Scientists working for the Pentagon have successfully tested a solar panel the size of a pizza box in space, designed as a prototype for a future system to send electricity from space back to any point on Earth.
Senate confirms Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary
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The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee for energy secretary, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The final vote was 64-35. This story is breaking and will be updated.
A spacecraft named for ‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician Katherine Johnson has arrived on the International Space Station
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A spacecraft named for the famed NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson has arrived at the International Space Station with about 8,000 pounds of cargo in tow. The S.S. Katherine Johnson, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus res...
Defense Department watchdog will investigate decision to base Space Command HQ in Alabama
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The Department of Defense Inspector General will investigate the decision to house US Space Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Hunstville, Alabama, announced Assistant Inspector General Randolph Stone Frida...
Texas Republicans criticized for misleading claims that renewable energy sources caused massive outages
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans are seeking to deflect blame, misleadingly pointing to renewable energy sources including wind and solar power as the culprits of the state's massive power outages, as mi...
CNN Exclusive: WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019
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Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, and are ur...
Bills in several states would cut funding to schools that teach the 1619 Project. But they mostly aren’t going anywhere
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The New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project has been a flashpoint in the nation's culture wars since its publication. The Pulitzer Prize-winning effort, which has been largely acclaimed by scholars, historians and ed...
Want to be an astronaut? The European Space Agency is hiring for the first time in 11 years
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for new astronauts for the first time in 11 years. Applications open on March 31, and women are encouraged to apply as the agency seeks "to expand gender diversity in our r...
Clubhouse blocked in China as censors shut rare space for sensitive political debate
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Hong Kong (CNN Business)Clubhouse appears to have been blocked in China just days after it became the go-to app for uncensored conversations on a host of sensitive issues banned on other platforms. Over the weekend, ...
How Oregon just proved Donald Trump isn’t going anywhere
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On Monday night, the Oregon Republican Party issued a formal condemnation of the 10 House Republicans who voted in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the violent insurrection at the ...
Ohio lawmaker who asked racist question about Black hygiene tapped to lead state health panel
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Washington A GOP Ohio lawmaker who asked a racist question last year about whether "the colored population" was contracting Covid-19 at higher rates because of poor hygiene has been tapped to lead the state Senate's ...
Chef arrested after images of sexually suggestive cakes at exclusive Egyptian club go viral
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Egyptian authorities have arrested a pastry chef for baking cakes with genital-shaped toppings after images of them went viral on social media. The cakes drew the attention of authorities after a Facebook post showi...
A former White supremacist store and Ku Klux Klan meeting space is being turned into a community center to promote healing
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A South Carolina preacher and local resident are turning what once was a Ku Klux Klan meeting place into a community center dedicated to educating and fighting against racial injustice. Deep in Laurens stands the h...