If you’ve ever tried pulling a mussel off a rock, you’ll know that they’re pretty darn good at holding on. The secret to their success is a natural adhesive, which has now been replicated in a glue that could help keep orthopedic implants attached to bone tissue. One of the problems with implants such as … Read more
Image: NASA Because of budget deals on the hill, NASA is working on how to deal with limited budget increases over the next few years. One mission that will suffer from that is Dragonfly, who is seeing a delay to an important review to set a launch timeline and pricing. Dragonfly not the priority at … Read more
Geneva — Countries need to increase their taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, saying too few states were using tax to incentivize healthier behaviors. After studying taxation rates, the WHO said the average global tax rate on such “unhealthy products” was low, and hiking taxes could result in healthier … Read more
Dominic West shared what he found to be the most difficult scene to film for “The Crown” Season 6, and it involved Princess Diana’s death. The actor, who reprises his role as King Charles III in the Netflix series, admitted that he could not have imagined the monarch in real life being emotional. He told … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues, climate negotiators Tuesday zeroed in on the tough job of dealing with the main cause of what’s overheating the planet: fossil fuels. READ MORE: UN reports worrying rates of warming as COP28 tries to tackle climate crisis As … Read more
NEW DELHI: Nasa is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station (ISS), a program that brings together people from different countries to work in space. The ISS involves international flight crews, various launch vehicles, global launch and flight operations, training, engineering, development facilities, communication networks, and the worldwide scientific research community.November 7 marks … Read more
A proposed class-action lawsuit against 23andMe could include more people in Canada than originally anticipated, experts say, after the genetic testing company said a data breach affected millions more customers than initially believed. A statement from the company on Tuesday said hackers have gained access to roughly 6.9 million profiles on the site — nearly half its … Read more
Researchers have used a machine-learning model to analyze blood proteins to estimate the biological, as opposed to the chronological, age of bodily organs. It’s a way of predicting an apparently healthy person’s risk of developing conditions like heart failure, Alzheimer’s disease, and diabetes that may lead to earlier treatment. Chronological age doesn’t always correspond with … Read more
Image: Firefly Space Last week Firefly completed a test fire of its Miranda engine that will be used on its Medium Launch Vehicle and Northrop Grumman‘s Antares 330 rocket. This was a first for the company and a quick one as the company only signed the contract from Northrop just over one year ago. Firefly’s … Read more
London — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his handling of COVID-19 on Wednesday at a public inquiry into the pandemic, saying his government “got some things wrong” but did its best. Johnson began two days of questioning under oath by lawyers for the judge-led inquiry about his initial reluctance to impose a national … Read more
