Enlarge / Orion, the Moon, and a crescent Earth on Monday. (credit: NASA) The Orion spacecraft swung by the Moon on Monday, flying to within 130 km of that world’s surface as it set course for a return to Earth this weekend. In making this “powered flyby burn” to move away from the Moon, Orion’s…
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December is full of exciting events and holidays—from Christmas and Hanukkah to Computer Education Week and International Mountain Day—that highlight our phenomenal world! Invite your students to see just how phenomenal it truly is through these engaging and timely learning resources. Albert Whitman & Co Stories Grades K-5 When Albert Whitman was founded more than…
Don’t doubt yourself—you’re doing better than you think. LinkedIn Sales Solutions / Unsplash “Hey! How are you? It’s been such a long time since we last spoke. What have you been up to?” Many conversations start like this, but once that first sentence is out of your mouth, the rest often doesn’t flow as…
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Mallory Heyer PSYCHEDELICS are having a moment. This past spring, Netflix’s How to Change Your Mind documentary series introduced the binge-watching masses to the concept of using trippy substances to reboot troubled brains. Numerous startups offer at-home ketamine therapy in glossy ads on Instagram. And in 2020, Oregon became the first state to vote to legalize psilocybin…
A face mask that can offer protection from respiratory infection. Deposit Photos In a press briefing yesterday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rachelle Walensky announced that the United States is currently seeing the highest levels of hospitalization for influenza (flu) at this point in flu season than it has over the…
Throwing objects over the rim of the canyon is illegal and possibly dangerous. Deposit Photos Please, eager sightseers, do not swat golf balls or anything else into the majesty that is the Grand Canyon in the hopes of potentially going viral. And if you do—expect a fine. Per a post on the Grand Canyon…
Deforestation is responsible for around 20 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions every year. Pexels Since 1990, the planet has lost about 420 million hectares of forest. That’s almost twice the size of Greenland. Most of the time, trees are cleared for agricultural expansion, which means converting forests into croplands and areas for…
Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company valued at $2.2 billion last year, has laid off a portion of its workforce. Yesterday, a few affected and non-affected employees took to LinkedIn to reveal the news. TechCrunch has learned from sources that over 50 employees were affected across multiple departments; the engineering team took the biggest…