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Spain’s PM postpones talks on Catalonia until after regional election Catalonia

Spain’s PM postpones talks on Catalonia until after regional election

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government said on Thursday it will begin talks on resolving the Catalan political conflict before elections are held in the region, walking back an earlier decision to postpone the negotiations until after the polls.The talks were a precondition for left-wing separatist party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya…
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January 30, 2020
No satellite crash: 2 pieces of space junk whiz safely by each other over Pittsburgh Space Debris

No satellite crash: 2 pieces of space junk whiz safely by each other over Pittsburgh

Home News Spaceflight Satellite operators, and everyone else who wants a safe and sustainable space environment, dodged a bullet Wednesday evening (Jan. 29). Two defunct satellites — the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and the Gravity Gradient Stabilization Experiment (GGSE-4) — cruised safely past each other high in the skies above Pittsburgh.The…
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January 30, 2020
Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma, China’s richest man, pledged $14.5 million to fight the coronavirus Alibaba

Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma, China’s richest man, pledged $14.5 million to fight the coronavirus

Tech billionaire Jack Ma has pledged $US14.5 million towards fighting the coronavirus outbreak. The Alibaba founder will donate 100 million yuan ($US14.5 million) through his charitable foundation. Bill and Melinda Gates have also pledged assistance, while Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance are among the Chinese firms to be helping. The…
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January 30, 2020
Patents, Pollution, and Pot Air Pollution

Patents, Pollution, and Pot

In recent years, new research has significantly increased my belief that air pollution has substantial negative effects on productivity, IQ and health (see previous posts). Research in the field is exploding which means that there must also be more false positives. Consider two recent papers. The first, The Real Effect…
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January 30, 2020