Scientists on Friday began casting the largest ever telescope mirrors ever made on Earth for the Chilean-built Giant Magellan Telescope. Why it’s important: The giant telescope, built to peer one day into the atmosphere of potentially habitable planets around distant stars, can learn more about early galaxies and study other …
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NFL rumors: 49-year-old ‘Jimmy Garoppolo Patriots’ plan on quarterback
While 49-year-old general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shannon have said Jimmy Garoppolo will be their quarterback in 2021, there is a hope that San Francisco will change its mind and move on to the quarterback. According to Greg Bedard of The Boston Sports Journal, the New England Patriots …
Read More »California theme parks will not make a profit at 15% capacity
A change to California’s COVID-19 safety rules, announced Friday, could allow the outdoor rides and attractions of Disneyland, Universal Studios, Six Flags Magic Mountain and other theme parks to reopen immediately if they are in counties where coronaviruses are low. . Another caveat: in most states, parks must have a …
Read More »American Airlines flights will land safely in Newark after the engine shuts down
Enlarge image An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max spotted here in Lagarde last year made a safe landing in Newark on March 5, 2021, after its captain stopped the engine. Ritter The crash was averted at Newark Liberty Airport on Friday, when an American Airlines flight landed safely when the …
Read More »Myanmar’s ethnic groups are uniting against a common enemy: the military
During many years of conflict in Myanmar’s forests and mountains, ethnic people have witnessed and suffered horrific atrocities, including massacres, rapes, and sexual violence, torture, forced labor, and displacement by military forces, as well as state-recognition. Scheduled to fight those abuses and to hear their clear voices and demands, ethnic …
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