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Democracy Now! recently sat down with Agnès Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International and a former United Nations special rapporteur, while she was in New York City to mark International Women’s Day and attend the U.N.’s annual conference on women’s rights. Callamard responded to the assassination of Iraqi feministContinue Reading

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Two powerful instruments of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope joined forces to create this scenic galaxy view. This spiral galaxy is named NGC 5134, and it’s located 65 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy Stars peek through the dusty, winding arms ofContinue Reading

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For two decades, NASA’s Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory has helped scientists track meteors, observe impacts on the Moon, and better understand the space environment future explorers will face. The Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory, or the ALaMO, at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center features two observatory domes, a 15-meterContinue Reading

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1 min read Help Galaxy Zoo: Tidal Tales Open Cosmic Storybook Galaxies carry the imprints of past encounters. When they pass near one another or collide, gravity pulls their stars into long tails, thin streams, and faint shells – features that preserve the history of these dramatic events. Thanks toContinue Reading

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Space Launch System (SLS) NASA is developing the most powerful rocket in the agency’s history to return astronauts to the Moon and establish a sustainable lunar presence. The Space Launch System (SLS) will be the first exploration-class rocket since the Saturn V, the rocket used in the Apollo missions, andContinue Reading

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Download PDF: Efficient Large Displacement/Large Rotation Dynamic Simulations Using Nonlinear Dynamic Substructures Utilizing reduced-order dynamic math models (DMM) in linear system-level dynamic analyses is a well-known practice that enables extreme computational efficiencies. But what about nonlinear system dynamics? Reduced-order DMMs have found their way into contact dynamics. The engineer mustContinue Reading

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Up until the end of February, a steady flow of ships bound for destinations across the world would pass daily through the Strait of Hormuz. A narrow channel running between Oman and Iran, the waterway serves as the only natural maritime link between the Persian Gulf and the global economy.Continue Reading

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For the Christian nationalist Heritage Foundation, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is an opportunity to move the country further to the right. “Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years,” a report released in late January, makes clear thatContinue Reading

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US-Israeli strikes on Iran’s capital Tehran have targeted street checkpoints of the Basij – a volunteer militia that has suppressed protests. On Wednesday, Iran’s oldest bank, Bank Sepah, was struck by an air strike in Tehran, which is said to play a key role paying the salaries of Iran’s militaryContinue Reading