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Victor Glover: captain, pilot, astronaut.
Victor J. Glover, Jr. was selected as an astronaut in 2013 while serving as a Legislative Fellow in the United States Senate. He most recently served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience, which landed May 2, 2021. It is the first...
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A mink in Utah is the first known case of the coronavirus in a wild animal
A wild American mink in Utah has tested positive for the coronavirus — the first wild animal found to be infected with the virus, researchers say.
The wild mink was infected with a variant of the coronavirus that was “indistinguishable” from viruses taken from nearby farmed...
Ivory from a 16th century shipwreck reveals new details about African elephants
In 2008, miners off the coast of Namibia stumbled upon buried treasure: a sunken Portuguese ship known as the Bom Jesus, which went missing on its way to India in 1533. The trading ship bore a trove of gold and silver coins and other valuable materials. But to a team of archaeologists and...
Bonobos, much like humans, show commitment to completing a joint task
Bonobos display responsibility toward grooming partners akin to that of people working together on a task, a new study suggests.
Until now, investigations have shown only that humans can work jointly toward a common goal presumed to require back-and-forth exchanges and an appreciation of...
Iran is building something new at an underground nuclear site
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program, satellite photos obtained Friday by The Associated Press show. Iran has not publicly acknowledged any new construction...
US cybersecurity agency warns suspected Russian hacking campaign broader than previously believed
An alarming new alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security's cyber arm Thursday revealed that Russian hackers suspected of a massive, ongoing intrusion campaign into government agencies, private companies and critical infrastructure entities used a variety of unidentified...
UK Based Gospel Artiste, SOPHY-YAH Out With New Single –Tells Citypeople Her Story
On Friday 21st, September 2020, UK based Gospel artist Sophy-Yah, who sings Gospel Hip Hop, RnB will release a new single. She spoke to Citypeople Online recently about her new release & success story. Below are excerpts of her interview. cont via...
Coronavirus live Africa: latest Covid-19 news - Tuesday 12 May
Africa Covid-19 update: 14:30 WAT Tuesday 12 May (15:30 CEST)
According to the latest figures published by Johns Hopkins University, 4,201,921 cases have been detected worldwide, with 286,835 deaths and 1,467,412 people now recovered.
Nigeria:...
Coronavirus: Ventilator fire blamed for Russia Covid-19 death
A fire at a St Petersburg hospital has killed five coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit.
The blaze was apparently started by a short-circuit in a ventilator, Russian news agencies reported.
The fire was quickly put out and 150 people were evacuated from the hospital, the country's...
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Don't be fooled by the closing gender gap in science PhDs
20.02.2015 14:41
Career advancement is often described
metaphorically as a pipeline. In many
fields – law, film, business, journalism and
academia, to name just a few – the pipeline
leaks. And most of all, it leaks women. As
we move further along the career path, we
usually find an increasing percentage of
men and...
As a Mars One candidate I can reach for the stars
20.02.2015 14:36
I became a scientist on 26 October 1980 on
the floor of the family room in the house
where I grew up. I had just turned nine
years old and my conversion was prompted
by a broadcast of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.
The episode, hauntingly titled Blues for a
Red Planet, summarised human
exploration of Mars,...
Why I want to be a passenger on Mars One
20.02.2015 14:33
I have always been in awe of the night sky,
trying to comprehend the vastness of space
and the countless wonders it contains. But
I have always felt a certain dissatisfaction
with only being able to see it at a distance.
One day I imagine that humanity will be
able to visit other planets in the...
Women have been oversold HRT for decades
20.02.2015 14:31
On my desk I keep a copy of Feminine
Forever, a book promoting hormone
replacement therapy (HRT), published in
1966, by Robert A Wilson. On the front, it
proclaims that it is “a fully documented
discussion of one of medicine’s most
revolutionary breakthroughs – the
discovery that the menopause is...
Sir Tim Berners- Lee: how the web went from idea to reality
20.02.2015 14:29
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world
wide web, discusses his early career at
CERN and how the web evolved from its
initial concept.
Watch the full interview with Sir Tim in
our 'Where I Went Right' video interactive,
which also features three more films
exploring the formative moments in...
Exposure to sun poses risk of skin cancer even in the dark, study finds
20.02.2015 14:27
Damage to skin cells continues for hours
after spending time in the sun, according
to research that uncovers a new link
between sun exposure and cancer.
The discovery that some of the most
serious damage to skin cells may be
occurring in the dark raises the prospect of
new “evening after” lotions...
Drug-resistant malaria threatens to spread from Burma, say researchers
20.02.2015 14:26
Malaria with total resistance to the
antimalarial drug artemisinin has taken
hold in Burma and spread close to the
border with India, threatening to render
crucial medicines useless, scientists have
warned.
If the resistant parasite reached India it
would pose a serious threat to the chances
of...
Neuroplasticity: how the brain heals - podcast
20.02.2015 14:24
Norman Doidge is a Canadian psychiatrist
on the faculty of both the University of
Toronto and of Columbia University in
New York.
He started out as a poet and a student of
philosophy, before moving into psychiatry.
He authored guidelines for the practice of
intensive psychotherapy, before working...
Let’s stop pretending going to Mars is for mankind
20.02.2015 14:13
I read the news of the proposed one-way
trip to Mars for up to 40 lucky Earthlings
with curious fascination. First, I browsed
through the 100 candidates who had made
the shortlist. Of course there was a
Nigerian, a certain Ighodalo whose upbeat
personableness came across well in his
application...
Where does the sun go? Ukip candidates' science questions predicted
20.02.2015 14:11
The Grimsby UKIP candidate Victoria
Ayling recently asked the following
question at a public debate: what happens
when renewable energy runs out? This
resulted in much amusement and mockery,
suggesting that Ayling isn’t familiar with
the properties of renewable energy. Or a
dictionary.
But is this...
