Sunday 28 August 2022

To the Moon and beyond: NASA's Artemis program

The Artemis program is NASA's plan to return humans to the Moon as a stepping stone for an eventual voyage to Mars.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/to-the-moon-and-beyond-nasas-artemis-program

'Sight to behold': tourists flock to Florida for Moon rocket launch

Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is "a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience," says Joanne Bostandji.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/sight-to-behold-tourists-flock-to-florida-for-moon-rocket-launch

US agents in Memphis seize shipped ancient Egyptian artifact

Federal agents in Memphis have seized a potentially 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian artifact that was shipped in from Europe.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/us-agents-in-memphis-seize-shipped-ancient-egyptian-artifact

Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica privacy suit

Facebook has reached a preliminary agreement in a long-running lawsuit seeking damages from the social network for allowing third parties, including the company Cambridge Analytica, to access users' private data.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/facebook-agrees-to-settle-cambridge-analytica-privacy-suit

Keeping Kermit: New clues to protecting frogs from deadly Bd fungus

As the globe continues to battle COVID-19, another pandemic—the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd)—is ravaging the world's frog species, contributing to the instability of Earth's delicate ecosystem.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/keeping-kermit-new-clues-to-protecting-frogs-from-deadly-bd-fungus

Ethereum crypto overhaul targets environmental impact

The world's second biggest cryptocurrency after bitcoin, ethereum, will soon overhaul its blockchain technology to curb the network's much-criticised environmental impact.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/ethereum-crypto-overhaul-targets-environmental-impact