Month: December 2024

Two CubeSats, part of NASA’s Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-Infrared Experiment (PREFIRE) mission, are capturing unique data on the far-infrared radiation emitted from polar regions. The mission, aimed at understanding Earth’s energy balance, focuses on tracking heat escaping from the Arctic and Antarctica—an area of study previously unexplored. This data is expected to improve
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Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians during its war against Hamas in Gaza. The human rights group said Israel sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by launching deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid. It said such actions met the legal threshold for the
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Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Bernie Moreno addresses supporters at Brecksville Community Center on November 4, 2024 in Brecksville, Ohio.  Stephen Maturen | Getty Images Republican Senator-elect Bernie Moreno, who made his living as a luxury car dealer before running against and defeating Democrat Sherrod Brown in the large manufacturing state of Ohio, said he
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Photo: EVgo The Biden administration will officially update the new federal EV charging standard to the J3400 based on Tesla’s plug, acting Federal Highway Administrator Kristin White announced Tuesday. It’s officially the Tesla-based J3400 Independent standards organization SAE International announced in October that it had released J3400, the new open standard based on the Tesla
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An experiment conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia has revealed the limited potential of mealworms in addressing plastic pollution. The study, published in Biology Letters on December 4, estimated that 100 mealworms would take approximately 138 days, or 4.5 months, to consume a single disposable face mask made from polypropylene. The findings
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An executive at a major US healthcare company has been shot dead in Manhattan. Brian Thompson, 50, was fatally shot in the chest on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. He was the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare’s insurance unit. UnitedHealth did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company cancelled
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