A photo of the NASA / ESA / CSA James Webb Space Telescope after a successful deployment test of its primary mirror in the same configuration it will have when it is in space. Credit: NASA / Chris Gunn The launch of the POT/ ESA / CSA James Webb Space …
Read More »As the seasonal rains fall, the dispute over the Nile Dam plunges into judgment
CAIRO – Every day, seasonal rain hits the lush northern highlands of Ethiopia, sending waterfalls into the Blue Nile, the tributary tributary of perhaps Africa’s most legendary river. Further down, water rises above the concrete wall of a towering $ 4.5 billion hydroelectric dam across the Nile, the largest in …
Read More »Coronavirus Vaccine News: Johnson & Johnson Aims to Advance Late-Stage Covid-19 Vaccine Trial to September | World News
NEW YORK: Global healthcare company Johnson & Johnson plans to start a phase 3 clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine ahead of its original schedule, possibly in late September, a senior company executive said. Johnson & Johnson is in talks with the US National Institute of Health to begin the …
Read More »Despite recent anti-Semitic comments, Jews and blacks have long been allies.
My quick answer: never. The comments by Cannon and the two Jacksons caused a stir and puzzled some who wondered how people who were presumably victims of racism could express their prejudices towards another minority group. Luminaries like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a column asking why there was no more outrage …
Read More »KFC is working with a Russian 3D bioprinting company to try to make lab-produced chicken nuggets
KFC is trying to create the world’s first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets, part of its “restaurant of the future” concept, the company announced. The chicken restaurant chain will work with the Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions to develop bioprinting technology that “prints” chicken meat, using chicken cells and plant material. KFC …
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