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On climate, Democrats and Republicans don’t inhabit the same reality

[ad_1] Enlarge / If you live in the West, it’s difficult to maintain denial about fires and drought. (credit: Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images) There are many dramatic contrasts between the Biden administration and its immediate predecessor, and climate policy is high on the list. After four years of promises to restore coal […]

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New research into why woodpeckers don’t get concussions busts a popular myth

[ad_1] Slow-motion video of pecking by the pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus). The original video was recorded at 1600 frames per second. Credit: Robert Shadwick & Erica Ortlieb/University of British Columbia Slow-motion video of pecking by the pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus). The original video was recorded at 1600 frames per second. Credit: Robert Shadwick & Erica

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The trampoline is now international: NASA and Roscosmos agree to seat swap

[ad_1] Enlarge / Anna Kikina will be the fifth Russian woman to go to space. (credit: Roscosmos) NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, have officially agreed to exchange seats on four upcoming missions to the International Space Station. The first missions—with a Russian on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and an American on Soyuz vehicles—will fly in September.

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Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos [Updated]

[ad_1] Enlarge / Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin really knows how to fill out a hard hat. (credit: Yegor Aleyev / TASS via Getty Images) 8:30 am ET Friday Update: The Kremlin has made it official in a short communique—Dmitry Rogozin is out as director general of the country’s state-owned space corporation, Roscosmos. The decree is

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Rocket Report: Vega-C is a sight to see; will Europe push SpaceX aside?

[ad_1] Enlarge / Europe’s Vega-C rocket takes off from a spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Wednesday. (credit: European Space Agency) Welcome to Edition 5.03 of the Rocket Report!  It was a big week for small launch news, with a successful debut for Europe’s Vega-C rocket, a responsive launch by Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle, and

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Long-COVID patients spend their life savings on unproven “blood washing”

[ad_1] Enlarge / A plasma donor is connected to an apheresis machine, which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines, at the Twickenham Donor Centre, southwest London on April 7, 2021. (credit: Getty | Johnathan Brady) The COVID-19 pandemic is considered by many experts to be a mass disabling event. Though

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