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Amateur Radio Sleuth Rediscovers A Cold War-Era ‘Zombie Satellite’ Cold War

Amateur Radio Sleuth Rediscovers A Cold War-Era ‘Zombie Satellite’

LES-5, designed by MIT, was designed to pioneer satellite communications.The satellite operated from 1967 to 1971, when it was decommissioned. In March 2020, the satellite was rediscovered in geosynchronous orbit, still broadcasting nearly fifty years after it was retired. An amateur radio hobbyist has zeroed in on the signal of…
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April 29, 2020
Trump’s mob boss tactics didn’t work in Ukraine — but they got him exactly what he wanted from state governors Volodymyr Zelensky

Trump’s mob boss tactics didn’t work in Ukraine — but they got him exactly what he wanted from state governors

At the core of the Ukraine scandal that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment was a simple quid pro quo. Trump wanted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce the beginning of an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, his likely 2020 rival, in exchange for U.S. support. That scheme…
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April 29, 2020
Russia’s coronavirus outbreak is getting bad. Putin says the worst is yet to come. Putin

Russia’s coronavirus outbreak is getting bad. Putin says the worst is yet to come.

Russia’s much-feared coronavirus crisis is here — and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime soon. Russia was always going to struggle if a large outbreak occurred in the country, and experts predicted one almost certainly would due to the country’s proximity to China and tightly packed cities, including…
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April 29, 2020
The UNESCO Site That Never Was Silk Road

The UNESCO Site That Never Was

In some of Zeynep Ahunbay’s earliest memories of southeastern Turkey, birds fly high above the town of Hasankeyf’s crumbling stone citadel. In one long, panoramic look, the conservation architect could take in an expanse of history, from the ancient stairs cut into limestone cliffs to the cluster of rickety cafes…
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April 29, 2020