Hidden Figures inspiration NASA's Katherine Johnson dies aged 101

7 hours ago | Radio Times | 2 articles

The NASA mathematician who served as the inspiration for hit 2016 film Hidden Figures has passed away at the age of 101. Katherine Johnson was one of several influential...
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Opinion: In the race for coronavirus vaccines, don't leave pregnant women behind

9 hours ago | STAT

As several thousand people become newly infected each day with the novel coronavirus Covid-19, and some die of it, there are accelerated efforts to develop new coronavirus...
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For All Mankind's alternate history of the space race is brilliant

1 day ago | New Scientist

When the Soviet Union lands on the moon first people in the US are shocked. But For All Mankind provides an even bigger surprise when one cosmonaut's identity is revealed, says...
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Katherine Johnson, Nasa mathematician portrayed in Hidden Figures, dies at 101

1 day ago | The Guardian | 10 articles

Johnson overcame racial and gender-based discrimination to become an integral part of Nasa's work in space exploration Katherine Johnson, one of the trailblazing African...
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Asteroid alert: NASA tracks a 656FT rock heading towards Earth this week - Will it hit?

1 day ago | Daily Express

AN ASTEROID twice as tall as Big Ben's clocktower in London is racing towards our planet at breakneck speeds, NASA's trackers have confirmed.
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The dangerous veneer of ‘science'

4 days ago | TLS

“Race science” seems to be the hideous new trend of 2020. Last month, an article in the journal Philosophical Psychology calling for greater investigation of purported genetic...
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Coronavirus cure: WHO says eradicating virus is a top priority as clinical trials kick off

6 days ago | Daily Express

CORONAVIRUS has infected more than 73,000 people in the last two months but the World Health Organization has announced the race is on to find a coronavirus cure.
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Sanofi announces it will work with HHS to develop coronavirus vaccine

7 days ago | STAT

The drug maker Sanofi Pasteur is entering the race to develop a vaccine to protect against the new coronavirus sweeping through China, the company announced Monday. David Loew...
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Live shows get your heart racing - scientists prove it

7 days ago | The Guardian

UCL scientists measured heart rates and sweat glands of audiences and found live shows caused much greater response Science has proved what theatre and concert goers have long...
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No 10 furore is latest chapter in long, dark history of racist science

8 days ago | The Guardian

Idea that members of one race are intellectually superior has had to be confronted regularly The notion that members of one race are inherently more intelligent than members of...
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Hidden Figures inspiration NASA's Katherine Johnson dies aged 101

The NASA mathematician who served as the inspiration for hit 2016 film Hidden Figures has passed away at the age of 101. Katherine Johnson was one of several influential... Read more ...

Katherine Johnson death: Who was the NASA mathematician who helped put man...

KATHERINE JOHNSON has died at the age of 101, NASA has confirmed and paid tribute to the woman who helped put the first American into space. Read more ...

Marsilio Ficino and Christian Humanism

James Hankins. 2016. “ Marsilio Ficino and Christian Humanism .” In Re-Envisioning Christian Humanism: Education and the Restoration of Humanity, edited by Editor Jens... Read more ...

‘Mad' Mike Hughes Dies In Rocket Crash On Mission To Prove The Earth Is Flat

A self-styled daredevil who wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the Earth is flat has died after his homemade rocket crashed. ‘Mad' Mike Hughes was killed on... Read more ...

29 things you can do for a lower carbon footprint that will hardly change...

Carbon dioxide traps heat from the sun on earth, and as a result, polar ice is melting and sea levels are rising, and we're calling it climate change . In order to mitigate... Read more ...

How to live longer: The smell-related attribute that may lead to a longer life

HOW TO live longer was once mulled over by mystics before science superseded superstition as the most reliable source of knowledge. Research focusing on longevity continues to... Read more ...

Clarivate Analytics to Present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media &...

Clarivate Analytics to Present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on March 2, 2020 London, UK, & Philadelphia, US, February 25, 2020 - Clarivate... Read more ...

Perfect weekend getaway from Berlin- Potsdam

Just a 40 minute ride from the chaotic and bustling Berlin, stepping into Potsdam feels like entering a different universe. Having visited and lived in Berlin for the past 10... Read more ...

Life on Pluto? How scientists spotted 'something moving' across icy plains...

SCIENTISTS were stunned when they spotted something that appeared to be moving and "leaving a path" across the surface of Pluto in a NASA photograph. Read more ...

NASA news: Space agency wants YOU to design the next Venus rover - 'Exciting...

NASA is enlisting the public to design new space tech for a mission to a "hellish" planet. Read more ...

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