Dingo gap in Gale craterNASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS From H. G. Wells’s alien invaders in The War of the Worlds to The Martian‘s abandoned astronaut, we have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. Flybys, orbiters and landers, including NASA’s Perseverance rover and its aerial sidekick, Ingenuity, have made Mars one of the best understood planets in our solar system. Now, more than ever, we are closer to answering the question: could life exist there? An impact crater at Meridiani PlanumNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Mars’s surface temperatureNASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University A new book, Mars: Photographs from…
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Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, as the world’s richest people increasingly benefited from inheritance and powerful connections, Oxfam said Monday in its annual inequality report.The combined wealth of the world’s most wealthy rose from $13 trillion to $15 trillion in just 12 months, the global charity said Sunday. It marks the second-largest annual increase in billionaire wealth since Oxfam records started.Meanwhile, the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990, the charity said, citing World Bank data. The richest 1% of people own nearly 45% of all wealth, while 44% of humanity are living below the World…
The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to protest the looming U.S. government ban on TikTok.Calling themselves “TikTok refugees,” these users paid the “cat tax” to join RedNote by posting cat photos and videos. They answered so many questions from their new Chinese friends: Is it true that in rural America every family has a large farm, a huge house, at least three children and several big dogs? That Americans have to work two jobs to support themselves? That Americans are terrible at geography and…
COMMENT: I had assumed you were just a Trump supporter. It has been emphasized that I was wrong and that you are in the middle of forecasting the events economically. I was told you recently said that Trump could go down as Herbert Hoover and that he cannot prevent the recession from occurring. Would you please elaborate on this and why you are in the middle to begin with. That is rare these days. Thank you for your time. Doug ANSWER: The computer forecasts all of these elections worldwide, and it has never been wrong because it is not partisan;…
German Ambassador to the US, Andreas Michaelis: false friend. The second historical Presidential mandate of Donald J. Trump is a planetary geopolitical storm to which no one can remain indifferent. And while many allies have moved to be as close as Trump as possible, there’s also a fair deal of false friends being unmasked at the moment. Take the German Ambassador to the US, Andreas Michaelis, for example. Multiple German media outlets are now reporting that Michaelis recently wrote and circulated a diplomatic cable warning of the ‘threats that US democracy will face’ under incoming Trump and his team. Deutsche…
Bradley Cooper and his supermodel girlfriend, Gigi Hadid, are reportedly taking their relationship very seriously but aren’t in a hurry to get engaged.The couple, who has been described as “the real deal,” is said to have a strong bond due to their dedication to parenting.Despite the large age gap between the couple, sources claim Gigi Hadid’s free-spirited nature complements Bradley Cooper’s laid-back demeanor, and the pair “mesh so well.”Article continues below advertisementBradley Cooper And Gigi Hadid Are Not Rushing Toward EngagementMEGACooper, 50, and Hadid, 29, are growing closer but are reportedly not hurrying to make things official.According to a source,…
NEW DELHI: India is bracing for possible disruptions to its pharmaceutical industry – where the American market accounts for almost a third of exports – during Donald Trump’s presidency. Among the firms that manufacture generic medicines and exports its products to the United States is Bangalore-based pharmaceutical company Bioplus Life Sciences. It is a crucial part of its business that brings in a substantial chunk of the company’s annual revenue of nearly US$1 million. However, the firm’s chairman Sundeep Aurora is not discounting that its takings could be impacted by Trump’s tariffs. “You’re going to have a 10 to 20…
Here are the key developments on the 1,061st day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Here is the situation on Monday, January 20: Fighting Russia said it opened criminal investigations into the alleged “cannibalistic massacre” of at least seven civilians in the western Russian village of Russkoe Porechnoye, which Ukraine has occupied since last August. Bodies were reportedly found by Russian soldiers inside the basement of a residential building. The Ukrainian Army’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskii, said his military is suffering from a shortage of mechanised brigades. He also said military mobilisation capacity is “not sufficient” to cover the military’s needs, and…
Lamar Jackson’s legacy is going to forever be “great player who makes critical mistakes to come up short in the playoffs” until he changes it. But unfortunately for Jackson and the Ravens, he will now have to wait another year before he’s able change that perception following Baltimore’s 27-25 loss to the Bills on Sunday. Despite a valiant effort in the fourth quarter, the Ravens’ comeback attempt failed and Jackson’s playoff record dropped to 3-5. Overall, Jackson’s numbers from the game look mostly fine. He completed 18-of-25, threw for 254 yards, ran for 39 more and did throw a pair of touchdown…
I do not pretend to know whether all of Annunciation House’s efforts have complied with Texas state law. The two sides are locked in a heated dispute about that very question. But here’s what I do know: In the state’s zeal to close Annunciation House, its attorney general, Ken Paxton, is attacking the shelter’s religious rights.Texas, like the federal government and 27 other states, has passed a religious freedom restoration act. Under the Texas version, which is very similar to its federal counterpart, “a government agency may not substantially burden a person’s free exercise of religion” unless that agency is…