Monday’s news about AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN)Proof of the AZD1222 coronavirus vaccine appeared to be the kind of information that would raise the stock price, it would not. Provisional results from the company’s phase 1/2 trial of the vaccine, developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford, suggested that it boosted …
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NASA mission will study the cosmos with a stratospheric balloon
This illustration shows a high-altitude balloon rising to the upper atmosphere. When fully inflated, these balloons are 400 feet (150 meters) wide, or approximately the size of a soccer stadium, and reach an altitude of 130,000 feet (24.6 miles or 40 kilometers). Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Concept Image …
Read More »Joe must go! Marlins 5, Phillies 2
Maybe it wasn’t Gabe Kapler’s fault. Things were supposed to get better now that Mr. Coconut Oil was in San Francisco, and the Phillies had a World Series winning manager Joe Girardi at the helm. But aside from the presence of Didi Gregorius and the absence of fans in the …
Read More »NASA will send a stadium-sized balloon skyward to study the cosmos
NASA is being read to launch a balloon at high altitude into the upper atmosphere. POT NASA plans to send an 8.4-foot-tall telescope to the stratosphere aboard a balloon the size of a soccer stadium, the space agency said Thursday. The astro (short for Stratospheric Astrophysical Telescope for high spectral …
Read More »Robert Whittaker vs Darren Till – Essentially Sports
The UFC Fight Night Whittaker vs. Till main event is official after both fighters made weight before the event. The duo stepped on the scale at 186 pounds, which is the non-championship average weight limit. This fight will go a long way in determining the hierarchical order of the Middleweight …
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