Science Ministry approves 90-post organizational structure today – Nepalnews.com

I just read some great background info on why NASA lost the race for the first manned mission into space in John Logsdon’s great book – John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon: But the January 31 [1961] flight with Ham aboard had landed 132 miles downrange from its target point and had…

After they made the atomic bomb, scientists came up with the Doomsday Clock. The symbolic clock, launched by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, warned how close humanity might be to destroying itself in the form of “minutes to midnight”. Since 1947, its hands have been moved closer and then further away from midnight in response…

Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, has declared that the country’s armed forces have “complete freedom of action” against the “enemy’s aggression”, after a day of attacks by the United States killed seven Iranian troops. The attacks on Wednesday were the latest in days of escalating hostilities between Washington and Tehran that appear to have…

DOE funds AI-driven research projects, including those focused on biotechnology  Ethanol Producer Magazine

Millions of Americans have a blood test every year to measure LDL, often called “bad” cholesterol. But new research from Northwestern Medicine suggests that another test may do a better job of identifying who needs more aggressive treatment to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The study, published in JAMA, found that measuring…

In an interview with BBC Jersey, external, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham was asked whether his government would consider buying the site. “I fancy that coming into public ownership somehow,” he said. Farnham said he was keen to speak to the National Trust about it. “There’s a great opportunity, if you look at the Simon Sand…