Kansai Yamamoto, the unapologetic fashion designer, whose love of color, boundless imagination, and exploration of genderless wardrobe caught the attention of David Bowie and helped define the appearance of his alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, died on 21 July in Japan. He was 76 years old. The cause was leukemia, a …
Read More »Final Test of Modern Coronavirus Vaccine Begins
The world’s largest COVID-19 vaccine study began Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers who helped evaluate one of several candidates in the home stretch of the global vaccine race. There is still no guarantee that the experimental vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Modern, will …
Read More »NASA’s next mission to Mars has been cleared for launch this Thursday
On Monday, NASA gave its latest Mars Rover Perseverance all clear to launch later this week on a mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life. “The launch readiness review is complete, and we’re actually going to launch it,” said administrator Jim Bridenstine. “We are in extraordinary times right …
Read More »Iran moves model of US carrier to the mouth of the Gulf: satellite images
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran moved a model aircraft carrier from the US to the strategic Strait of Hormuz, satellite images show, suggesting it will use the similar ship for war games shooting practice on a navigation channel in the Gulf vital to world oil exports The restored Iranian model aircraft …
Read More »Donald Trump has ruined our lives and now he is also ruining baseball
With everything going on at home and abroad, you would hope that something as picayune as baseball can offer a moment of distraction and relief. That is the point, right? The national pastime? Turn on a game and disconnect your brain for three hours. Hell, that’s why the Major League …
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