The network-completing satellites will ride India’s biggest rocket London-based company OneWeb is set to launch the final satellites in its space internet network this weekend. Thirty-six spacecraft will launch on an Indian rocket, to take the in-orbit constellation to more than 600. If all goes to plan they will soon be capable of delivering broadband …
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Having quality relationships is the top predictor of happiness and overall health, according to an 85-year longitudinal study from Harvard University. But as you get older, maintaining these connections and making new ones can be challenging. Earlier this month, journalist Josie Duffy Rice asked her Twitter followers about ways that people over 60 can make …
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Four sea otters in California have died from a rare strain of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite that scientists said could pose a risk to human health. Researchers called the finding a “complete surprise” because this strain of T. gondii had never been reported in any aquatic animal or in coastal California. Their study, led by …
John Karl Scholz, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the U. of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named president of the U. of Oregon. CHIEF EXECUTIVESAppointmentsWilliam J. Bisset, vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Marymount University, has been named president of Lourdes University. Ann E. Cudd, provost and senior vice …
United Nations (AP) — Humanity’s survival depends on how people manage water, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday at the end of a three-day conference on global water resources during which developing nations made urgent calls for help with cleaner drinking water and better sanitation. “All of humanity’s hopes for the future depend, in some …
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After facing calls to resign for weeks over a planned fund-raising event, Katherine Bergeron will step down as president of Connecticut College at the end of the spring semester, she announced on Friday. For more than a month, Bergeron has faced blowback over the private college’s decision to host an event at the Everglades Club, …
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Structural failure of the nozzle at the base of a rocket engine powering an un-piloted New Shepard spacecraft toward the edge of space in September of 2022 triggered a dramatic-but-safe in-flight abort, builder Blue Origin announced Friday, saying the company has identified fixes and plans to resume sub-orbital flights “soon.” “The direct cause of the …
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Floating wind farm The Scottish government can expect a windfall of about £260m from a new phase of floating wind farm construction in the North Sea and around Shetland. Thirteen projects have been given the green light to develop plans for more than five gigawatts of capacity. That would be enough to supply power to …
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The booster for Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship flares during last year’s ascent. (Blue Origin via YouTube) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says a launch anomaly that forced the suspension of its suborbital spaceflights last September was caused by a structural failure of the rocket engine’s nozzle. Corrective actions are being taken, and flights …
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Researchers have been inundated with queries about a gene variant linked to breast and ovarian cancer for people who have grandparents from Orkney. The study suggests one in 100 people with grandparents from Orkney has a specific mutation of the BRCA1 gene. The study found most of them could trace their family ancestry back to …
