Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center
02 Mar
Science & Technology

Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center

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The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder in December.RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty ImagesA leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to disassemble the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, one of the world’s top weather and climate research centers, which the admin views as a source of climate change alarmism.The computing center, which is slated to be turned over to an unspecified third party, runs weather and climate research models and is used by about 1,500 researchers from over 500 universities around the country. The work done on this supercomputer benefits the American people by leading to more accurate forecasts of extreme weather and climate events, aircraft...
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Berlinale Issues Statement Following Political Backlash at Festival, Says Artists Should Not Be ‘Expected to Speak on Every Political Issue’
02 Mar
Politics

Berlinale Issues Statement Following Political Backlash at Festival, Says Artists Should Not Be ‘Expected to Speak on Every Political Issue’

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The Berlin Film Festival has issued a lengthy statement from head Tricia Tuttle over what it describes as a “media storm” that has swept over the festival. The note — sent out late on Saturday night — comes following criticism faced by multiple attendees over the comments about politics, most notably the jury in the opening day press conference. Faced with questions about the conflict in Gaza, jury head Wim Wenders said, “We have to stay out of politics because if we make movies that are dedicatedly political, we enter the field of politics,” prompting immediate backlash on social media. Indian author Arundhati Roy later pulled out of the festival in anger over the comments. Both Michelle Yeoh and Neil Patrick Harris later faced online criticism for their reaction to questions about politics and the rise of facism, Harris...
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Akpabio Summons Senators For Crucial Discussion On National Issues
02 Mar
Top Stories

Akpabio Summons Senators For Crucial Discussion On National Issues

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The leadership of the Nigerian Senate has announced that Senators should reconvene for a plenary session on Tuesday, February 17. The announcement was conveyed in an official notice to the Senators by the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odowhich was made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the summons is based on the directive of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Odo noted that crucial decisions concerning national issues would be discussed during the session. The statement read, “I am...
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Watch the NASA SpaceX Crew-12 mission dock with the ISS
02 Mar
Science & Technology

Watch the NASA SpaceX Crew-12 mission dock with the ISS

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The Crew-12 mission, SpaceX’s 20th human spaceflight, launched at 5:15 AM Eastern on February 13 from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It’s expected to dock with the International Space Station today, February 14, at 3:15 PM, and you can watch the event below as it happens. By the time the mission’s Dragon capsule docks with the ISS, it will have traveled approximately 34 hours since lift off. Inside are NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency’s Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. The four spacefarers are joining the three remaining passengers onboard the ISS after Crew-11 flew back to Earth a month earlier than planned. If you’ll recall, NASA made the decision to cut their mission short after one of the crew members had a medical issue that instruments on the ISS aren’t...
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