A version of the coronavirus known as D614G has hit headlines in recent days, after a Malaysian official said it was linked to two outbreaks and claimed it could affect vaccine development. This was followed by a disease expert claiming that D614G may be more infected, but less deadly, potentially …
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Photo: Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo If you have recently purchased Google’s flagship Pixel 4 or opted for the more value-oriented Pixel 4a, you should know that both handsets have a few tricks to show. Tthese are the features, tools, settings, and tips you need to know about if you want …
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This past weekend, an SUV-sized asteroid passed Earth in the closest flyby of its kind on record. Traveling at about 8 miles per second and measuring 10-20 feet, the small rock reached about 1800 miles above the Indian Ocean before returning to deep space. NASA scientists did not discover the …
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is already one of the biggest hits of the year, offering a whole world for its pilots to explore in a year when travel is otherwise limited. With such an enormous world to build, MFS2020 relies on algorithms to generate most of it, which has resulted …
Read More »Trump administration calls for more commercial activity in space
The Trump administration has taken another small step toward its larger leap to commercialize space laboratory activities, even as NASA struggles to put current commercialization plans in place. A new White House memo released (August 14) said research with low-Earth orbit “on new platforms” – commercial facilities that could succeed …
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