U.S. space agency NASA on Monday asked American aerospace companies to offer detailed ideas for vehicles that could bring two astronauts to the moon by 2024, an American objective that was reconfirmed on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.NASA called the request for input a “major step” forward …
your ad here‘Avatar’ and ‘Avengers’ Trade Compliments as ‘Endgame’ Becomes Box-office Champ
Director James Cameron on Monday handed over the baton for the biggest box-office movie of all time to the makers of “Avengers: Endgame” after it ended the 10-year record of “Avatar.”The Marvel Studios superhero movie “Avengers: Endgame” at the weekend overtook the $2.789 billion record set by Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi …
your ad here‘Only You Know’ if We Did Enough, Says Memorial to Iceland’s Lost Glacier
Iceland’s first glacier to be lost to rising temperatures is to be marked with a memorial carrying a grim warning about the impact of climate change if the world fails to act on time.”In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path,” reads a …
your ad hereKnight Foundation Funding Studies on Media, Democracy
A foundation that specializes in journalism is pledging nearly $50 million for research in how social media and technology impacts democracy.The grants announced Monday by the Miami-based Knight Foundation partly respond to the manipulation of tech giants like Facebook and Twitter during the 2016 election. Eleven universities and research institutions …
your ad hereDRC Health Minister Resigns After Being Dismissed as Head of Ebola Response
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health minister resigned Monday after he was dismissed as head of the team tackling a persistent Ebola outbreak.Last week, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak in eastern Congo to be an international health emergency.BREAKING NEWS: The FILE – A man receives a vaccine against …
your ad hereCould Being Distracted by Your Phone Cause Weight Gain?
The size of a person’s waistline may be linked to mobile phones, tablets and laptops, according to a recent study led by Rice University in Houston.Scientists noticed a trend that correlates with the rise of technology in society. As digital devices became more prevalent, people got fatter. Obesity around the …
your ad herePioneering Native American Author Honored with Peace Prize
A Native American author whose writings have highlighted his indigenous culture is this year’s winner of a lifetime achievement award celebrating literature’s power to foster peace, social justice and global understanding.Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials selected novelist, poet and essayist N. Scott Momaday for the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement …
your ad hereEquifax to Pay Up to $700M in Data Breach Settlement
Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission and others over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people.The proposed settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, if approved by the federal district court …
your ad hereIAEA Director General, Yukiya Amano, Has Died at 72
Yukiya Amano, the Japanese diplomat who led the International Atomic Energy Agency for a decade and was extensively involved in negotiations over Iran’s controversial nuclear program, has died at 72, the agency announced Monday. Amano, who had wide experience in disarmament, non-proliferation diplomacy and nuclear energy, had been chief …
your ad hereIndia Launches Historic Bid to Put Spacecraft on Moon
India successfully launched an ambitious mission to land a rover on an unexplored area of the moon as a rocket hurtled into space from Sriharikota in eastern India.In a feat attempted by only three countries so far — the United States, Russia and China — the project aims to make a soft …
your ad here1960s Prankster Paul Krassner, Who Named Yippies, Dies at 87
Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit prankster group by naming them the Yippies, died Sunday in Southern California, his daughter said. Krassner died at his home in Desert Hot Springs, Holly Krassner Dawson told The …
your ad hereIrishman Shane Lowry Wins British Open
Ireland’s Shane Lowry won golf’s British Open on Sunday, his first career major championship, in front of thousands of cheering fans at Northern Ireland’s Royal Portrush course alongside the Atlantic Ocean.The bearded, 32-year-old Lowry led going in to the final round of professional golf’s last major championship of the year …
your ad here‘Stronger Than Ever’: India Set for Fresh Moon Launch Attempt
India will make a second attempt Monday to send a landmark spacecraft to the Moon after an apparent fuel leak forced last week’s launch to be aborted.The South Asian nation is bidding to become just the fourth nation — after Russia, the United States and China — to land a spacecraft on …
your ad hereFrozen and Waiting for Medical Science to Find A Cure
There are more than 150 patients at the “Alcor Life Extension Foundation.” Each had their body frozen cryonically shortly after death in the hopes that one day, medical science will find a cure for what killed them, and they can be revived and healed. It’s a scientifically dubious idea, but …
your ad hereDiscarded Wood Recycled into New Instruments for Traditional Cuban Music
A family of Cuban luthiers has produced more than 500 musical instruments for Cuban schools over the past five years in an unprecedented agreement with the country’s ministry of culture, helping to fill a void in the state’s own ability to produce musical instruments. …
your ad hereAmerican Crocodiles Thriving Outside Nuclear Plant
MIAMI — American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot — the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant. Last week, 73 crocodile hatchlings were rescued by a team of specialists at Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point nuclear plant and dozens more are expected to emerge …
your ad herePence Lauds Apollo Astronauts on Anniversary of Moon Landing
On the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first moon landing, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence paid tribute to the three American astronauts who helped make the historic event a reality. “They did more than win the space race, they brought together our nation, and for one brief moment, all the …
your ad hereNation Celebrates 50th Anniversary of 1st Lunar Footsteps
Celebrations are in full swing across the country for the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on another world. Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong was the first one out, proclaiming: “That’s one small step for man, one giant …
your ad hereProgress Toward Ending HIV/AIDS Epidemic Is Receding
A report issued on the eve of an international AIDS conference in Mexico finds progress in combating the global HIV/AIDS epidemic is receding. The joint U.N. program on HIV/AIDS, known as UNAIDS, warns the pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections is slowing because nations lack the political will …
your ad hereOfficials Raise Health Concerns as Heatwave Intensifies Over Central, Eastern US
The National Weather Service warned that dangerously high temperatures and humidity in the United States over the weekend could quickly cause heat stress or heat stroke, if precautions are not taken. The NWS advises people to check in on relatives and friends, especially the elderly.Temperatures have been rising in cities …
your ad hereMillions Still Believe the 1969 Moon Landing Was a Hoax
Despite the huge amount of evidence, the dust and rock samples, the television footage, and the hundreds of thousands of people who made it happen, polls show as many as 6% of Americans believe the Apollo 11 astronauts never landed on the moon.Conspiracy theorists continue to insist the entire mission …
your ad here‘Queen of Saratoga’ Marylou Whitney Dies at 93
Marylou Whitney, a successful thoroughbred breeder and owner whose family helped keep Saratoga Race Course open in the 1970s, has died. She was 93. The New York Racing Association said she died Friday at her estate in Saratoga Springs after a long illness. No further details were provided. Whitney became the first woman …
your ad hereUniversal to Release 2 New Films in its ‘Halloween’ Saga
LOS ANGELES — Universal says it will release two new Halloween films, including one with the ominous title Halloween Ends. The studio said Friday that the first of the films, Halloween Kills, will be released in 2020 and the second film will come in 2021. A teaser video includes the …
your ad hereTrump Administration Trying to Bring A$AP Rocky Home
First lady Melania Trump says her husband’s administration is working with the State Department to try to bring rapper A$AP Rocky home.The president also tells reporters that many members of the African American community have asked him to intervene.The platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated artist has been behind bars in Sweden while police …
your ad hereEPA Rejects Challenge of Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage
The Environmental Protection Agency rejected a key legal challenge Thursday to a pesticide linked to brain damage in children, saying environmental groups had failed to prove that a ban was warranted.The agency’s defense of continued use of the widely used bug-killer chlorpyrifos could set the stage for a pivotal federal …
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