Warren Buffett. Getty Images / Drew Anger Pope Francis Vernon Buffett argues that free markets cannot address growing inequality. Pontiff said in a letter to the bishops of the Catholic Church over the weekend that “magical principles” such as trickle-down economics would not solve all of society’s problems. Buffett argued …
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Earth is the only planet we know of that has sensitive life – but astronomers have discovered two dozen exoplanets that may have better conditions for life than our home world. A team led by Washington Washington State University identified 24 of the more than 4,500,000 known explanations for the …
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Health Published on 4 October October, 2020 | By guest contributor October 4, 2020 By Guest contributor Originally published on NASA Official Crew Portrait of SpaceX Crew-1 (left) NASA astronauts Shannon Waker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and JXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Sochi Noguchi. Credits: NASA NASA and SpaceX …
Read More »Venice holds water for the first time in 1,200 years
Venice, Italy (CNN) – Sebastian Fagarazi is used to move his luggage around. As a Venetian, who lives on the ground floor, every time the city faces Aqua Alta – regularly flooded by high tides – he risks raising or losing everything off the floor, including furniture and appliances. But …
Read More »NASA next to 3D printing construction systems for seats located on the moon and Mars
The process of building landing pads, dwellings and roads on the moon will probably look different than a normal construction site on Earth. Excavation robots, for one, should be lightweight but capable of digging in low gravity. Large-scale construction systems can be hygienic and equipped to work without the help …
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