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The Full Moon Of August 2022 Will Affect These 4 Zodiac Signs The Most
Embrace what makes you stand out from the crowd.
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Northrop taps rocket startup Firefly to replace Antares' Russian engines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Northrop Grumman is partnering with rocket startup Firefly Aerospace to build a new version of its workhorse Antares rocket without Russian-made engines that were cut off from the United States after the invasion of Ukraine, the company said on Monday. The new version of Antares, a rocket which NASA uses to ferry cargo to the International Space Station, will use seven Miranda engines under development by Firefly, Northrop said in a statement, adding that the two companies will later work on an entirely new launch vehicle. Northrop's partnership with Firefly comes months after Russia halted deliveries of Antares' original RD-181 engines in retaliation for sanctions the U.S. levied on Moscow over its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
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The first flight of India’s small satellite vehicle results in loss of payload
The maiden flight of India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) ended in failure when the rocket failed to insert its payloads into the target orbit. India Space Research Organization (ISRO), the country’s space agency, confirmed on Twitter that the satellites “are no longer usable” after the rocket’s kick stage placed the satellites into an elliptical, rather than circular, orbit. The vehicle took off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sunday.
- People
Everything to Know About August's Sturgeon Supermoon, Including When It Peaks and How to See It
August's Sturgeon moon will mark 2022's fourth and final supermoon
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Human remains discovered in Lake Mead for fourth time as drought causes shoreline to retreat
Skeletal human remains were discovered on the edge of Lake Mead, marking the fourth discovery of its kind since May as the lake's water level drops.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
How many farms can Arizona and California lose before we feel it at the grocery store?
Nearly two-thirds of the nation's fruits and vegetables come from Arizona and California, where water is becoming increasingly scarce.
- Florida Today
321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week
321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week
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Another LCPD shooting, further Virgin Galactic delays, remembering William Clark
Another LCPD shooting in a week stems from shoplifting charge, Virgin Galactic sees further delays, remembering Dr. William Clark
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The disgust over ‘vabbing’ is just another way to demonise women’s bodies
LET’S UNPACK THAT: As a new social media trend encourages women to use their bodily fluids as fragrance in order to attract the opposite sex, Olivia Petter examines what it says about society’s obsession with women’s bodies
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Brain punching nanobodies could treat Parkinson’s and dementia
From Day of the Dead to Shaun of the Dead, the secret to killing zombies remains the same: remove the head or destroy the brain. By many accounts, zombies spread through disease transmission, and stopping the spread from one individual to the next can only be achieved through causing enough head trauma that the pathogen is stopped in its tracks. Neurocognitive diseases like Parkinson’s and dementia are far more monstrous, but new research indicates they might be stopped in a similar if less gory
- The Daily Beast
A Futurist’s Last Act Was to Transform Chemistry—After Death
Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty“Imagine human beings have this tiny little band where you and I can tune in, and we find that that is less than a millionth of reality,” Buckminster Fuller once said. “Just think of it. This is reality—these are the realities—and you and I can see less than a millionth of reality.” Fuller might best be known today as the architectural designer behind the geodesic dome, but he saw all of his inventions as expressions of a lifelong effort to
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The Earth has been mysteriously slowing down for 50 years - now scientists think they know why
Scientists are baffled by why the day seems to be getting longer
- The Wall Street Journal
‘The Illusionist Brain’ Review: A Mind for Magic
Magical illusions are often simply exploitations of our brains’ fallibility. With our perceptual limitations, it’s a wonder we can still function.
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Why This Entrepreneur Trained Like an Olympian to Go on a Blue Origin Space Flight
Jim Kitchen spent 10 months boxing, lifting weights and running to get ready for the trip of a lifetime.
- The Independent
Tonga volcanic eruption blew 58,000 swimming pools of water into the atmosphere
The Tonga eruption threw so much water vapor into the upper atmosphere it may cause temporary global warming and effect the ozone layer
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The Problems with AI Go Way Beyond Sentience
Breathless debates about sentient chatbots have obscured a key shift in the way knowledge is produced, and who controls it, Noah Giansiracusa and Paul Romer write.
- The Independent
The last “Super Moon” of 2022 rises later this week
The August Sturgeon Moon and the Perseid meteor shower will mark the skies the second week of August
- State College Centre Daily Times
How do we build a ‘farm team for the future’? PA agriculture professionals weigh in
Mentors, plans and encouragement are all things young farmers will need while starting out.
- TheGrio
Record heat results in birth of only female sea turtles in Florida for last four years, scientists report
Rising temperatures have caused a major spike in female sea turtle births along Florida’s coast, PEOPLE reports. According to researchers, […] The post Record heat results in birth of only female sea turtles in Florida for last four years, scientists report appeared first on TheGrio.