Samples from asteroid RyuguJAXA Future astronauts could eat a nutritionally perfect diet made from bacteria reared on ground-up asteroids, to produce a kind of milkshake or yogurt. While astronauts on the International Space Station have experimented with growing salad leaves, the vast majority of food consumed in space is transported from Earth. This would become impossible for more distant, longer-lasting space missions, so Joshua Pearce at Western University in Ontario, Canada, and his colleagues decided to investigate using bacteria to convert carbon-containing compounds from asteroids into edible food. They have yet to carry out this process using real asteroids, but…
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It’s time for a wellness check at CVS Health.Shares of the company are down more than 20% this year as it grapples with higher-than-expected medical costs in its insurance unit and pharmacy reimbursement pressure, among other issues.As it seeks to claw back faith with Wall Street, the company is considering breaking itself up.CVS has engaged advisors in a strategic review of its business, CNBC reported Monday. One option being weighed is splitting up its retail pharmacy and insurance units. It would be a stunning reversal for the company, which has spent tens of billions of dollars on acquisitions over the last two decades to turn itself into…
Facebook-owner Meta must minimise the amount of people’s data it uses for personalised advertising, the EU’s highest court says.The Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) ruled in favour of privacy campaigner Max Schrems, who complained that Facebook misused his personal data about his sexual orientation to target ads at him.In complaints first heard by Austrian courts in 2020, Mr Schrems said he was targeted with adverts aimed at gay people despite never sharing information about his sexuality on the platform.The CJEU said on Friday that data protection law does not unequivocally allow the company to use such data…
Texans applying for relief from Hurricane Harvey faced an unusual stipulation to receive aid. Over 20,000 people in Dickinson, Texas, had their lives affected by the storm. The US federal government is offering to provide some form of aid, but first, residents must agree to support Israel. The “Verification not to Boycott Israel” clause states that by signing the agreement, “the Applicant verifies that the Applicant: (1) does not boycott Israel; and (2) will not boycott Israel during the term of this Agreement.” This is absolutely outrageous as once again our government places its boot on the neck of the…
Credit: Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) Twenty-three years after Islamic terrorists used airplanes to conduct the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the federal agency created to protect Americans from national security threats “cannot ensure they are keeping high-risk noncitizens without identification from entering the country.” The potentially high-risk noncitizens are being flown on domestic flights without identification, creating a public safety risk, according to the latest Office of Inspector General report assessing several federal agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The OIG has repeatedly published reports identifying…
Jennifer Aniston recently shared childhood memories of being made by her parents to belly dance at family gatherings.According to the famous actress, these incidents caused her trauma and have left her with lasting anxiety.Jennifer Aniston also discussed her new children’s book “Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life,” inspired by her rescue dog Clyde, and her vision to create a fund supporting animal shelters.Article continues below advertisementJennifer Aniston Says She Has ‘Inner Trauma’ From Her Childhood Belly Dancing DaysMEGADuring her recent appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Aniston opened up about an aspect of her childhood growing up in Thousand Oaks,…
ROME: The Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies will set up specialised police units to investigate trafficking of migrants, Italy’s interior minister said on Friday (Oct 4), as part of efforts to tackle irregular migration. Matteo Piantedosi announced the initiative at the end of a three-day meeting of G7 interior ministers that also focused on threats arising from the crises in the Middle East and Ukraine. “The action plan provides for the strengthening of the investigative and operational capacities of the police forces, including through the initiation of joint actions,” he told reporters after the talks in Mirabella Eclano in…
Monsoons have become increasingly erratic each year, with experts pointing to climate change as a significant factor.The most vulnerable communities across South Asia are grappling with unprecedented rainfall, deadly floods and landslides, raising the question: Are monsoons getting worse? And if so, what can be done to protect these communities? In this episode, we discuss climate change, infrastructure, government responsibility and local disaster initiatives. Presenter: Anelise Borges Guests:Roxy Mathew Koll – Climate scientistDisha Ravi – Climate justice activistFarzana Faruk Jhumu – UNICEF Bangladesh Youth AdvocateShah Chowdhury – Co-founder & president, Footsteps Bangladesh Source link
Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III is likely to miss the start of the regular season with a right hamstring strain, per ESPN insider Tim MacMahon. New Orleans announced Thursday that Murphy suffered the strain during their training camp in Nashville, Tennesse. After an MRI confirmed his injury, Murphy will be re-evaluated in “approximately three weeks.”Modern NBA history suggests that a hamstring strain is a tricky injury that could hinder a player for extended periods of a season. As such, Murphy’s three-week recovery timeline does not guarantee his availability for the season opener against the Bulls on Oct. 23 or the first…
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