#Truth-challenged Biden and other commentary

#Truth-challenged Biden and other commentary

“#Truth-challenged Biden and other commentary” From the right: Truth-Challenged Joe “I’ll always tell you the truth,” President Biden vowed a year ago — yet, the Issues & Insights editors note, he is lying “about the COVID-19 vaccine, the economic rebound already underway” and “the border crisis. Biden won’t tell the truth about the first two…

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#MIT robot doctors see patients, fight spread of COVID-19

#MIT robot doctors see patients, fight spread of COVID-19

“#MIT robot doctors see patients, fight spread of COVID-19” The digi-doctor is in. Dr. Spot, a dog-like mobile robot programmed to triage hospital patients, is the newest front-line health-care worker to join the fight against COVID-19.  And while at first glance this four-legged creature might look like something out of your worst nightmare, people are…

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#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins

#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins

“#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins” WASHINGTON – About 93 million years ago, a bizarre plankton-eating shark shaped unlike any other known marine creature glided through the sea in what is now northeastern Mexico using curiously elongated wing-like fins that rendered its body wider than it was long. Scientists on Thursday announced…

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#Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured

#Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured

“#Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured” NASA’s InSight spacecraft has measured the size of Mars’ core for the first time.  The spacecraft launched in May 2018 and successfully landed on the red planet in November of that year.  InSight — which is short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport — was created to study the early evolution of terrestrial planets…

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#Mars rover sends back grinding, squealing sounds of driving

#Mars rover sends back grinding, squealing sounds of driving

“#Mars rover sends back grinding, squealing sounds of driving” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest Mars rover has sent back the first-ever sounds of driving on the red planet — a grinding, clanking, banging affair that by Earth standards would be pretty worrisome. The noises made by Perseverance’s six metal wheels and suspension on the first test…

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#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard

#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard

“#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Our solar system’s first known interstellar visitor is neither a comet nor asteroid as first suspected and looks nothing like a cigar. A new study says the mystery object is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie. Arizona State University…

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#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

“#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars” A new study from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and researchers at the California Institute of Technology questions whether or not a longheld theory about Mars still holds water. In their research, the team of scientists posits that a large quantity of the Martian planet’s water had not escaped into space due to its low gravity as previously assumed, but…

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#Faster than light travel is possible, scientist claims

#Faster than light travel is possible, scientist claims

“#Faster than light travel is possible, scientist claims” It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but spaceships that travel at warp speed are possible, according to one top scientist. In a recent study, physicist Dr Erik Lentz outlined a way that a rocket could theoretically travel faster than light – or over 186,000 miles…

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