French President Macron may not have realized it, but he got into another fishing war earlier this month when he and 200 other guests were treated to Maine lobster at the White House. poached in butter accented with American Osetra caviar and topped with crispy celery. The problem was lobsters, currently subject to a court …
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Three taikonauts boarded the Shenzhou 15 mission en route to China’s new Tiangong space station. Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images The International Space Station is no longer the only place humans can live in orbit. On November 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from the Gobi Desert in China carrying three taikonauts – …
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The World Wide Fund for Nature estimates that wildlife populations decreased by nearly 70% in just 50 years. Deforestation, human exploitation, Pollutionand climate change were the main drivers of the loss. Yet hope is not lost. At COP15 biodiversity summit, which kicked off this week, countries are coming together to tackle such threats. To prove …
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Two holes are left in the Martian surface after NASA’s Perseverance rover used a specialized drill to collect the mission’s first regolith samples on December 2-6, 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface. Unlike the 15 rock cores collected to date, these newest samples came from a pile …
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As falling temperatures test Europe’s resilience to a winter energy crisis, France has unveiled contingency plans for power cuts – including a stark reminder that in the event of a power outage, elevators would be prohibited. But far from reassuring the public, the government’s messages – which also warn that some emergency phone numbers could …
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An alloy of chromium, cobalt and nickel has just given us the highest fracture toughness ever measured in a material on Earth. It has exceptionally high strength and ductility, leading to what a team of scientists called “exceptional damage tolerance”. Additionally – and counterintuitively – these properties increase as the material cools, suggesting exciting potential …
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Robert C. Green Chicago Tribune When actor Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor, God of Thunder, agreed to host a National Geographic series about extending human lifespans, he didn’t expect to discover his own genetic risk. But that’s what happened when Hemsworth revealed on an episode of “Limitless” that he carries a common change in the APOE …
Capping off a 25-day trip around the moon, NASA’s Artemis 1 spacecraft edged closer to Earth on Saturday, on track for a 25,000mph re-entry on Sunday that will subject the unmanned capsule to hellish hell of 5,000 degrees before splashing off Baja California. In an unexpected but symbolic coincidence, the end of the Artemis 1 …
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Pieces of broken coral are being salvaged and rehabilitated in “nurseries” so they can be transplanted to the Great Barrier Reef, but marine scientists say this is no substitute for action on climate change. Key points: Coral nurseries see early success as scientists use broken pieces to grow healthy coral which is then transplanted to …
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import of genetically modified (GM) soy is in the news. Although soy is an important subject, the intention here is to answer doubts about GM crops. The science of GM crops is simple, but there are some apprehensions. We know the evolutionary process that has shaped the current form of cultivated crops through a long …
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