Month: August 2020

Dr. Scott Gottlieb is wary of the safety and effectiveness of a new coronavirus vaccine touted by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the world’s first drug approved to prevent Covid-19. “I wouldn’t take it, certainly not outside a clinical trial right now” where patients are closely monitored, Gottlieb said on “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. “They’re claiming that it’s fully approved, but
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WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab says it’s on track to test recovering an Electron booster later this year as it also improves the payload performance of the small launch vehicle. Rocket Lab announced last week it completed drop tests of a dummy Electron first stage at its New Zealand launch site, demonstrating that its parachute would
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Former national security adviser Michael Flynn exits a vehicle as he arrives for his sentencing hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2018. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters In an unusual hearing, a full federal appeals court began considering arguments Tuesday over whether the criminal case against former Trump national security advisor Michael
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Ghislaine Maxwell on September 20, 2013 in New York City. Laura Cavanaugh | Getty Images Ghislaine Maxwell, the  British socialite accused of abetting sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged abuse of underage girls, is being intensely watched in a New York City jail in an apparent effort to keep her from killing herself as Epstein did
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Reginald Cunningham + Mia Feitel In ELLE.com‘s monthly series Office Hours, we ask people in powerful positions to take us through their first jobs, worst jobs, and everything in between. Brittany Packnett Cunningham wasn’t looking for the fame that sometimes comes with being an activist in 2020. She started her career as an educator who
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Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Student travelers take themselves out of one story and place themselves in another, one in which they have little control. With expectations
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Aerial view of Lujiazui Financial District at dusk, Pudong, Shanghai, China. Fei Yang | Moment | Getty Images U.S. sanctions on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam raises uncertainty for international banks that were looking at a historic opening of the Chinese financial market. The U.S. Treasury announced Friday sanctions on the semi-autonomous region’s chief executive and
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Party line: the new protocol allows 10 parties to share information securely. (Courtesy: University of Witwatersrand) A “quantum secret sharing” scheme that allows 10 parties share information securely – the highest number so far – has been developed and demonstrated by researchers in South Africa. The protocol involves each party performing quantum operations on the photon without
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The Rogue One Prequel series has cast 6 Underground actress Adria Arjona in a lead role. Arjona joins series leads Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk, who were both in the 2016 prequel to A New Hope. Genevieve O’Reilly, Denise Gough, Stellan Skarsgard, and Kyle Soller are also starring in the upcoming Disney+ live-action Star Wars
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