Rocket 3.1 will take off from Kodiak, Alaska on Friday evening. John Cross for Astra The initial flight of the rocket from the pad looked smooth. John Cross for Astra But in about 15 seconds or so of flight it began to c c significantly. John Cross for Astra Astra …
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EBay founder Pierre Omidier’s philanthropic firm calls for new kind of capitalism
Pierre Omidier looks on during the final session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York. Ramin Talai | Corbis Hist Historical | Getty Images The philanthropic investment group created by the founder of eBay hopes to reassure business leaders and policymakers that the time has come to …
Read More »Amid protests, Lukashenko arrived in Russia for talks with Putin
Alexander Lukashenko has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, citing flight tracking figures, as protests against Benghazi’s leader regime continued in the wake of the disputed August 9 election. The Belarussian Interior Ministry said Monday that Lukashenko’s plane landed in the southern Russian city of Sochi on …
Read More »WSJ Editorial Board: Protesters ‘hope we will die’ after sheriff’s deputies fire in LA.
Two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies are responsible for Saturday’s shooting, with no one but the shooter sitting in their patrol car. But the same cannot be said for the protesters who were admitted to the hospital where both are being treated, and “we hope they die.” The latter is …
Read More »Striking new images show how SARS-Cavi-2 affects lung cells in detail
With the Kovid-19 epidemic coming after the wave in many parts of the world, researchers have given a new look at the tiny coronavirus responsible for the massive chaos. Each SARS-Co-2 virus particle – virion – is a speckled protein ball, enclosing the genetic material, about 50-200 nanometers wide. Somehow, …
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