[ad_1] Gorongosa National Park is being reforested with the help of shade coffee and other agroforestry crops. Traded internationally, Gorongosa Coffee and other related companies employ many local and indigenous people through this regenerative form of agriculture. The park’s plantations are also beneficial to wildlife: in addition to the birds …
Read More »‘Avengers’ Cosmic Gear, new SHIELD base and tachyon faults: a review
[ad_1] Avengers CD Well i have spend an hour replaying the new Avengers content that was released today, which contained some snippets of the “story” in the form of a short scene with Maria Hill entering SHIELD’s new base, Substation Zero, which was released alongside the new missions from Tachyon …
Read More »NASA Discovery: The Moon May Have Once Protected Earth From Sun Rays | Science | News
[ad_1] About 4.5 billion years ago, when the Earth was still in its infancy, the planet was a molten mess when a Mars-sized object called Theia slammed into our planet. The resulting chunks of debris from Earth and Theia would continue to form the Moon for millions of years to …
Read More »Soyuz crew docks with International Space Station – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS AND USED WITH PERMISSION The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft just before docking with the International Space Station. Credit: Ivan Vagner / Roscosmoos On a mission marking the end of an era, NASA astronaut and former virus hunter Kate Rubins, using NASA’s last currently contracted seat …
Read More »Herd immunity is a ‘dangerous’ strategy to control COVID-19, experts say in open letter
[ad_1] The idea of using group immunity Managing the COVID-19 pandemic, by allowing low-risk people to acquire the infection naturally as they resume their normal lives, is a “dangerous” and “flawed” approach, according to a new letter signed by 80 international researchers. . The letter, published on Wednesday (October 14) …
Read More »We just found another trick that tardigrades use to be basically indestructible
[ad_1] The most indestructible creature in the world has become even more indestructible. Not content with his existing abilities to survive extreme temperatures, pressures, and the airless vacuum of space, the humble but seemingly impossible-to-kill tardigrade seems to have unlocked another astonishing superpower: the ability to withstand lethal doses of …
Read More »NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and her crewmates arrive safely at the space station
[ad_1] NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and her crewmates arrive safely at the space station NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Station on October 14, returning a medical researcher to the orbiting laboratory ahead of the 20th anniversary of the uninterrupted human presence in …
Read More »Tardigrades: Earth’s toughest creatures can survive deadly ultraviolet radiation thanks to the fluorescent shield
[ad_1] The toughest creatures on Earth can survive deadly ultraviolet radiation thanks to their glow-in-the-dark fluorescent protective shields. Tardigrades, or ‘mossy piglets’, are strange, microscopic animals that live in water They can survive extreme temperatures, pressures, and even nuclear radiation. A genus found in India has now revealed a defense …
Read More »United Arab Emirates signs NASA Artemis Agreements for international space cooperation
[ad_1] Under the Artemis Accords, the signatories agree to conduct all activities for peaceful purposes and to publicly and transparently describe their policies and plans. The UAE Space Agency (UAESA) has signed NASA’s Artemis Agreements in 71S t International Astronautical Congress (IAC), to be held between October 12 and 14, …
Read More »NASA and eight nations sign the Artemis Accords for lunar exploration
[ad_1] NASA and seven other national space agencies have signed the Artemis Accords. POT NASA has announced the signing of a space exploration cooperation agreement with eight nations. The Artemis Accords, signed Tuesday by space agencies from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates, …
Read More »