “pick a different path”, noting that “there is no conflict between defending working-class interests and pushing for equality for BME [black and minority ethnic] workers. Today’s working class is multi-ethnic and multi-faith.”
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British households were plunged into the Covid pandemic with lower savings, more debt and weaker welfare support than their French and German counterparts, according to analysis revealing how inequality increased the impact of the UK crisis.
High levels of income inequality also weakened the financial resilience of poorer households as the pandemic hit. The greater exposure of British households, revealed in an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank to be published in full this week, comes despite similar levels of average income with our European neighbours.
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Historians will judge America’s longest war. Now, the sounds of helicopters over my home take me back to Losano Ridge, Gardez, the men I fought for and those who did not return
I am one of more than 800,000 American military veterans who have served in Afghanistan since 2001. Tens of thousands more served in other capacities, from intelligence and diplomacy to aid and development. It’s fair to ask whether the end of the war affects how one views his or her own small role in the effort. If we didn’t “win”, whatever winning means in a war like this, did we matter? Were the sacrifices in vain?
Politicians will continue to line their pockets until a ministerial code is strictly enforced and breaches are punished
When David Cameron predicted in 2010 that lobbying was “the next big scandal waiting to happen”, he could not have envisaged that a decade later he would be at the heart of it. But that is exactly where he is: a former prime minister who has traded his time in public office to accept a lucrative role at now-collapsed financial services firm Greensill Capital, lobbying former colleagues for access to government schemes that would have helped protect his financial interests in the company.
Patrick Radden Keefe delivers a damning account of Purdue Pharma, Oxycontin and a family that grew rich
By 2016, opioids had torn a piece out of Appalachia and the rust belt. The deep drop in life expectancy among white Americans without four-year degrees would no longer be ignored. OxyContin, Purdue Pharma’s highly addictive painkiller, helped elect Donald Trump.
Jonathan Powell reminded us of Boris Johnson’s pledge to the DUP that he would never agree to a border in the Irish Sea, only to do precisely that when he negotiated the Northern Ireland protocol to “get Brexit done” (“Peace in Northern Ireland is in danger – Johnson’s lies and inaction offer no help”, Comment). Loyalists in Northern Ireland feel betrayed and we are witnessing the consequences playing out in rising anger and violence. The protocol is now enshrined in legislation and all interested parties have an obligation to make it work in order to reduce the tensions it is causing.
However, there is one stumbling block: Johnson’s stubborn refusal to admit that there is an effective trade border in the Irish Sea. In addition to lying to the DUP, he continues to lie to himself. Until Johnson accepts the reality of what the protocol means in practice, and stops playing cowardly political games, there is little chance of making it work as it should and the unrest will continue. Mike Pender Cardiff
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PM 'risks losing red wall' over lobbying 'shame' Sun, 18 Apr 2021 01:02:51 GMT Senior Tory Sir Bernard Jenkin warns Boris Johnson about the crisis escalating in Whitehall. Match ID: 36 Score: 30.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 politics
JD Vance: Trump whisperer turned Senate hopeful Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:03:43 GMT The author of the bestselling Hillbilly Elegy is being courted by Republicans for a Senate run. Match ID: 37 Score: 30.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 republican
Many veterans don’t trust coronavirus vaccines. For a VA crew in the rural West, that means changing minds, one by one. Sat, 17 Apr 2021 16:39:37 EDT Faced with rampant skepticism about the coronavirus vaccine in rural areas, the Department of Veterans Affairs has set out on a labor-intensive effort to offer it to former servicemembers. What VA is learning suggests challenges ahead in getting the nation to herd immunity. Match ID: 38 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 politics
Cross-party group says people should be housed in community rather than ‘unacceptable’ camp in Kent
A cross-party group of parliamentarians has urged the home secretary to close a controversial military barracks being used to house asylum seekers with immediate effect, and instead house them in the community where they can receive appropriate support.
Members of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on immigration detention, which has more than 40 members, have written to Priti Patel to say they “entirely agree” with serious concerns aired by the then independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, David Bolt, about conditions at Napier barracks in Kent.
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Biden’s relationship with Israel shaping up to be less cozy than his predecessors’ Sat, 17 Apr 2021 12:00:00 EDT An attack on an Iranian nuclear facility tests the president’s resolve to talk with Iran over Israel’s objections. It also tests the closeness of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Match ID: 40 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 politics
Home Office accused of undermining investigations into the deaths of migrants awaiting deportation
Scores of people who could be key witnesses to deaths in detention may have been “deliberately” deported before they could give evidence, it has been claimed. It has also emerged that the home secretary, Priti Patel, failed to address concerns from a coroner last year that the actions of her department could have undermined police investigations.
Patel was told last August of concerns from a coroner that Home Office officials possibly “chose to ignore the fact” that witnesses to the contentious death of a black detainee were due to give evidence before attempting to remove them from the UK.
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The GOP’s gradual descent into ‘replacement theory’ and ‘nativist dog whistles’ Sat, 17 Apr 2021 08:53:39 EDT It’s a reflection of the lasting impact Trump has had on the movement, even now that he’s out of office, as well as a commentary on just how ripe the party was for such a shift. Match ID: 42 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 politics
Hunter Biden’s emergence shadows his father’s presidency Sat, 17 Apr 2021 08:09:51 EDT Hunter Biden spent two years as a silent character in an explosive narrative at the center of the presidential campaign. Now he’s emerging to tell a story of deep addiction, with the ever-present danger of a relapse that could endanger his health — and his father’s work. Match ID: 43 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 30.00 politics
UK officials are exploring restrictions on product after minister described it as ‘unbearably barbaric’
The head of France’s foie gras producers’ association has said she is “shocked and outraged” that the British government is considering banning imports of the product.
And she has invited MPs to visit French farms producing foie gras to see the force feeding of ducks and geese and judge for themselves whether it is “cruel and torturous”, as animal rights campaigners claim.
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Biden hosts Japan’s Suga as first foreign leader at the White House Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:34:00 EDT The new president signals a focus on Asia by making Japan’s leader his first in-person foreign guest. Match ID: 45 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 politics
U.S. to spend $1.7 billion to detect, monitor coronavirus variants Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:00:00 EDT The Biden administration announced it was allocating the money to take on one of the biggest challenges of the pandemic. Match ID: 47 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 politics
Biden officials rescind Trump’s okay for Texas’s $100 billion-plus Medicaid plan Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:32:13 EDT Friday letter is seen as an effort to push Texas officials toward expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Match ID: 49 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 politics
Pa. woman charged in Capitol riot may face jail after allegedly flouting court order to wear mask Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:42:49 EDT Rachel Marie Powell, accused of carrying a bullhorn and breaking a Capitol window, allegedly grew “evasive” when asked about wearing a see-through mask in a Facebook video. Match ID: 51 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 politics
Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 16th Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:31:26 +0000 “The forsythia and Republican voter-suppression bills are in full bloom.” Match ID: 55 Score: 30.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 republican
A striking new poll on the GOP’s nascent push for transgender youth restrictions Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:05:43 EDT The first major poll since the effort began shows Americans strongly oppose bills banning transition-related medical care for children and participation in sports of one's gender identity. But there are some questions about just how firm those positions are. Match ID: 56 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 politics
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The GOP’s big bulk book-buying machine is boosting Republicans on the bestseller lists Fri, 16 Apr 2021 06:00:00 EDT The practice has raised ethical concerns. Now, a complaint about Ted Cruz’s own campaign buying his books has triggered questions about self-enrichment. Match ID: 59 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 republican
How the Pandemic Changed Europe Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:06:19 +0000 The historian Adam Tooze discusses the vaccine rollout and shifting politics in the E.U. Match ID: 60 Score: 30.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days qualifiers: 30.00 politics
The Georgia Voting Law and the End of the New South Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:29:13 +0000 Republican state legislators once were allies of the business establishment. Now they seem to have little use for it. Match ID: 61 Score: 30.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days qualifiers: 30.00 republican
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Biden Finally Got to Say No to the Generals Wed, 14 Apr 2021 23:58:03 +0000 Critics be damned, the President is ending the Forever War waged by Bush, Obama, and Trump in Afghanistan. Match ID: 64 Score: 25.71 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days qualifiers: 25.71 politics
The New Yorker editor on Fragile Earth, a new collection of the magazine’s climate crisis writing, the continuing dangers of Trumpism – and seeing his family for the first time in a year
David Remnick has been the editor of the New Yorker since 1998. The Fragile Earth, a selection of the writing that has appeared in the magazine about climate change, is out now.
You say that as a young reporter you wrote quite a lot about dramatic weather events. Can you remember when those localised storms and fires and floods started to suggest something more apocalyptic? When I was at the Washington Post, Len Downie, Ben Bradlee’s successor as editor, was obsessed with “weather stories” and played them big. And there was much high-minded, wise-guy joking about this, as if it were the height of ordinariness. But when I think back on it, Downie was right. Weather is what envelops and affects us all. And our decades-long heedlessness to climate change has done great damage to the world. So when we think about all of these unusual storms and fires, these are no longer “weather stories” – banalities, part of the nature of things – they aren’t merely that. They’re exacerbated by human behaviour over time and they are harbingers of worse.
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As long-serving president Idriss Deby seems set for election win, fighting has broken out between army and rebels in country’s north
The US has ordered its non-essential diplomats out of Chad over fears of insurgent attacks on the capital, as early election results show president Idriss Deby is poised to continue his three-decade rule of the African nation.
With armed groups appearing to be advancing on the capital, N’Djamena, the US State Department on Saturday ordered non-essential diplomats and families of American personnel to leave the country.
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When it rolls out free period products in schools the government should think about sustainability and educating boys
As Labour tries to fulfil its many election promises, there is one area it could score an easy win – the period product rollout scheduled for June.
And if New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern is serious about ending period poverty, she needs to take a good look at England and Scotland.
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This Week in Apps: A surprising report on App Tracking, Apple event predictions, Instagram for kids Sat, 17 Apr 2021 14:00:22 +0000 Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android […] Match ID: 69 Score: 25.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 15.00 judiciary, 10.00 congress
Sheriffs in Minnesota worried about who would oversee an escrow account, funded by pipeline giant Enbridge, to reimburse the costs of policing protests.
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NASA to Announce Selection of Human Lander for Artemis Moon Mission Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:17 EDT NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today, Friday, April 16, to announce the company or companies selected to move forward in developing a modern human landing system (HLS) that will carry the next two American astronauts to the surface of the Moon and pave the way for sustainable lunar exploration under the Artemis program. Match ID: 71 Score: 25.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 1 day qualifiers: 25.00 election
Video Friday: Aquatic Snakebotics Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:42:00 GMT Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Match ID: 72 Score: 25.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 1 day qualifiers: 25.00 election
Brazil’s COVID-19 Crisis and Jair Bolsonaro’s Presidential Chaos Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:44:13 +0000 Is the President’s do-nothing approach to the pandemic finally becoming a threat to his political future? Match ID: 73 Score: 21.43 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days qualifiers: 21.43 politics
The EPA inspector general found that Bill Wehrum, who ran the agency’s office of Air and Radiation, buried data about cancer risks from ethylene oxide pollution.
The S&P 500 and Dow clinched fresh records Thursday, after economic reports continued to affirm a healthy recovery from the pandemic, highlighted by retail sales surging in March on the back of fiscal stimulus checks to consumers and jobless benefit claims falling to a fresh low for the COVID period. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up more than 300 points at a fresh milestone at 34,000, on a preliminary basis, the S&P 500 index notched a 1.1% advance to log its all-time closing high at around 4,170 and the Nasdaq Composite Index finished 1.3% higher at about 14,039, marking its first finish above 14,000 since February and its third-highest close in its history. U.S. retail sales surged almost 10% in March thanks to $1,400 stimulus checks paid to consumers by the federal government. Sales climbed 9.8% last month, the government said Thursday. Economists polled by Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal had forecast a 6.1% increase.Adding to the market's optimism, weekly jobless benefit claims fell to a pandemic-era low. U.S. unemployment claims sank by 193,000 in the week of April 10, an unusually large decline that likely reflects both an improving economy but also continuing problems in processing applications for jobless benefits.
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$50 million for WA to process signals from the dawn of time Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 EDT (International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research) The Australian Federal Government will invest $64.4 million to establish a centre in Western Australia to process and analyse data from the SKA radio telescope. Each year, around 600 petabytes of SKA data will be stored for astronomers and astrophysicists from all over the world to access and analyse. The funding to establish a facility in Perth is part of $295 million announced this week. Match ID: 76 Score: 17.14 source: www.eurekalert.org age: 3 days qualifiers: 17.14 federal government
Louis Menand on “The Free World” Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000 The staff writer and leading cultural historian discusses his new work about the postwar years, when the cultural power of the United States emerged alongside its military might. Match ID: 77 Score: 17.14 source: www.newyorker.com age: 5 days qualifiers: 17.14 politics
Swiss billionaire backs out of offer to buy Tribune Publishing Co. Sat, 17 Apr 2021 17:51:25 EDT Maryland business executive Stewart Bainum Jr. is still interested in making an offer. Match ID: 78 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 15.00 executive
Why it’s not surprising to see nine-figure AI rounds Sat, 17 Apr 2021 20:00:17 +0000 This week Scale AI raised a $325 million Series E. The company, as TechCrunch has written, works in the data labeling space. And it has been on a fundraising tear over the last few years. Match ID: 79 Score: 15.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 15.00 executive
Tesla could be in for a shock as far-eastern rivals use cheap money to gain traction among affluent western car buyers
Tesla boss Elon Musk is not known for admiring his competition, but when Chinese manufacturer Nio made its 100,000th electric car last week, he offered his congratulations.
It was a mark of respect from a chief executive who had been through “manufacturing hell” with his own company. Yet it is also a sign of the growing influence of China’s electric carmakers. They are hoping to stake out a spot among the heavyweights of the new industry and bring a significant new challenge to Tesla – and to the rest of the automotive industry as it scrambles to catch up.
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Privately held Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, was selected by NASA on Friday to move forward in developing a human landing system to carry the next two U.S. astronauts to the moon "and pave the way for sustainable lunar exploration." That's under NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return humans on the moon, collaborating with commercial and international partners, and eventually send astronauts to Mars. Elon Musk is chief executive on SpaceX as well as Silicon Valley electric-car maker Tesla Inc. SpaceX in February announced plans to send four space tourists to orbit later this year on a mission to raise awareness for a children's hospital. Last month, the company's prototype Mars rocket Starship broke apart while attempting to land.
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Shares of Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. shot up 62.4% on very heavy volume in morning trading Friday, to pace all gainers on major U.S. exchanges, after the Israel-based telecom expense management company agreed to be acquired by sports betting company SharpLink Inc. Trading volume spiked to 46.2 million shares, compared with the full-day average over the past 30 days of about 343,900 shares, to make the stock the second-most active on major U.S. exchanges. The stock's rally, which puts it on track for the highest close since August 2015, has pushed Mer's market valuation up to $24.1 million. Following the closing of the merger, SharpLink shareholders will own 86% of the combined company. "Following the merger, our company will be on the leading edge of a potentially massive sports betting market in the U.S. and globally," said Mer Chief Executive Roy Hess. "By providing proprietary advanced conversion and engagement solutions for the sports betting industry, we expect SharpLink's services will be needed by many companies looking to capitalize on this opportunity." Mer's stock has tripled (up 200.7%) year to date, while the S&P 500 has gained 11.2%.
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Shares of Kansas City Southern tacked on 0.1% in premarket trading, after the rail road operator reported a first-quarter profit and revenue miss, with Chief Executive Patrick Ottensmeyer citing "several unique and challenging events," but he said he can "confidently confirm" the full-year outlook. Net income rose to $153.0 million, or $1.68 a share, from $151.7 million, or $1.58 a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding nonrecurring items, such as merger costs and foreign exchange losses, adjusted earnings per share came to $1.91, below the FactSet consensus of $1.95. Revenue fell 3.5% to $706.0 million, missing the FactSet consensus of $714.0 million. Among the "challenging" events mentioned by CEO Ottensmeyer were adverse weather resulting from the Polar Vortex and lingering network congestion. The company said in January that it expects 2021 revenue growth in the double-digit percentage range and EPS of $9.00 or better. The stock has rallied 26.7% year to date through Thursday, while the Dow Jones Transportation Average has advanced 19.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 11.2%.
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The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness rose above 139 million on Friday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, as the death toll climbed above 2.98 million. The U.S. leads the world in cases and deaths by wide margins, with 31.5 million cases, or about 23% of the global total, while the 565,289 death toll makes up about 19% of the global toll. The U.S. added at least 74,312 new cases and 909 new deaths on Thursday, according to a New York Times tracker. The U.S. has averaged 70,514 cases a day in the past week, up 8% from the average two weeks ago. Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Albert Bourla said it is likely that people who receive Covid-19 vaccines will need booster shots within a year afterward, and then annual vaccinations, to maintain protection against the virus as it evolves, the Wall Street Journal reported. "The variants will play a key role. It is extremely important to suppress the pool of people that can be susceptible to the virus," Bourla said during a virtual event hosted by CVS Health Corp. that aired Thursday but was recorded April 1.
Outside of the U.S., India has replaced Brazil as the country with the second highest number of cases at 14.3 million, and is fourth globally by deaths at 174,308. Brazil is third by cases at 13.7 million and second with a death toll of 365,444. Mexico is third by deaths at 211,213 and 14th highest by cases at 2.3 million. The U.K. has 4.4 million cases and 127,438 deaths, the highest in Europe and fifth highest in the world.
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Tobias Menzies played Prince Philip in Netflix hit The Crown. On the eve of the royal’s funeral, Menzies discusses the unique challenge of trying to get inside the mind of a person seen by so many but known by so few
Tobias Menzies talks to Anushka Asthana about playing Prince Philip in seasons 3 & 4 of Netflix smash hit The Crown.
When Tobias landed the job, he knew little about Prince Philip, a person who was so often photographed but so little known.
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How to Prevent Batteries From Exploding? Nanoparticles, Says Startup Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:00:00 GMT Nanom has developed a process it says can make any battery material safer and more efficient Match ID: 88 Score: 15.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 2 days qualifiers: 15.00 executive
Data Brokers Are a Threat to Democracy Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 Unless the federal government steps up, the unchecked middlemen of surveillance capitalism will continue to harm our civil rights and national security. Match ID: 89 Score: 14.29 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days qualifiers: 14.29 federal government
China's Most Popular EV is No Longer a Tesla Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:28:00 GMT A new EV made by General Motors and Chinese manufacturers underlines the virtues of Lilliputian size Match ID: 90 Score: 12.86 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 3 days qualifiers: 12.86 executive
The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, has announced plans for a domestic Covid-status certificate. We look to Israel, where a similar scheme has been introduced, and discuss how it might work here
To see how it might work, Anushka Asthana talks to the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent, Oliver Holmes, about life in Israel, where the government introduced a similar scheme in February.
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A falta de vacina contra a covid-19 é só mais um dos elementos que compõem a crise no Haiti hoje. O país caminha sem Congresso, com violência em alta e um presidente cada vez mais autoritário.
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Today's Cyberattacks Foreshadow Wars to Come Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:00:00 GMT SolarWinds, the Florida water treatment hack, even Texas's grid outage: These are what threats to a nation's cybersecurity look like Match ID: 95 Score: 7.86 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 24 days qualifiers: 4.29 politics, 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress
4G on the Moon: One Small Leap, One Giant Step Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:26:00 GMT Nokia Bell Labs and NASA team up to bring wireless networks to the moon Match ID: 96 Score: 7.86 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 166 days qualifiers: 3.57 election, 2.14 executive, 2.14 elections
This Engineer Has Made Rural Electrification in Kenya Her Mission Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:00:00 GMT The IEEE Smart Village director is also helping telehealth centers solve Internet connectivity challenges Match ID: 97 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 5 days qualifiers: 5.71 congress
Polarization Isn't America's Biggest Problem—or Facebook's Mon, 05 Apr 2021 19:00:00 +0000 A debate is raging over the social media giant's role in dividing the country. But it's the US's deeply-rooted inequities that tech should focus on. Match ID: 99 Score: 4.29 source: www.wired.com age: 12 days qualifiers: 4.29 politics
Race report: Was controversy part of the plan? Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:14:44 GMT How the government handled the release of a contentious report on racial disparity in the UK. Match ID: 100 Score: 4.29 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 14 days qualifiers: 4.29 politics
On 31 March 2021, the European Space Agency is opening the application process for its first astronaut selection in over a decade.
If you meet the minimum requirements and want to join Europe’s journey into space, this is your chance to apply.
Website esa.int/YourWayToSpace provides everything you need to know to prepare your application. All applications must be submitted to ESA’s careers website by 28 May 2021.
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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has started training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA. Set to launch for her second mission in spring 2022, Samantha is already getting reacquainted with International Space Station systems in a series of refresher courses.
Samantha was last on the International Space Station in 2014 for her Futura mission. She spent 200 days in space, conducting European and international scientific experiments and Space Station operations.
In the coming months, her schedule will intensify as she trains for the specific experiments and tasks she will perform in space during her second mission.
As a collaborative, international effort between the United States, Europe, Canada, Russia and Japan, Space Station training takes place across the globe. Samantha will be training between Johnson Space Center in the USA, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Russia and the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.
Samantha and her fellow Class of 2009 astronauts will soon welcome new colleagues. For the first time in over a decade, the European Space Agency is seeking new astronauts and applications are open from 31 March to 28 May 2021. A six-stage selection process will start thereafter. This is expected to be completed in October 2022.
Ready to make #YourWayToSpace? Check out the dedicated website with all the information relating to ESA’s 2021–22 astronaut selection.
Most importantly, get ready to apply. Perhaps you will find yourself where Samantha is today.
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How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars Wed, 17 Feb 2021 22:32:00 GMT The Perseverance rover's Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity) will take off, navigate, and land on Mars without human intervention Match ID: 106 Score: 3.57 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 59 days qualifiers: 3.57 election
U.S. Transportation Officials Seek Alternative Tech for GPS Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:00:00 GMT Ten years after decommissioning the previous backup to the country’s global satellite fleet, government agencies are taking steps to create a new one Match ID: 109 Score: 3.57 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 358 days qualifiers: 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress
Aerospace Companies Compete to Build Lunar Landers for NASA’s Project Artemis Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:00:00 GMT Blue Origin, Boeing, and SpaceX are among those proposing ships to put astronauts back on the moon by the end of 2024 Match ID: 110 Score: 3.57 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 473 days qualifiers: 2.14 executive, 1.43 congress
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach? 2021-04-05T00:00:00EDT If the best leaders tend to be great teachers, why do some successful executives struggle to share their knowledge? What does this shortcoming say about their leadership? asks James Heskett. Match ID: 111 Score: 2.14 source: hbswk.hbs.edu age: 13 days qualifiers: 2.14 executive
With Drones and Other Autonomous Vehicles, Safety Must Come First Tue, 23 Mar 2021 19:00:00 GMT Engineers developing drones or similar robotic helpers need to focus on mitigating the dangers Match ID: 112 Score: 2.14 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 25 days qualifiers: 2.14 executive
The Networks That Aim to Track GPS Interference Around the World Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:00:00 GMT Troubleshooting the world’s navigation systems could streamline transport and save lives Match ID: 113 Score: 2.14 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 45 days qualifiers: 2.14 executive
Sabrewing Cargo Drone Rises to Air Force Challenge Fri, 01 May 2020 14:38:00 GMT The Rhaegal cargo drone pivots to new possible military missions under a U.S. Air Force contract Match ID: 116 Score: 2.14 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 351 days qualifiers: 2.14 executive
No Job Is Too Small for Compact Geostationary Satellites Sun, 05 Jan 2020 20:00:00 GMT Astranis and GapSat will launch GEO smallsats in 2020 and 2021 to fill gaps in satellite coverage Match ID: 117 Score: 2.14 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 468 days qualifiers: 2.14 executive
‘Crazy things happen’: Biden’s next spending spree fuels a fight over risks Thu, 25 Mar 2021 03:30:03 EST The president’s team is preparing a $3 trillion spending proposal to power through Congress. They’re betting markets and the economy will cooperate long enough to pass it. Match ID: 118 Score: 1.43 source: www.politico.com age: 24 days qualifiers: 1.43 congress
A Better Path to Tech Reform? Felony Charges Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:54:12 +0000 This week's Big Tech hearing will surely be a waste of Congress's time, again. But the DOJ and SEC could buy time by raising the stakes. Match ID: 119 Score: 1.43 source: www.wired.com age: 25 days qualifiers: 1.43 congress
Russia, China, the U.S.: Who Will Win the Hypersonic Arms Race? Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:00:00 GMT When missiles fly beyond Mach 5, materials melt, airflow turns turbulent, and budgets enter the stratosphere Match ID: 120 Score: 1.43 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 151 days qualifiers: 1.43 congress
When a Giant Mylar Balloon Was the Coolest Thing in Space Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:00:00 GMT The Echo 1 satellite delivered mail, probed the ionosphere, and captured traces of the big bang Match ID: 121 Score: 1.43 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 156 days qualifiers: 1.43 congress
Hanford Has a Radioactive Capsule Problem Tue, 15 Sep 2020 19:00:00 GMT Researchers still don’t have a way to neutralize the former nuclear-weapons complex’s 1,936 capsules of radioactive cesium and strontium Match ID: 122 Score: 1.43 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 214 days qualifiers: 1.43 congress
A Glass Nightmare: Cleaning Up the Cold War’s Nuclear Legacy at Hanford Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:00:00 GMT Scientists have spent three decades cleaning up the Hanford Site’s 177 giant tanks of radioactive sludge. And they’re just getting started Match ID: 123 Score: 1.43 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 354 days qualifiers: 1.43 congress
Here’s Where and How We Think China Will Land on Mars Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:13:00 GMT China’s 2020 HX-1 Mars mission will draw on previous lunar explorations and human spaceflights Match ID: 124 Score: 1.43 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 388 days qualifiers: 1.43 congress
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