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Sixty-one years since he was selected but ultimately passed over to become the first Black astronaut, Ed Dwight finally reached space in a Blue Origin rocket – and set a different record. At 10.37am on Sunday, Jeff Bezos’s space company launched its NS-25 mission from west Texas, marking Blue Origin’s first crewed spaceflight since 2022 … Read more
Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told Anfield to never stop believing and to welcome his successor Arne Slot like they welcomed him as “change is good”. Speaking at a presentation on the … Read more
It has long been known that a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, and most other neurodegenerative diseases, is the clumping together of insoluble protein aggregates in the brain. During normal disease-free aging, there is also an accumulation of insoluble proteins. To date, approaches to treatments for Alzheimer’s disease have not addressed the contribution of protein insolubility … Read more
Credit: The Conversation The government has great aspirations. It has committed to end extinctions and expand our protected areas to cover 30% of every Australian ecosystem by 2030. This is part of its Nature Positive Plan, aligned with the 2022 Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity pact. The goal is not just to conserve nature but to restore … Read more
What was the first word that humanity uttered? There must have been one … Raymond Simms, Hull Send new questions to [email protected]. Readers reply “Wilma!” bricklayersoption I think there was a sudden transition from vocalised strings of sounds to meaningful sentences. At that point, most would already have recognised the meaning or intent, but not … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Post Office has plummeted from its position as Britain’s sixth-most-trusted financial, banking and insurance brand to 135th in the space of just 12 months amid public outcry over the Horizon IT scandal, … Read more
Just as the US economy runs on the dollar, the cellular economy runs on ATP. The energy-carrying molecule fuels nearly all processes inside the cell, making ATP critical for cellular life. Now, a new sensor developed at Janelia is giving researchers the best look yet at ATP levels inside living cells, enabling scientists to study … Read more
by Diana D’Amico Pawlewicz, Andrea Guiden Pittman, Andrene J. Castro and Marvin G. Powell, The Conversation Credit: fauxels from Pexels Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools, stands in the collective national memory as a turning point in America’s fight for racial justice. But as the U.S. observes its … Read more
How do you know someone has stopped drinking? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you. The old vegan joke comes into my mind a lot as yet again I start talking about how my life has transformed since I gave up booze. But people mostly humour me, sometimes even seek me out. It’s amazing the number of … Read more
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Blue Origin hasn’t carried out a crewed launch since 2022, and is getting ready to do so once more after being required to implement 21 fixes required by the Federal Aviation Administration last year. Six human beings are flying aboard its New Shepard rocket today, including Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate, who was … Read more
