Iran has for the first time reported that more than 300 people have died in over two months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. The Islamic republic has deployed state security forces against what it labels “riots” that broke out after the 22-year-old died on September 16, three days …
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Three Chinese astronauts rocketed into orbit Tuesday and set off after China’s Tiangong space station to replace three fellow fliers in a direct handover marking the nation’s drive to establish a permanent presence in low-Earth orbit. With commander Fei Junlong at the controls, flanked by Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu, the Shenzhou 15 spacecraft roared …
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A man from the Alto Mentae community checks an experimental water wheel in April 2022 that was built by the community but did not end up working. Credit: Igor Cavallini Johansen The millions of people throughout the world living off the electrical grids have a starkly different idea of what a technological marvel looks like. …
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Credit: Monash University Australians are overwhelmingly changing their attitudes towards climate change but are reluctant to change their diets to help the environment, a Monash University study reveals. More than double the number of Australians have become alarmed about climate change in the past decade, with women more likely to adopt a more climate-friendly diet …
In a famous letter to a bereaved family friend, Einstein wrote: “For those of us who believe in physics, the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion”. This has been widely interpreted to mean that Einstein’s theory of relativity itself implies that the passage of time is an illusion and …
A striking characteristic of COVID‑19 is that the severity of clinical outcomes is remarkably variable. Establishing a prognosis for individuals infected with COVID‑19 remains a challenge. Since the start of the COVID‑19 pandemic, the heterogeneity of individuals who progress towards severe disease or death, along with the fact that individuals directly exposed to the virus …
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Cyber Monday: deals are almost done. While these Beats models are no longer at their all-time lowest prices, these deals come pretty close and make great gifts for the holidays. Beats deals include the popular: Beats Studio3 noise-cancelling headphones and one of our favorites, the: Beats Fit Pro. The Fit Pro earbuds have a lot …
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Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, it seems that the once-favorite social media site has just gone down in flames. It’s a sad sight to see — fake news and misinformation running rampant from paid “verified” accounts, restoration of formerly banned accounts (they were banned for good reason), and so much other stuff that I …
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Merit Medical Systems, Inc. MMSI announced the commercial release of its new ergonomic inflation device — basixALPHA — in the United States. The device is designed to streamline angioplasty procedures. With the launch of basixALPHA, Merit Medical further strengthens its inflation device portfolio, which includes analog and digital devices like BasixCompak, basixTOUCH, Blue Diamond and …
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Testing time perception in an unusually lifelike setting – a virtual reality ride on a New York City subway train – an interdisciplinary Cornell research team found that crowding makes time seem to pass more slowly. As a result, rush-hour commutes on public transit may feel significantly longer than other rides that objectively take the …
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