Space travel can be agonizingly slow: For example, the New Horizons probe took almost 10 years to reach Pluto. Traveling to Proxima Centauri b, the closest habitable planet to Earth, would require thousands of years with ...
Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2022
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A positive-thinking bison, oryx or black bear has a better chance of a full belly and long-term health than a neutral-thinking or pessimistic one according to newly published research from Tal Avgar from the department of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2022
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It's almost like time travel.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 3, 2022
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The first report of its kind in Canada to examine how women use public transit suggests their travel needs aren't always being met by standard planning and service models.
Other
Jan 31, 2022
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Space travel is all about momentum.
Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2022
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Snowbirds—the hundreds of thousands of Canadian retirees who travel south for the winter—faced numerous hurdles due to travel restrictions imposed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study of media reporting ...
Economics & Business
Jan 27, 2022
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Younger travelers in full-time work who feel the pressure to make the most of their holiday time are more likely to engage in activities that make their trips less sustainable, according to research led by Nottingham Business ...
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2022
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A world-first study has revealed how space travel can cause lower red blood cell counts, known as space anemia. Analysis of 14 astronauts showed their bodies destroyed 54 percent more red blood cells in space than they normally ...
Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2022
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The lockdowns, travel restrictions, and remote working and remote learning that became obligatory for many people around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been inconvenient for some of them but they also represented ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2022
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In science fiction stories about contact with extraterrestrial civilisations, there is a problem: What kind of propulsion system could make it possible to bridge the enormous distances between the stars? It cannot be done ...
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2021
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