One of the conspiracy theories that have plagued attempts to keep people informed during the pandemic is the idea that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory. But the vast majority of scientists who have studied the virus agree that it evolved naturally and crossed humans from an animal species, …
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This new star cluster has been named Nyx, after the Greek goddess of the night. They are within the vicinity of our sun’s location in the galaxy and extend about 6,000 light years above and below the plane of the Milky Way galaxy if viewed from the side. The 250-star …
Read More »What a conference-only whiteboard should look like for Power 5 teams
With Big Ten and Pac-12 announcing the switch to conference-only times, there’s a good chance that the other three Power 5 conferences will join them sometime soon. It’s not Plan A, but it could save the fall college football season. COVID-19 has changed the sports landscape, and with professional leagues …
Read More »White supremacist who admitted Christchurch murders plans to represent himself
An Australian white supremacist who pleaded guilty to killing 51 worshipers at two mosques in New Zealand last year plans to represent himself at a sentencing hearing in August, a court heard on Monday, expressing concern that he might use the procedures. to voice their opinions and traumatize survivors once …
Read More »NASA Gulfstream Private Jets; flying astronauts and fact-finding missions
NASA operates a fleet of private Gulfstream jets that are most noticeably seen when astronauts fly to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The transfer of astronauts is just one of the missions that the Gulfstream is tasked with, as the planes are also used to conduct scientific …
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