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They came from outer space: 75 mice, over 1,500 flies, cell cultures, microorganisms, plant seeds and more. A Russian biological research satellite toting more than 30 experiments landed on Sept. 19 in the steppes of the Orenburg region after spending 30 days in Earth orbit. The Bion-M No. 2 descent module has been called a “Noah’s Ark” due to the …

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Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump said Tuesday he believes NATO member countries should shoot down Russian aircraft if they enter their airspace as the defense alliance confronts the potential for an expansion of the war in Ukraine. “Yes, I do,” Trump said when posed a question about NATO shoot-downs during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on …

The gold price had the magical $4,000 mark well in its sights today as geopolitical fears saw it surge to another record high. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Gold futures gained 0.3% hitting $3,787.80 per ounce in …

A massive earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in late July triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific — and NASA’s experimental detection system tracked the event in real-time by monitoring the atmosphere above. NASA’s GUARDIAN (GNSS Upper Atmospheric Real-time Disaster Information and Alert Network) taps into signals from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), like GPS. When a tsunami forms, …

A giant radio telescope in Crimea used in the past to support missions to Mars and Venus and attempt to contact alien civilizations has been destroyed in a drone attack. Ukrainian defense forces took down the 230-foot (70 meters) antenna dish to prevent Russian forces from using it to guide attacks on its territory. The RT-70 radio telescope has been …

Oil gains 1% as Ukraine drone attacks target Russian supply  Reuters Oil gains as market weighs Russia supply risk, US rate decision  Reuters Oil Remains in Narrow Range as Markets Await Clarity on Russian Sanctions  The Wall Street Journal Oil Holds Gains With Focus on Further Russian Sanctions, Glut  Bloomberg.com Oil holds steady as investors assess attacks on Russian energy facilities  Yahoo Finance Source link

A fungus flagged as a “critical” concern by the World Health Organization may have a secret weapon: a virus hidden inside it. Now, a new study suggests that targeting this virus may offer a new strategy for treating these dangerous fungal infections in people. The virus, called A. fumigatus Polymycovirus-1 (AfuPmV-1M), was known prior to the new research. But the …

Driving a taxi in the Russian capital was never very lucrative for Said, a Tajik migrant living in the Moscow region, but it paid the bills. Now, he says, gasoline has jumped by more than 30 percent in recent weeks – from 45 rubles a liter to 60. All told, his daily take-home pay is just three-quarters of what he …

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 …