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Reuters Venezuelans will be going to the polls on Sunday in the most tensely awaited presidential election in more than a decade. Opposition supporters think that they stand a real chance of ousting the incumbent, President Nicolás Maduro, from office after 11 years. Meanwhile, Mr Maduro, who is running for a third consecutive term, has … Read more

Power-hungry data centers are scrambling to find enough power to meet demand

Briefly: Energy experts fear that the growing number of power-hungry data centers could make electricity more expensive. Data centers could consume up to 8 percent of network demand by 2030. What is expected next? Data center operators are turning to renewables to power new centers. Inside a vault of this data center is what looks … Read more

Tagging seals with sensors helps scientists track ocean currents and climate change

A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how the Earth’s oceans are changing, and it’s not using specialized robots or artificial intelligence. It is the labeling of seals. Several species of seals live around and in Antarctica and regularly dive more than 100 meters in search of their next meal. These seals are experts at … Read more

Former interns shape NASA’s future in space communications

Interns visiting Wallops Flight Facility jumping in a fun photo at the Wallops Island Beach

Interns from the SCaN Internship Project visiting NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. Credits: NASA For more than a decade, graduates of NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) internship project have played important roles in expanding the agency’s long-term vision for exploration. For National Intern Day on Thursday, July 25, former program interns … Read more

How Pakistan’s Ghibli-style animation got made

Mano Animations The Glassworker is Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature film Ten years ago, musician Usman Riaz grabbed a pencil and started to sketch. He might have hoped, but didn’t know at the time, that it would start him on a path to making history. That initial drawing became The Glassworker – Pakistan’s first ever … Read more

NASA’s Rome Telescope will illuminate the cosmic dawn

This artist’s concept shows what the universe might have looked like when it was less than a billion years old, about 7 percent of its current age. Star formation voraciously consumed the primordial hydrogen, churning out multitudes of stars at an unprecedented rate. NASA’s Roman Nancy Grace Space Telescope will look back at the early … Read more

England’s health watchdog ‘not fit for purpose’, says Wes Streeting | Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Wes Streeting has called England’s healthcare watchdog “not fit for purpose” after an interim report found significant failings were hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and GP practices. The health and social care secretary promised to “grip the crisis” at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) by taking immediate action to … Read more

NASA supports blast test for Reef Orbital Space Station

Sierra Space’s LIFE Habitat after a full-scale final burst pressure test at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama Sierra Space An element of a NASA-funded commercial space station, Orbital Reef, under development by Blue Origin and Sierra Space, recently completed a full-scale final blast pressure test as part of the agency’s efforts for … Read more

I.N.D.I.A. stages walkout, demands funds for states

NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc MPs on Wednesday staged a walkout in both Houses of Parliament protesting the alleged discrimination against the Opposition-ruled states in the Union Budget. The Opposition MPs also staged a protest in the Parliament premises over the issue. Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi called the Budget an “assault” … Read more