A three-person crew successfully reached the International Space Station on Wednesday aboard a Russian rocket after the fastest ever journey from Earth of just over three hours.
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2020
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In late 2019, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) published its "Economic Performance of the Airline Industry" report. It contained a 2020 forecast of 4.1 percent growth in global air traffic demand and net ...
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2020
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Unprecedented border closures and the domestic lockdown have paralyzed New Zealand's $40.9 billion a year tourism industry. In the process, the vulnerability of the sector to external shocks and the tenuous nature of tourism ...
Economics & Business
Jul 2, 2020
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A camera trap photo of an injured tigress and a forensic examination of its carcass revealed why the creature died: a poacher's wire snare punctured its windpipe and sapped its strength as the wound festered for days.
Ecology
Jun 22, 2020
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At the weekend, Elon Musk's commercial giant SpaceX launched two NASA astronauts in a spacecraft named Crew Dragon which, from the inside, looked like a souped-up Tesla.
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2020
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A rocket ship built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States back in the business of launching ...
Space Exploration
May 30, 2020
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It's not quite a case of coitus interruptus, but efforts to create a very special baby are definitely on hold. Blame the pandemic.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2020
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An instrument currently aboard the International Space Station could grow E.coli bacteria in space, opening a new path to bio-manufacturing drugs during long term space flights. Research published today in Nature Microgravity ...
Space Exploration
Apr 9, 2020
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Male mice that spent more than a month in space were able to successfully reproduce back on Earth, a study has found, the first evidence of how space travel affects reproduction in mammals.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2019
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Airlines' efforts to reduce their carbon emissions will be front and center at the UN aviation agency's annual conference, which opened on Tuesday days before a major climate protest in Montreal to be attended by teen activist ...
Environment
Sep 24, 2019
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