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Space & Cosmos
US Russian crew to be released three times on the International Space Station
The Russian Soyuz rocket carrying NASA astronauts Johnny Kim, Roscosmos Kosmonos Sergei Lizhikov, Alexei Zubritsky and the Soyuz MS-27 spaceship will lift it towards the Russian-Russian space station on the Russian rental Baikonur Cosmodrome. NASA astronaut Johnny Kim and two Russian crew members successfully boarded a Russian spacecraft on Tuesday to the International Space Station. A planned Soyuz booster rocket…
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Space & Cosmos
Elon Musk is looking for Deorbit on the International Space Station as soon as possible
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk’s latest space-related hammer throw is asking you to remove it immediately in two years. In a post to X, Musk said, “It’s time to start preparing to leave (the space station). It served my purpose. There are few progressive utilities. Let’s go to Mars.” When pressed to see whether Musk intended to raise his…
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Physics
International collaboration sheds new light on the relationship between quantum theory and thermodynamics
There is no quantum disease in Maxwell’s demon (but that’s not necessary). Credit: Reiko Matsushita Researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the Slovak Academy of Sciences have published new insights into the interaction between quantum theory and thermodynamics. The team demonstrated that quantum theory essentially does not prohibit violations of the second law of thermodynamics, but that quantum processes…
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Other Sciences
Neutrality plays a vital role in international relations but is under-examined, new research reveals
Dr David Decker is a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Business School, part of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Decker is an expert in social network theory, a science that combines mathematics and sociology. Credit: Heriot-Watt University Researchers have developed a new way of understanding international relations by analyzing nearly 200 years of alliances, hostilities, and neutrality between states. A research…
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Space & Cosmos
Image: Astronauts take photos of Earth from the International Space Station
Credit: NASA/Don Pettit Earth’s city lights streak through this long-exposure photo taken by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on October 24, 2024. The green glow of Earth’s atmosphere is also visible on the horizon. Since the station became operational in November 2000, the crew has produced hundreds of thousands of images like this through crew Earth observations. Their photos of the…
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Science
Research shows how international student mobility can reduce poverty in low- and middle-income countries
Student outmigration and poverty (N = 43 countries). Credit: International Journal of Educational Research (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102458 A new study examining the impact of international student mobility finds that foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme poverty in low- and middle-income countries. The paper, published in the International Journal of Educational Research, uses 20 years of data. Research conducted by Maia Chanccelliani, Associate…
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