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This week, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, said the planned joint mission with the US “in addition to Venera-D, the country plans to send one of its own missions to Venus,” the Russian state news agency Tass reported. Rogozin was addressing reporters at the HelioRussia 2020 …

Emissions of greenhouse gases could cause sea levels to rise by more than 15 inches, scientists have concluded, using NASA data to give a strong warning about melting ice sheets. This huge increase would lead to dramatic flooding in coastal areas around the world, and the potential revelation of the …

Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neil Kashkari said on Friday that the U.S. Warnings that inflation will rise are not supported by any evidence and are tantamount to ‘ghost stories’. Kashkari said in an essay posted on his regional bank’s website that the debate, which has been going on since 2008, …

Amal Clooney has relinquished his role as the UK’s ambassador to the press on the government’s readiness to break international law on Brexit. The human rights lawyer said it was “saddening” that Boris Johnson thought of overriding the Brexit agreement he signed last year. When the UK “declares that it …

The first Hispanic woman to go into space says we have made progress in encouraging women and minorities to enter science, but more needs to be done. “I think it’s still the case that in our culture, if you ask someone to say a picture of a scientist or an …