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The Politics of Space Junk Cold War

The Politics of Space Junk

Editor’s note: Lisa Ruth Rand was the winner of the 2018–19 NASA/AHA Fellowship in Aerospace History. On a March day during the final weeks of the heated 2019 Indian election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a startling announcement—the Indian space progr…
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July 1, 2019
Scientists baffled as Antarctic ice hits record low, wiping out three decades of ‘gains’ – Global News Global Warming

Scientists baffled as Antarctic ice hits record low, wiping out three decades of ‘gains’ – Global News

The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. Floating ice off the southern continent steadily increased from 1979 and hit a record high in 2014. But three years later, the annual average e…
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July 1, 2019
South Korea scrambled fighter jets after it detected a UFO near the North Korean border — it turned out to be a bunch of birds Korean War

South Korea scrambled fighter jets after it detected a UFO near the North Korean border — it turned out to be a bunch of birds

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ending a brief media frenzy, South Korea's military said it turned out to be a flock of birds that prompted it to launch fighter jets and alert journalists that it had detected an unidentified object flying near the border with North…
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July 1, 2019
I’m a born and bred New Yorker and went to Times Square to learn why 50 million people visit every year. I still don’t get it. Times Square

I’m a born and bred New Yorker and went to Times Square to learn why 50 million people visit every year. I still don’t get it.

Growing up on Long Island, I would often take trips to New York City throughout the year, but Times Square was something my family always avoided. Now that I've lived in the city itself for five years, I've learned Times Square is a well-known tourist trap…
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July 1, 2019