WASHINGTON — Members of Congress, concerned about growing costs and slipping schedules, pressed NASA for more details about the management and overall strategy of the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration plan. At a March 1 hearing by the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee, members of both parties said they were impatiently waiting for long-promised plans from
Month: March 2022
WhatsApp is often used for circulating fake news and misinformation. Although the instant messaging app is claiming to have implemented a list of features to restrict fake news circulation, WhatsApp users get misleading messages containing unverified information on a regular basis. It, thus, becomes important to know how you can verify the information you get
Alfa Group Supervisory Board Chairman Mikhail Fridman attends the 2017 Atlases Russian Business Forum at the Crocus City Hall. Artyom Geodakyan | Tass | Getty Images An investment fund backed by Russian oligarchs that have been sanctioned by the European Union following the invasion of Ukraine has ties to Teneo, an influential corporate advisory firm
News Beach House’s Once Twice Melody Is the Best-Selling Album in the U.S. The band moved 20,300 copies this week, with over 70% of those coming from vinyl sales By Evan Minsker March 2, 2022 Facebook Twitter Beach House in 2018 (David Wolff – Patrick/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Beach House’s new album Once Twice Melody is
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday morning, with investors focused on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note moved 1 basis point higher to 1.7292% at 4:10 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond advanced less than a basis point to
Insider‘s story on Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun featured more than just insight into Braun’s reported impact on Bieber and his ex Selena Gomez’s past on-off romance. A source also detailed how management being deeply involved in Grande’s relationship—and eventual called-off engagement—to Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson affected the trajectory of
With friendships back on the right path, everyone made their way to a final dinner. But, on Teen Mom: Family Reunion Season 1 Episode 8, the producers had another surprise guest shake things up, and it was bad news for one of the moms. The sudden arrival sent shockwaves around the resort, leading to a
Remember when Trump got elected and people started buying all the copies of 1984? It was like that, apparently, for Emily St. John Mandel in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and her 2014 post-apocalypse novel Station Eleven started once again flying off the shelves. The book is about a flu-like virus that kills almost
Alfa Group Supervisory Board Chairman Mikhail Fridman attends the 2017 Atlases Russian Business Forum at the Crocus City Hall. Artyom Geodakyan | Tass | Getty Images As Europe and the U.S. ratchet up sanctions on the yachts and mansions of Russia’s oligarch elite, some of Vladimir Putin’s ultra-wealthy inner circle have begun speaking out against
Find out about plans for a zoomable “Google Earth” of the human body, the life of pioneering astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and how you can make supercomputing greener Read it now: as a service to the community you can read the March 2022 issue for free As a service to the physics community, we’re offering you
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 28, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures inched higher on Tuesday night as oil prices surged amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 94 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also added 0.2%. Earnings boosted
AMC Entertainment said sales jumped and losses narrowed for the three months ended in December as the pandemic receded and Spider-Man rocked the theater chain to its best quarter in two years. Revenue of $1.17 billion compared to $162.5 million in the year earlier period. Net losses shrank to $134.4 million, including a non-cash impairment
TAMPA, Fla. — Lockheed Martin is looking to set up a satellite manufacturing base in the United Kingdom to expand its global space business, the U.S.-based aerospace and defense giant said March 1. The facility could potentially focus on building entire satellites, their parts or ground networks for government and commercial customers, according to Nik
Pokemon Go Season of Alola started on March 1 and it will run through June 1, the developers have announced. Pokemons that are found in the Alola region of the Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon games will be making their debut during the three-month course of the new season. There are also various seasonal highlights
WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden delivers his first official State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, the unified global response to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine is poised to overshadow the other major theme of the speech: Biden’s economic agenda. Biden and his team spent months working on the economic agenda portion of
Dua Lipa might be on Cloud 9 over her success with her smash hit song, “Levitating,” but there’s one band that wants to kick in the gravity … because they’re suing her over it. A band called Artikal Sound System just filed suit against the British pop star — who’s absolutely blown up over the
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a statement in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks straight into the camera with the quality of an amateur vlogger. Wearing a T-shirt and sweater, he names the official titles of those standing with him: high-ranking Ukrainian officials who are
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