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Former Theranos lab worker details concerns about company's ability to conduct blood tests - CNN

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  1. Former Theranos lab worker details concerns about company's ability to conduct blood tests  CNN
  2. Elizabeth Holmes' Fraud Trial Resumes  NBC Bay Area
  3. Elizabeth Holmes Wrote Bad Love Poetry as Theranos Tanked  The Daily Beast
  4. Opinion | The Sexism That Led to the Elizabeth Holmes Trial  The New York Times
  5. Theranos whistleblower testifies blood-test machines were about as accurate as a coin toss  CNBC
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These Charts Show Impact of China's Casino Crackdown on Macau - Bloomberg

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  1. These Charts Show Impact of China's Casino Crackdown on Macau  Bloomberg
  2. Casino stocks crash as Macao considers crackdown on gambling  CNN
  3. Billions blown as Macau casino investors fold amid gambling review  Yahoo Finance
  4. Casino stocks nosedive amid worries over Macao licensing news  Las Vegas Review-Journal
  5. Billions blown as Macau flags casino crackdown  Reuters
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Inspiration4: SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip

Business Standard 

SpaceX's first private flight blasted off Wednesday night with two contest winners, a health care worker and their rich sponsor, the most ambitious leap yet in space tourism. It was the first time a rocket streaked toward orbit with an all-amateur crew no professional astronauts. The Dragon capsule's two men and two women are looking to spend three days circling the world from an unusually high orbit 100 miles (160 kilometers) higher than the International Space Station before splashing down off the Florida coast this weekend. Читать дальше...

Russian Soyuz rocket launches 34 new UK satellites

Spacedaily.com 

Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 14, 2021
A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted into space carrying 34 new satellites from British operator Oneweb, which aims to provide broadband internet everywhere in the world. The rocket, operated by Europe's Arianespace, took off at 1807 GMT Tuesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, broadcast live by the Russian Roscosmos space agency. "The launch went to plan," Roscosmos chief Dmit



Dino-killing asteroid set the stage for evolution of modern snakes

Spacedaily.com 

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 14, 2021
For the majority of species living during the Cretaceous period, the asteroid responsible for Mexico's Chicxulub crater spelled doom. But for those that survived, the catastrophe offered opportunity. According to a new study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs triggered a period of accelerated diversification among snakes. /

Space men at work

Spacedaily.com 

Paris (ESA) Sep 15, 2021
If you are spacewalking and you know it, raise your hand. ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (left) and JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide (right) performed a spacewalk on Sunday 12 September to prepare another section of the International Space Station for its solar panel upgrade. The new solar arrays, called IROSA or ISS Roll-Out Solar Array, are being gradually installed over the existing array

Chevron plans new 'lower carbon' ventures but activists not pleased

Energy-daily.com 

New York (AFP) Sept 14, 2021
Facing pressure from environmentalists, Chevron boosted spending Tuesday for "lower carbon" ventures and unveiled plans to reduce emissions from its operations in a pitch that drew shrugs from climate activists. The US oil giant said it would more than triple spending through 2028 to $10 billion on its "lower carbon businesses," including on products like aviation fuel made from biofeedstock

African post-Covid plans must prioritise climate: study

Energy-daily.com 

Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2021
African countries must put climate change at the heart of post-pandemic recovery efforts, a report by advocacy and environmental groups said Tuesday, adding green policy investment would boost the economy and society. Countries across the continent are particularly exposed to the effects of a changing climate, including from increases in extreme weather disasters like floods and droughts.

Microplastic pollution in European lakes is more extensive than scientists thought

Energy-daily.com 

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 14, 2021
Lakes across Europe host larger concentrations of microplastic pollution than previously estimated. According to a new study, published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Biology, the distribution of plastic microparticles and synthetic fibers closely correlates with nearby human activity and land use. It's true that microplastic pollution can be carried to exotic locations - mountain

NASA Lab studies sleepiness and use of automated systems

Energy-daily.com 

Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2021
Drowsy driving accounts for a large proportion of car crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. So, you might think self-driving cars would fix that. After all, computers just don't get sleepy. But today's vehicles are only partially automated, requiring the human driver to stay alert, monitor the road, and take over at a moment's notice. A new study conduct

Deadline over, but glitches remain on Income Tax portal

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The portal, which went live on June 7, has been plagued with technical problems, drawing the ire of the finance ministry as well as taxpayers who have voiced their concerns on social media networks.

A mostly settled weekend after turbulent week

Scoop 

Typically, changeable springtime weather continues over Aotearoa as the working week draws to a close, with MetService forecasting a low pressure system from the Tasman to move over the Te Ika-a-Māui (the North Island), bringing widespread tempestuous ...

Birmingham Church Bombing survivor lived with rage at sister’s death in 1963 White supremacist attack

MSNBC 

Fifty-eight years ago, on the morning of Sunday, September 15th, four young girls preparing for a ‘youth day’ service at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama were killed by a bomb planted by White supremacists. A fifth young girl who was with them survived this heinous act. This survivor, Sarah Collins Rudolph, tells Joy Reid how this tragic event -- which galvanized the civil rights movement -- left her with trauma that has impacted her entire life.

Smartphones may be too good

Sydney Morning Herald 

Smartphones have been so successful that it’s possible new technology won’t be able to displace them.





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