EU countries, lawmakers likely to clinch deal next week on the satellite internet system. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/exclusive-eu-countries-lawmakers-likely-clinch-deal-next-week-satellite-internet-2022-11-09/ The EU scheme comes amid growing concerns about Russian and Chinese military advances in outer space and a surge in satellite launches. Having its own satellite internet system could help the bloc speed up the rollout of broadband internet in Europe. At the same time, it would also cover Africa, allowing the EU to offer countries there an alternative to Chinese competitors.
This map shows exactly where 70,000 of the world’s biggest polluters are located. The database and the map include everything from cargo ships to landfills—the biggest climate polluters in energy production, transportation, waste, agriculture, and heavy industry. Here is the map https://climatetrace.org/map
Students in Japan find paper books easier to read than e-books. https://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/students-in-japan-find-paper-books-easier-to-read-than-e-books About 14,091 students enrolled in 161 schools throughout Japan were polled in the survey. The survey that is conducted annually by the Japan School Library Association covered those belonging to fourth-grade elementary school to third-year high school, which makes it a comprehensive study of the reading trends currently in vogue among the entire student community.
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Do you know what is 'quiet firing'? Managers are using the new trend. https://www.indy100.com/viral/quiet-quitting-quiet-firing-meaning The concept epitomizes that work is not your life, it is not the only priority. There's much more to life than hustle culture and burning out.
Miraculous breast cancer vaccine passes first human trials that went on for 20 years. https://interestingengineering.com/health/her2-breast-cancer-vaccine A team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM) has been working on a breast cancer vaccine for over the last 20 years. In their recently published study, they finally revealed the results of the phase one human trials of their breast cancer vaccine. Here is the paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2797975
Also, a scholarship has been established at Columbia University in the name of Kim Wall because she graduated from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in 2013.
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A first-ever clinical trial of laboratory-grown red blood cells. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/lab-grown-blood-transfusion-first-b2219183.html Blood grown in a laboratory has been transfused into two volunteers in the world’s first clinical trials that will likely revolutionize treatments for patients with rare blood types or sickle cell disease. What is your opinion?
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