The astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) just got a fresh shipment of supplies. Russia’s robotic Progress 93 spacecraft docked with the orbiting lab’s Zvezda module at 1:23 p.m. EDT (1723 GMT) today (Sept. 13), two days after launching atop a Soyuz rocket from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The meetup occurred today as the two spacecraft …
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A Russian Progress freighter launched toward the International Space Station today (Sept. 11) on a mission to deliver several tons of cargo for the station’s astronaut crew. A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today at 11:54 a.m. EDT (1554 GMT; 8:54 p.m. local time in Kazakhstan), sending the robotic Progress 93 freighter into orbit. …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Among all high-income Western countries, the United States has shown the worst performance in reducing the probability of dying from chronic diseases, a new study finds. From 2010 to 2019, deaths due to chronic diseases declined in most age groups in the US but increased among adults 20 to 45, “a rare phenomenon in high-income western …
Read More »Chronic Disease Deaths Have Fallen Globally, but Progress in U.S. Stalled The New York Times Among high-income countries, US shows slowest progress in reducing risk of chronic disease deaths, new study finds CNN Risk of dying from chronic disease in the U.S. declined, but there are caveats, study says statnews.com Chronic disease deaths decline globally; India sees an increase, says Lancet study Hindustan Times …
Read More »The gender pay gap is getting wider, reversing progress Axios How big is the gender wage gap now? What new Census data shows. USA Today For the First Time Ever, Census Bureau Data Shows Gender Wage Gap Widening For a Second Year in a Row National Women’s Law Center Source link
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Scientists warn that life expectancy is no longer increasing at the breakneck pace of the early 20th century. Their forecasts suggest future generations may live longer, but not long enough to reach the century mark on average. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers used six different methods for their calculations and arrived at the same conclusion. The future trajectory of life expectancy remains …
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Launch Roundup: Cygnus XL and Progress to fly cargo missions to ISS – NASASpaceFlight.com We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our …
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Tony Xu, cofounder and CEO of food and grocery giant DoorDash, doesn’t sugar coat the company’s efforts, and challenges, developing autonomous delivery technologies. “Candidly, it’s mostly been filled with lots of pain and suffering,” Xu said in an on-stage interview on Monday at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah. DoorDash has been working on autonomy and robotics technology …
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Square Enix director Tetsuya Nomura still doesn’t have any specific Kingdom Hearts 4 news for us just yet, but he wants you to know that the teams are making “great progress” on both the Kingdom Hearts sequel and Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3. Other than a sneak peek back in May, we haven’t seen or heard anything since Kingdom …
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NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 93 resupply spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 11:54 a.m. EDT (8:54 p.m. Baikonur time), Thursday, Sept. 11, on a Soyuz rocket from the …
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