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Japanese flight controllers re-establish contact with tipped-over SLIM moon lander

Japanese flight controllers re-established contact with the robotic SLIM lunar lander Saturday, eight days after the spacecraft tipped over and lost power as it was touching down on Jan. 19, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced Sunday. An engine malfunction moments before landing caused the Smart Landing for Investigating (the) Moon, or SLIM, spacecraft to

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Icon of the Seas: World’s largest cruise ship to set sail from Miami

On Thursday, Argentina’s World Cup winning captain Lionel Messi, who currently plays for Inter Miami, took part in the ship’s naming ceremony. He was seen placing a football on a specially-built stand to trigger the traditional “good luck” breaking of a champagne bottle against the vessel’s bow. Source link

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A ‘Corpsicle’ Came Back to Life on ‘True Detective.’ Is That Possible?

In some less extreme cases, a person may regain consciousness when wrapped in warm blankets, taken inside, or treated with a machine that blows hot air across the body. But once a person’s heart and breathing have stopped, the best way to revive the person, doctors say, is by using a process known as extracorporeal

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Democrats Say Biden Hasn’t ‘Made the Case’ on Climate Despite Achievements

President Biden has done more than any president to tackle climate change, but strategists are grappling with an uncomfortable fact: Voters don’t seem to know it. With Mr. Biden facing a bruising re-election campaign against the Republican front-runner, former President Donald J. Trump, while losing support from younger voters over the war in Gaza, many

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Buried in Wegovy Costs, North Carolina Will Stop Paying for Obesity Drugs

In June 2021, the insurance plan for North Carolina state employees was paying for 2,800 people to take weight-loss drugs. Last year, it paid for nearly 25,000. Medications like Wegovy cost the North Carolina State Health Plan $100 million last year, rising seemingly out of nowhere to represent 10 percent of its spending on prescription

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Biden Administration Pauses Approvals of New Gas Export Terminals

President Biden on Friday paused the permitting process for new liquefied natural gas export facilities in order to analyze their impact on climate change, the economy and national security. “In every corner of the country and the world, people are suffering the devastating toll of climate change,” Mr. Biden said in a statement. “This pause

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