Kyrie Irving’s recent conversion puts a spotlight on athletes observing Ramadan By Religion News Service Updated May 7, 2021, 6:25pm MDT Share this story Share this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window) SHAREAll sharing options Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving handles the ball during an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks…
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this shot as it hovered over the Martian surface on April 19, 2021, during the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet. It used its navigation camera, which autonomously tracks the ground during flight. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Monday,…
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Aline Eid, Jimmy G. D. Hester & Manos M. Tentzeris Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 636 (2021) Cite this article 98k Accesses 360 Altmetric Metricsdetails Abstract 5G has been designed for blazing fast and low-latency communications. To do so, mm-wave frequencies were adopted and allowed unprecedently high radiated power densities by the FCC. Unknowingly, the architects of 5G have, thereby, created a wireless…
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Massacre in Myanmar EXECUTION: This photo was taken on the day the 10 Rohingya men were killed. Paramilitary police officer Aung Min, left, stands guard behind them. The picture was obtained from a Buddhist village elder, and authenticated by witnesses. Massacre in Myanmar A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT How Myanmar forces burned,…
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New paint reflects 98% of sunlight as well as radiating infrared heat into space, reducing need for air conditioning Prof Xiulin Ruan, a professor of mechanical engineering, with a sample of the paint. Photograph: Jared Pike/Purdue University Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Thu 15 Apr 2021 19.00 BST 2,778 The whitest-ever…
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book Twitter Pinterest Reddit LinkedIn Email Bob McDonald’s blog: a simple procedure results in see-through wood Bob McDonald · CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 05, 2021 3:22 PM ET | Last Updated: February 6 A flower is visible behind a piece of the transparent material. (Qinqin Xia, University of Maryland/Science Advances) Researchers at the University of Maryland…
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Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety 42 A thermally modulated battery for mass-market electric vehicles without range anxiety and with unsurpassed safety, low cost, and containing no cobalt, is being developed by a team of Penn State engineers. IMAGE: CHAO-YANG WANG’S LAB, PENN STATE A’ndrea Elyse Messer January 18,…
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India Is Targeting Defenders of Indigenous Rights as ‘Terrorists’ Adivasis and their allies are being persecuted for protesting development that destroys the environment By Virginius Xaxa on January 4, 2021 Adivasi woman signs a petition with her thumbprint during a campaign to organize. Credit: Joerg Boethling Alamy On October 8, 2020, Indian authorities arrested Stan Swamy, an…
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ow Zoom violated its own terms of service for access to China’s market Like global tech companies before it, Zoom caved to the Chinese government, even when it meant overlooking basic human rights. Zoom helps people connect — but it also helps governments like China’s surveil and censor people.Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images…
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Aging Mice Have Memory And Cognitive Declines Reversed With An Experimental Drug Rebecca CoffeyContributor Science I’m interested in the nexus of evolution, health, and behavior. A small-molecule drug named ISRIB quickly and safely restores to old mice youthful levels of cognitive function. Alphabet Inc,’s Biotech Firm Calico holds the license to ISRIB. The…
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