Ellen Dean Foster was in her late 20s when George Lucas, a Millennium Falcon model, was standing in a warehouse in Southern California, discussing writing a novel adaptation of his upcoming film “Star Wars.” The original contract called for a clear payment of $ 7,500, until Mr. Lucas threw a …
Read More »The great connection of Jupiter and Saturn: how to see the ‘Christmas star’
Saturn captured here by the Hubble Space Telescope during the summer will join Jupiter on December 21st. NASA, ESA, a. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), MH Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPL team Skywatchers, get ready for a rare and spectacular sight on Monday. In an event known …
Read More »Mutant coronavirus from the United Kingdom sets alarms but its significance is unclear.
Amid fears that the border with France will be closed, people are waiting at London’s St Pancras station for the last train to Paris today. Belgium said earlier today that it would ban at least 24-hour trains from London. A.P. Images by Stefan Russo / P.A. By Kai KupferschmidtDecember 20, …
Read More »NASA moves the Mars Sample Return program to the next stage of development
WASHINGTON – NASA is working on a pair of Mars sampling return missions, although some in the planetary science community are concerned about how the cost of these efforts will affect other projects. NASA announced on December 17 that it had approved the Mars Sample Return (MSR) program to move …
Read More »The algorithm puts only seven residents on Stanford Medicine’s initial COVID-19 vaccine distribution list.
A list of algorithms determining how Stanford Medicine employees will receive the initial, initial dose of its Covid-1ID vaccine includes seven medical residents / fellows, according to a December 17 letter from Stanford Medicine’s main resident committee. The Stanford Medicine leadership has since apologized and promised to re-evaluate the plan. …
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