Peloton Recalls Treadmills After Injuries and a Child Death Wed, 05 May 2021 23:12:24 +0000 A 6-year-old died after being pulled under the Tread+. It’s unclear what the next move will be for the connected-fitness-equipment maker. Match ID: 0 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 35.00 fitness
Team GB & ParalympicsGB unveil kit for delayed Tokyo Games Thu, 06 May 2021 09:03:46 GMT Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes will wear a kit that "represents unity in diversity" at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Match ID: 1 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 1 day qualifiers: 15.00 athlete
Here is a recap of the main Covid updates from around the world:
China’s Sinopharm state company has offered substantial support for the Covax programme to provide Covid vaccines mainly to poor countries, a World Health Organization official has said.
As Reuters reports, senior WHO adviser Bruce Aylward said it would be up to Sinopharm to say how many doses of its vaccine it can provide to the programme, but added:
They are looking at trying to provide substantial support, make substantial doses available while at the same time of course trying to serve China’s population.
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Fans should not travel to Turkey for Champions League final, says UK government Fri, 07 May 2021 17:48:20 GMT Chelsea and Manchester City fans should not travel to Turkey for the Champions League, says transport secretary Grant Shapps. Match ID: 1 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)
Green list countries for England revealed Fri, 07 May 2021 17:40:32 GMT The transport secretary announces a green list of countries deemed safest for travel from England. Match ID: 2 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)
Big business is getting in on the act as sales of ‘preloved’ garments boom. But can the trend curb our love for fast fashion?
“Few articles change owners more frequently than clothes. They travel downwards from grade to grade in the social scale with remarkable regularity,” wrote the journalist Adolphe Smith in 1877 as he traced a garment’s journey: cleaned, repaired and resold repeatedly; eventually cut down into a smaller item; finally, when it was beyond all wearability, the fibres recycled into new fabric for the wealthier classes.
That model is almost incomprehensible in the era of fast fashion. The average British customer buys four items a month, often at pocket-money prices; though the low cost is a godsend for the hard-up, many purchases are discarded after a few outings, or never worn at all. Clothes Aid reports that 350,000 tonnes of used but still wearable clothing goes to landfill in the UK each year.
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Which countries will be on the green list for foreign holidays? Fri, 07 May 2021 17:14:24 GMT A new "traffic light" system for travel will classify countries as green, amber or red. Match ID: 5 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)
FA in talks with Uefa over bringing final to England
The Football Association is in talks with Uefa over relocating the Champions League final to England after Turkey was placed on the UK government’s travel red list.
Uefa had been expected to confirm details on Friday for the final on 29 May, with Manchester City and Chelsea fans expected to be allocated at least 4,000 tickets each for the match in Istanbul. That decision has been postponed pending negotiations, however, with English supporters told to stay at home by the UK government.
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With Portugal announced as the only major destination on the green list on Friday, our tipsters choose their favourite natural parks, towns, beaches and seafood restaurants
If you want something out of the ordinary with fantastic scenery and fascinating history, then go to Terras de Bouro inthe far north of the country. This town is well worth a visit because it offers the chance to walk along a Roman road complete with original milestones. The Via Geira was built to link Braga with Astorga, now in Spain. It is signposted within Terras de Bouro. The trail winds through woodland and round mountains with spectacular views, waterfalls and, of course, the milestones. It goes through the Peneda-Gerês national park to Portela de Homem on the Spanish border. It’s magical – . Margaret Ainsbury
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Trips abroad for people in England can begin again from 17 May, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has announced, with no need to quarantine for travellers returning from 12 countries and territories.
The places on the first “green list” are Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Israel and Portugal – including the Azores and Madeira. Also on the the green list are South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
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Did our ancestors kill all the island megafauna? Fri, 07 May 2021 15:59:09 +0000 Study adds data to a long-running argument. Match ID: 10 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)
People in the greater Sydney region, including Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains, had new Covid restrictions from 5pm Thursday. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Is travelling permitted? Here’s what you can and can’t do over the weekend and on Mother’s Day
The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has announced new restrictions for greater Sydney, including Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains, following two cases of local Covid transmission in Sydney’s east.
On Thursday the state’s chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said laboratory testing had revealed the community case of a man in his 50s who returned a positive test on Wednesday matched a case who travelled to the state from the US and quarantined at the Park Royal at Darling Harbour, before being moved to Sydney Health Accommodation on 28 April.
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Morrison government has also bowed to pressure from Mark McGowan to crack down on departure exemptions
Australians who are approved to travel overseas will be granted priority access to Covid vaccinations under a plan agreed to by the prime minister with state and territory leaders.
The proposal, which would reduce the vulnerability of Australians heading overseas during the pandemic, may prove controversial given the vaccine rollout is not yet completed even for the highest priority groups including disability care residents.
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Biden appeals for bipartisan support for infrastructure plan in Louisiana, a state won by Trump Thu, 6 May 2021 21:42:50 EDT Biden’s latest travel comes as House Republicans prepare to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from leadership because of her confrontations with former president Donald Trump over last year’s election. Match ID: 13 Score: 35.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)
Expedia Group Inc. EXPE shares rallied in the extended session Thursday after the online travel company’s results came in better than expected. Expedia shares jumped 5% after hours, following a 3.6% decline in the regular session to close at $164.82. The company reported a first-quarter loss of $606 million, or $4.17 a share, compared with $1.3 billion, or $9.24 a share, in the year-ago period. The adjusted loss, which exclude stock-based compensation expenses and other items, was $2.02 a share, compared with $1.83 a share in the year-ago period. Revenue fell to $1.25 billion from $2.21 billion in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast a loss of $2.30 a share on revenue of $1.11 billion. “Travel remains a study in contrasts – with strong vacation rental growth and demand for domestic travel continuing to drive us forward, while demand for international and business travel and conventional lodging remain challenged,” said Expedia Chief Executive Peter Kern in a statement. “As the vaccine rollout continues, we expect to see a now familiar story play out; domestic and leisure demand lead the recovery. However, as the dire situation in India reminds us, in some markets, things may get worse before they get better.”
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Road and rail building plans under review after Covid Thu, 06 May 2021 19:58:47 GMT Post-pandemic shifts in travel habits could undermine the logic behind many infrastructure projects. Match ID: 15 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)
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Better Commuting Through Quantum Computing Thu, 29 Apr 2021 20:00:00 GMT Startup Q-CTRL teams with Australian transportation agency to test how quantum computing can optimize transportation networks Match ID: 18 Score: 10.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 7 days qualifiers: 10.00 travel(|ing)
Three Decades in the Making, China's Space Station Launches This Week Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:43:00 GMT Tianhe's first module expected to be joined by other launches—establishing the full Chinese Space Station by end of 2022 Match ID: 19 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 9 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
The Plane Paradox: More Automation Should Mean More Training Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 Today's highly automated planes create surprises pilots aren't familiar with. The humans in the cockpit need to be better prepared for the machine's quirks. Match ID: 20 Score: 5.00 source: www.wired.com age: 13 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide. The Crew-2 spend around 24 hours travelling to the International Space Station. The rocket lifted off at 11:49 on 23 April 2021 from Launchpad 39A in Cape Canaveral at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
Thomas is the first ESA astronaut to fly in space in a vehicle other than the Russian Soyuz or the US Space Shuttle, and the first ESA astronaut to leave Earth from Florida, USA, in over a decade. This is his second flight, his first mission called Proxima saw Thomas fly to the Space Station on a Soyuz from Baikonur in Kazakhstan and his Expedition broke records for amount of hours spent on research at the time.
Thomas’ second mission to the International Space Station is called Alpha. This is after Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after stars or constellations.
Over 200 experiments are planned during Thomas’s time in space, with 40 European ones and 12 new experiments led by France’s space agency CNES.
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Ingenuity Helicopter Successfully Makes First Flight On Mars Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:55:00 GMT It’s one small hover for a robot as the future of planetary exploration takes to the Martian sky Match ID: 22 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 18 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
If you have been following International Space Station news, you know that hundreds of scientific experiments are performed in low-Earth orbit and the pace is only increasing. This is great news for scientists, especially those that have been preparing for years to send their experiment to the orbital outpost, but what does it mean for people on Earth?
If you are not into plasma nanoparticles, subjective time measurement in microgravity or traveling to Mars in the future, what benefit does space science have for you?
Potentially a lot. Experiments performed on the International Space Station could in fact help save our planet. All one needs to do is look beyond the initial outcomes and ask: "How can this information be useful in other areas?"
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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: 24 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 39 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
Special Report: Top Tech 2021 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:00:00 GMT After months of blood, toil, tears, and sweat, we can all expect a much better year Match ID: 27 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 119 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
Nuclear-Powered Rockets Get a Second Look for Travel to Mars Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:00:00 GMT NASA is investing in the technology for future space exploration missions Match ID: 29 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 135 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
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: 30 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 151 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
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90-year-old Colette Marin-Catherine confronts her past by visiting the German concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora where her brother was killed. As a young girl, she fought Hitler's Nazis as a member of the French Resistance. For 74 years, she has refused to step foot in Germany, but that changes when a young history student named Lucie enters her life. Prepared to re-open old wounds and revisit the terrors of that time, Marin-Catherine offers important lessons for us all.
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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: 32 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 171 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
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: 34 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 176 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
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: 35 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 192 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
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: 36 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 408 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
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: 38 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 443 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
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: 39 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 443 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
DARPA Subterranean Challenge: Urban Circuit Preview Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:00:00 GMT The second event in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge starts this week Match ID: 40 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 445 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
Building an Orbiting Internet Just for Satellites Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:00:00 GMT Kepler Communications’ CubeSat routers will keep other satellites in constant contact with the ground Match ID: 41 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 469 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
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: 42 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 471 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
CES 2020 News: Delta Airlines Dips Into Parallel Realities at Detroit Metro Airport Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:01:00 GMT It seems like magic, but hundreds of people in airports will soon be able to look at the same screen and see completely different things Match ID: 43 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 485 days qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)
GajiGesa, a fintech focused on Indonesian workers, adds strategic investors and launches new app for micro-SMEs Fri, 07 May 2021 07:00:16 +0000 GajiGesa, a fintech startup that provides earned wage access (EWA) and other services for workers in Indonesia, has added strategic investors to help it launch new services and expand its user base. Its new backers include OCBC NISP Ventura, the venture capital arm of one of Indonesia’s largest banks, and the founders of grab-and-go coffee […] Match ID: 0 Score: 105.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 40.00 china, 35.00 india, 30.00 indonesia
Here is a recap of the main Covid updates from around the world:
China’s Sinopharm state company has offered substantial support for the Covax programme to provide Covid vaccines mainly to poor countries, a World Health Organization official has said.
As Reuters reports, senior WHO adviser Bruce Aylward said it would be up to Sinopharm to say how many doses of its vaccine it can provide to the programme, but added:
They are looking at trying to provide substantial support, make substantial doses available while at the same time of course trying to serve China’s population.
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The World Health Organization said Friday it has listed the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm for emergency use, allowing it to be rolled out across the world. The vaccine, which is made by Beijing Bio-Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China National Biotec Group, "has the potential to rapidly accelerate COVID-19 vaccine access for countries seeking to protect health workers and populations at risk," said Dr Mariângela Simão, WHO Assistant-Director General for Access to Health Products. Simão said the agency will encourage the manufacturer to participate in the WHO's Covax program, which aims to get vaccines to poorer countries, that are lagging in the global vaccine push due to a lack of supply. The WHO has already granted emergency use authorization to vaccines developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech , AstraZeneca , Serum Institute of India, J&J unit Janssen and Moderna . Earlier this week, Reuters reported that a document it had obtained suggested the WHO had "very low confidence" in data provided by Sinopharm on its COVID vaccine regarding the risk of serious side effects in some patients. On Friday, the WHO said its Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, or SAGE, conducted on-site inspections at the production facility before reaching their decision. SAGE is recommending the vaccine for use in adults 18 years and older in a two-dose regimen, separated by three to four weeks. Vaccine efficacy for symptomatic and hospitalized disease was estimated to be 79%, all age groups combined.
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Oil futures settled lower on Thursday, with U.S. prices down a second session. "With the supply side remaining supportive of higher prices, oil just needs to consolidate for a month for India and Japan to get a better handle on COVID," said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda. U.S. benchmark prices could rally 10% to 15% "once India's COVID crisis improves," he said. June West Texas Intermediate crude lost 92 cents, or 1.4%, to settle at $64.71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Juul inventor’s Myst lands funding as institutional investors turn to China’s e-cigs Fri, 07 May 2021 06:26:32 +0000 Over the past several years, institutional investors had largely shied away from China’s e-cigarette makers, an industry that was teeming with shoddy workshops and lacked regulatory oversight. But investors’ attitude is changing as China sets in motion its strictest-ever regulation on electronic cigarettes. Myst Labs, a Chinese e-cigarette maker co-founded in 2019 by Chenyue Xing, […] Match ID: 5 Score: 60.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 40.00 china, 20.00 malaysia
Tula Technology Applies its Engine Smarts to EV Motors Mon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 GMT The company that optimized cylinder-switching in GM's V-8 engines is now optimizing performance in synchronous reluctance motors Match ID: 6 Score: 57.14 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 4 days qualifiers: 28.57 japan, 28.57 china
From Refugee to Micron VP Wed, 05 May 2021 18:30:00 GMT Thy Tran helped develop the new generation of DRAM chips Match ID: 7 Score: 55.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 1 day qualifiers: 20.00 thailand, 20.00 taiwan, 15.00 vietnam
Coronavirus doctor's diary: Families stranded in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh Wed, 05 May 2021 23:55:20 GMT The cost of hotel quarantine in the UK is too high for some families, who have had to delay their return instead. Match ID: 8 Score: 45.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 1 day qualifiers: 35.00 india, 10.00 bangladesh
Sinopharm: Chinese Covid vaccine gets WHO emergency approval Fri, 07 May 2021 17:16:10 GMT It says the Sinopharm vaccine, which has been given to millions of people, is safe and effective. Match ID: 9 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
Video Friday: A Robot to Brush Your Hair Fri, 07 May 2021 16:45:00 GMT Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Match ID: 10 Score: 40.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 0 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Motors said Friday it has now built its Chinese network of charging stations to 1,140, spanning 164 Chinese cities. Xpeng is the first new EV maker in China to offer free lifetime charging services for its customers, the company said in a statement. The most recent additions were 13 stations along the 2,250 kilometer Sichuan to Tibet expressway. Xpeng customers now have access to free charging every 170 km along that route. The company is planning to expand the network to 200 cities in 2021. U.S.-listed shares were up 0.5% premarket, but have fallen 38% in the year to date.
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Defense secretary is hopeful rocket will crash in the ocean; Aerospace Corp said it expects debris to hit the Pacific near the equator
The US military has no plan to shoot down the remnants of a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend, the defense secretary said on Thursday.
Speaking with reporters, the US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, said the hope was the rocket would land in the ocean and that the latest estimate was that it would come down between Saturday and Sunday.
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Children and young adults around the world are demanding action from governments on global heating and the ecological crisis
Sofia Oliveira is one of six young Portuguese people who have filed a lawsuit against 33 countries with the European court of human rights, demanding that governments do more to reduce emissions and safeguard their future physical and mental wellbeing. Last October the Strasbourg-based court granted the case priority status.
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Report: China emissions exceed all developed nations combined Fri, 07 May 2021 04:52:05 GMT The country is responsible for 27% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report. Match ID: 14 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
SoftBank leads $15M round for China’s industrial robot maker Youibot Fri, 07 May 2021 01:11:29 +0000 SoftBank has picked its bet in China’s flourishing industrial robotics space. Youibot, a four-year-old startup that makes autonomous mobile robots for a range of scenarios, said it has notched close to 100 million yuan ($15.47 million) in its latest funding round led by SoftBank Ventures Asia, the Seoul-based early-stage arm of the global investment behemoth. […] Match ID: 15 Score: 40.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
Other small nations also feel vulnerable to Chinese aggression but it hasn’t stopped them speaking out over the Uyghur genocide
After the Christchurch terror attacks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern donned a hijab as she comforted the relatives of the 51 Muslims who were killed simply for practising their faith. The image spread across the world and she was lavished with international praise.
Yet her apparent turning away from the active erasure of China’s Uyghur Muslim minority population may undo that reputation. On Wednesday, New Zealand’s parliament backed away from calling what is happening in Xinjiang a “genocide,” opting instead for the watered-down language of “human rights breaches”.
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President Joe Biden's administration is likely to keep limits on U.S. investments in certain Chinese companies imposed under former President Donald Trump, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday. The report said Biden administration officials are still in preliminary talks about Trump-era investment bans on companies linked to China's military. No decisions have been made, said the report, which cited six people familiar with the matter.
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China mystery animal box craze causes outrage Thu, 06 May 2021 15:39:54 GMT The "blind box" craze sees people order a box containing a mystery animal that is sent in the post. Match ID: 20 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 1 day qualifiers: 40.00 china
Nintendo warns global chip shortage to hit Switch production Thu, 06 May 2021 13:43:53 +0000 Nintendo follows rival Sony in saying supply crunch threatens console sales. Match ID: 21 Score: 40.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 40.00 japan
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Lelush: How a sulky Russian model became China's slacker icon Thu, 06 May 2021 00:06:32 GMT Getting trapped in a boy band reality TV contest was just the start of Lelush's unlikely journey. Match ID: 23 Score: 40.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 1 day qualifiers: 40.00 china
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The Second Life of Yi Lei’s Poetry Wed, 05 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000 An encounter with Tracy K. Smith eased the late Chinese poet’s emergence into the Anglophone world. Match ID: 25 Score: 40.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
Strongmen who got cozy with Trump get the cold shoulder from Biden Wed, 5 May 2021 06:00:00 EDT Russia’s Putin and China’s Xi get tougher treatment, while many of the former president’s favorites just get ignored. Match ID: 26 Score: 40.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 2 days qualifiers: 40.00 china
The pandemic overwhelming the big cities is reaching areas of Bihar where there is one doctor for 40,000 people
In the small rural village of Kathail, in the east of India’s poorest state, Bihar, access to healthcare has always been scarce. But when 34-year-old Umakant Singh fell sick with a cough and fever last week, his brother Mantu Singh did all he could to find help.
For four days Mantu rushed around, collecting the limited medicines he could find for his younger brother and nursing him at home. But he knew what these symptoms meant: Covid-19 had reached their village.
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EXCLUSIVE: Google Snaps Up Network-on-Chip Startup Provino Fri, 07 May 2021 15:55:00 GMT New technology promises faster, more efficient processors for AI Match ID: 29 Score: 35.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
A new analysis estimates that the number of people who died from COVID-19 globally, as well as in the U.S., is significantly higher than official death tolls. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a health research center affiliated with the University of Washington, estimates that 905,289 people in the U.S. died from COVID-19, compared to the official tally of 574,043, as of May 3. India is estimated to have had around 640,000 deaths, which is nearly three times more than the official number of 221,181. And, worldwide, the IHME's analysis puts the number of COVID-19 deaths at 6.93 million, which more than twice as many deaths (3.24 million) that have been officially reported. There are two main reasons why IHME believes that death rates are higher: there was a lack of adequate testing in the earliest days of the pandemic that would have confirmed infections, and there are discrepancies between reported deaths by governments and excess mortality rates.
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People in the greater Sydney region, including Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains, had new Covid restrictions from 5pm Thursday. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Is travelling permitted? Here’s what you can and can’t do over the weekend and on Mother’s Day
The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has announced new restrictions for greater Sydney, including Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains, following two cases of local Covid transmission in Sydney’s east.
On Thursday the state’s chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said laboratory testing had revealed the community case of a man in his 50s who returned a positive test on Wednesday matched a case who travelled to the state from the US and quarantined at the Park Royal at Darling Harbour, before being moved to Sydney Health Accommodation on 28 April.
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The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness rose above 156 million on Friday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll rose above 3.25 million. The U.S. continues to lead the world in cases and deaths by wide margins, with 32.6 million cases and 580,063 deaths, or about a fifth of the worldwide tallies.
India is second to the U.S. by cases at 21.5 million and third by fatalities at 234,083. India added a record of 414,000 new cases in a 24-hour period, a fresh global record, and almost 4,000 deaths, according to its health ministry. Those numbers are widely held to be greatly undercounted given the stress on its healthcare system. Western countries have sent aid to help the nation of almost 1.4 billion's hospitals, which are short on oxygen and other lifesaving equipment and medicines.
Brazil is third with 15 million cases and second by fatalities at 416,949. Mexico has the fourth-highest death toll at 218,173 and 2.4 million cases, or 15th highest tally. The U.K. has 4.4 million cases and 127,843 deaths, the fifth-highest in the world and highest in Europe.
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India Covid: How bad is the second wave? Fri, 07 May 2021 08:54:17 GMT There are signs infections have slowed in some regions - but is India past the worst? Match ID: 35 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
What are the India, Brazil, South Africa and UK variants? Fri, 07 May 2021 08:48:47 GMT The world is carefully monitoring Covid for mutations that help it spread better or resist vaccines. Match ID: 36 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has told a Senate hearing on Covid-19 there are 173 unaccompanied children in India who are trying to return to Australia. More than 9,500 Australians are stranded in the country, 950 of them classed as vulnerable, following a flight ban from India that will end on 15 May. Australian airline Qantas doesn’t take unaccompanied minors, potentially limiting options to come home through Air India or special repatriation flights
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WhatsApp, growing despite backlash, relaxes May 15 policy update deadline Thu, 06 May 2021 22:20:29 +0000 It’s safe to say WhatsApp didn’t have the ideal start to 2021. Less than a week into the new year, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app had already annoyed hundreds of thousands of users with its scary worded notification about a planned policy update. The backlash grew fast and millions of people, including several high-profile figures, […] Match ID: 38 Score: 35.00 source: feedproxy.google.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
Expedia Group Inc. EXPE shares rallied in the extended session Thursday after the online travel company’s results came in better than expected. Expedia shares jumped 5% after hours, following a 3.6% decline in the regular session to close at $164.82. The company reported a first-quarter loss of $606 million, or $4.17 a share, compared with $1.3 billion, or $9.24 a share, in the year-ago period. The adjusted loss, which exclude stock-based compensation expenses and other items, was $2.02 a share, compared with $1.83 a share in the year-ago period. Revenue fell to $1.25 billion from $2.21 billion in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast a loss of $2.30 a share on revenue of $1.11 billion. “Travel remains a study in contrasts – with strong vacation rental growth and demand for domestic travel continuing to drive us forward, while demand for international and business travel and conventional lodging remain challenged,” said Expedia Chief Executive Peter Kern in a statement. “As the vaccine rollout continues, we expect to see a now familiar story play out; domestic and leisure demand lead the recovery. However, as the dire situation in India reminds us, in some markets, things may get worse before they get better.”
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Match ID: 39 Score: 35.00 source: feeds.marketwatch.com age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
India Covid: The agony of watching a catastrophe from afar Thu, 06 May 2021 20:13:35 GMT Seeing loved ones suffering in India, millions of families are trying to do their best from afar. Match ID: 40 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
Twitter Groups Offer India a Covid-19 Lifeline Thu, 06 May 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Hashtags have provided a kind of emergency hotline—but the need for mutual aid on social media is also a rebuke to the government. Match ID: 42 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 35.00 india
Coronavirus: How India descended into Covid-19 chaos Wed, 05 May 2021 06:18:12 GMT Experts tell the BBC that delays in decision-making worsened the crisis of India's second wave. Match ID: 43 Score: 35.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 2 days qualifiers: 35.00 india
The Fabulous Growth in Aquaculture Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:00:00 GMT The 36-fold rise in aquacultural production in the past 50 years is unparalleled in the history of agriculture Match ID: 44 Score: 31.43 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 7 days qualifiers: 11.43 japan, 11.43 china, 8.57 indonesia
I had never imagined how horribly the company my father works for was entangled with the story of my West Papuan partner
They make great trucks. That’s what my father says whenever I ask him: “What do they make? Who do they sell them to?” “Only to the good guys,” is his standard answer, and the topic changes quickly. But what he calls “trucks”, most people call “tanks”. And I am always led to wonder, “What kind of ‘good guy’ drives a tank?”
My father works for Thales, one of the richest weapons corporations in the world. Before heading up security for Thales he worked for Asio, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
Continue reading... Match ID: 46 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day qualifiers: 30.00 indonesia
Then and Now: Restoring coral reefs in Indonesia Wed, 05 May 2021 04:01:49 GMT Around 40,000 sq m of coral reef has been restored in Indonesia with plans to extend the scheme further. Match ID: 47 Score: 30.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 2 days qualifiers: 30.00 indonesia
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Inside India’s COVID-19 Surge Tue, 04 May 2021 17:13:58 +0000 At a hospital in New Delhi, supplies and space are running out, but the patients keep coming. Match ID: 49 Score: 30.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days qualifiers: 30.00 india
The rise of India's 'Covid quack' Tue, 04 May 2021 00:08:28 GMT An anti-vaccine doctor falsely claims to be able to cure coronavirus, diabetes and Aids through diet alone Match ID: 50 Score: 30.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 3 days qualifiers: 30.00 india
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: 51 Score: 20.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 256 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.71 china, 5.00 india, 4.29 south korea
Trips abroad for people in England can begin again from 17 May, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has announced, with no need to quarantine for travellers returning from 12 countries and territories.
The places on the first “green list” are Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Israel and Portugal – including the Azores and Madeira. Also on the the green list are South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
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Taiwan's indigenous groups lose court fight for hunting rights Fri, 07 May 2021 15:10:16 GMT Campaigners argued that existing rules around the hunting of wild game were discriminatory. Match ID: 53 Score: 20.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 20.00 taiwan
Violent judo class in Taiwan leaves seven year old in a coma Thu, 06 May 2021 23:26:50 GMT The incident in Taiwan shows a tendency to allow child abuse in the name of discipline, experts say. Match ID: 54 Score: 20.00 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 0 days qualifiers: 20.00 taiwan
IBM Introduces the World’s First 2-nm Node Chip Thu, 06 May 2021 13:55:00 GMT New chip milestone offers greater efficiency and performance Match ID: 55 Score: 20.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 1 day qualifiers: 20.00 taiwan
Getting Inked Up? Thank Thomas Edison Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:00:00 GMT Edison’s electric pen was designed for printing documents. But it’s still used today for tattooing Match ID: 56 Score: 17.14 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 6 days qualifiers: 17.14 japan
RamKaran Mishra is a Hindu priest who performs the last rites at the Ghazipur crematorium in east Delhi, on the frontline of India's Covid crisis. He's been cremating up to 150 bodies day after day, working long hours into the night. With no end in sight, and feeling abandoned by his government, Mishra must deal with traumatised families and an ever-present smell of burning bodies
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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: 58 Score: 15.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 119 days qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india, 4.29 south korea
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: 192 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: 245 days qualifiers: 5.71 japan, 5.71 china
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: 62 Score: 10.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 21 days qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india
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: 63 Score: 10.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 171 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: 64 Score: 10.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 233 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: 65 Score: 10.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 374 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: 66 Score: 10.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 443 days qualifiers: 5.71 china, 5.00 india
Hospital in Zanzibar and support for child workers in Bangladesh among projects to miss out as nearly £2m of funding is cancelled
The UK has scrapped three rounds of grants to small international development charities, prompting fury that it has wiped out funding for 42 projects around the world to save “less than the [£2.6m] cost of the Downing Street press room”.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) told charities last week that rounds six, seven and eight of the Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) would not go ahead because of aid cuts, cancelling nearly £2m of funds earmarked for new and future programmes, including many that had been approved.
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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: 315 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: 443 days qualifiers: 4.29 south korea, 2.86 taiwan
Dragon fire Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:21:00 +0200
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spits fire as it lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 23 April at 05:49 local time. On board are ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
The crew of four spent around 23 hours orbiting Earth and catching up with the International Space Station after their launch before docking to the Node-2 Harmony module, marking the start of ESA’s six-month mission Alpha.
Thomas is the first European to be launched to space on a US spacecraft in over a decade. The new Crew Dragon ships four astronauts at a time, allowing more people to live and work on the International Space Station doing more research for scientists on Earth.
Alpha is Thomas’ second space mission, and everything is set to be bigger and brighter. A Russian laboratory module, scheduled to arrive in the summer with a European robotic arm, will offer more ways of maintaining the International Space Station and supporting spacewalkers as they work outside. Thomas will help set up this arm and prepare it for use during the Alpha mission.
Over 200 international experiments are planned during Thomas’ time in space. Of the 40 European ones, 12 are new experiments led by the French space agency CNES.
At the end of the Alpha mission in October, Thomas will take over commander of the International Space Station for a brief period and welcome ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer on his first flight to space.
Latest updates on the Alpha mission can be found on Twitter @esaspaceflight, with more details on ESA’s exploration blog via thomaspesquet.esa.int.
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China launches first module of new space station Thu, 29 Apr 2021 07:19:38 GMT It's a major step in China's ambitions to rival the United States and Russia in space exploration. Match ID: 72 Score: 5.71 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 8 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
Three Decades in the Making, China's Space Station Launches This Week Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:43:00 GMT Tianhe's first module expected to be joined by other launches—establishing the full Chinese Space Station by end of 2022 Match ID: 73 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 9 days qualifiers: 5.71 china
A timelapse from various angles of the launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon Endeavour leaving Earth from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
The rocket lifted off at 10:49 BST (11:49 CEST, 05:49 local time) on 23 April 2021 from Launchpad 39A in Cape Canaveral with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
On 24 April at 11:08 CEST the Crew-2 caught up with the International Space Station and docked with its Harmony module, marking the start of Thomas’ Alpha mission.
Thomas is the first ESA astronaut to fly in space in a vehicle other than the Russian Soyuz or the US Space Shuttle, and the first ESA astronaut to leave Earth from Florida, USA, in over a decade. This is his second flight, his first mission called Proxima saw Thomas fly to the Space Station on a Soyuz from Baikonur in Kazakhstan and his expedition broke records for amount of hours spent on research at the time.
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Today at 11:08 (CEST) the Crew Dragon spacecraft with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide docked with the International Space Station’s Node-2 Harmony module, marking the start of ESA’s six-month mission Alpha.
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Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide. The Crew-2 spend around 24 hours travelling to the International Space Station. The rocket lifted off at 11:49 on 23 April 2021 from Launchpad 39A in Cape Canaveral at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
Thomas is the first ESA astronaut to fly in space in a vehicle other than the Russian Soyuz or the US Space Shuttle, and the first ESA astronaut to leave Earth from Florida, USA, in over a decade. This is his second flight, his first mission called Proxima saw Thomas fly to the Space Station on a Soyuz from Baikonur in Kazakhstan and his Expedition broke records for amount of hours spent on research at the time.
Thomas’ second mission to the International Space Station is called Alpha. This is after Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to Earth, following the French tradition to name space missions after stars or constellations.
Over 200 experiments are planned during Thomas’s time in space, with 40 European ones and 12 new experiments led by France’s space agency CNES.
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French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is returning to the International Space Station on his second spaceflight. The mission, which is called Alpha, saw the first European to launch on a US spacecraft in over a decade. Thomas is flying on the Crew Dragon, alongside NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide.
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ESA astronaut and ESA’s International Space Station programme manager Frank de Winne interviewed in Florida, USA, in the run-up to the launch of ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on his Alpha mission.
Frank was the first European commander of the International Space Station and as ESA celebrates 20 years of Europeans visiting the orbital outpost it is fitting that Frank is in Florida to see Thomas off to space.
French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet is returning to the International Space Station on his second spaceflight. Called ‘Alpha’ the mission will see a European astronaut launch on a US spacecraft for the first time in over a decade. Thomas is flying alongside NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough and Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide on the Crew Dragon.
Launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, Thomas will be the first ESA astronaut to fly on a vehicle other than the US Space Shuttle or Russian Soyuz.
Latest updates on the mission can be found via @esaspaceflight on Twitter, with more details on the last steps before launch to be published on ESA’s exploration blog via thomaspesquet.esa.int.
Background information on the Alpha mission are available at www.esa.int/MissionAlpha with a brochure at www.esa.int/AlphaBrochure
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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: 79 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 39 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: 80 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 91 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: 82 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 151 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: 84 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 268 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: 85 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 326 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: 86 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 357 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: 87 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 408 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: 88 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 413 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: 89 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 422 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: 90 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 471 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: 91 Score: 5.71 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 490 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: 92 Score: 5.00 source: spectrum.ieee.org age: 176 days qualifiers: 5.00 india
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