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HealthPA Media: ScienceEarly Covid symptoms differ between men and women, study suggests
Research based on data from the Zoe Covid Symptom Study app also showed varying symptoms for different age groups.
HealthPA Media: ScienceEngland’s chief midwife urges pregnant women to get coronavirus jab
Scientists said more than 99% of pregnant women admitted to hospital with the virus have not been vaccinated.
NewsBusiness InsiderA Missouri doctor says people in her state are getting vaccines in disguise for fear of running into friends or family who might judge them
Dr. Priscilla Frase said people are concerned how their loved ones will react if they find out they got the vaccine.
BusinessThe TelegraphDeliveroo abandons Spain in face of fierce competition
Deliveroo is to pull out of Spain in the face of fierce competition and new laws forcing it to treat its riders as staff. The London-listed food delivery company said the move would affect about 100 full-time employees, roughly 5pc of its total headcount, while about 3,000 couriers would also lose work. The decision is subject to a consultation. It is the first major retrenchment by the company since listing in March at a valuation of £5.2bn, about a third lower than forecast. Deliveroo shares h
ScienceEvening StandardRussian module mishap destabilises International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) was briefly destabilised after a Russian science lab malfunctioned. The 13m-long lab inadvertently fired its thrusters, resulting in the ISS losing control of its orientation for 47 minutes, NASA said. Russian cosmonauts checked for leaks between the 22-tonne lab - named Nauka - and the service module when automatic sensors on the ground identified the problem.
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NewsThe ConversationPortland stone: how a creamy British limestone became a symbol of empire and elitism
Stone from one small island was used in Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, St Paul’s Cathedral and many other landmarks.
HealthPA Media: ScienceCall to cut Covid transmission during jab campaigns to stop resistant strains
New modelling suggests a fast rate of vaccination decreases the probability of a vaccine-resistant coronavirus strain.
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ISS Briefly Thrown 'Out of Control' After Docking of Russian Module
The International Space Station (ISS) was briefly thrown “out of control” on July 29, according to reports citing NASA officials, when a Russian module misfired after docking.NASA shared footage of the initially successful docking to Twitter, stating that “contact and capture” took place at 9:29am ET.However, the module’s thrusters started firing “inadvertently and unexpectedly”, according to NASA, moving the station 45 degrees out of attitude.The seven crew members aboard were never in any immediate danger, according to reports, but the incident prompted NASA to postpone a Boeing capsule launch until at least August 3. Credit: NASA via Storyful
HealthBusiness InsiderThe Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox, leaked CDC presentation warns
The internal CDC document warned the Delta variant is more transmissible than the viruses that cause MERS, SARS, Ebola, and the seasonal flu.
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Russian module sends Space Station spinning
The International Space Station was thrown briefly out of control on Thursday after a newly arrived Russian module malfunctioned, according to NASA.Officials said the seven crew members aboard weren't in any immediate danger-But the malfunction has prompted the agency to postpone another highly anticipated test flight to the station by Boeing.NASA said Thursday's mishap began about three hours after Russia's Nauka module had latched onto the space station, as mission controllers in Moscow were performing some post-docking "reconfiguration" procedures.The module's jets unexpectedly restarted and inadvertently fired off their thrusters, pitching the entire station out of its normal flight position, leading the mission's flight director to declare a "spacecraft emergency."Flight teams on the ground managed to restore the space station's orientation by activating thrusters on another module of the orbiting platform, with experts describing the struggle to regain control as a "tug of war."The Nauka engines were ultimately switched off, and the space station was stabilized.What caused Nauka's engine malfunction has yet to be determined, but Russia's space agency attributed it to having to work with residual fuel in the craft.The module had experienced glitches after its launch last week, raising concerns about whether it would dock properly.There was no immediate sign of any damage to the space station.
HealthPA Media: ScienceDramatic difference in body fat between rich and poor children, research finds
The researchers say more needs to be done to tackle early years health inequalities to avoid children being saddled with lifelong health problems.
ScienceThe TelegraphNasa delays launch of unmanned ISS mission after mishaps at Russian module
Nasa has decided to push back Friday’s launch of the agency’s unmanned flight to the International Space Station as engineers were dealing with mishaps at Russia’s new module that arrived earlier that day. Nasa said in a statement late on Thursday that the Starliner flight is now scheduled to blast off next Tuesday. “The moves allows the space station team time to continue working checkouts of the newly arrived Roscosmos’ Nauka module and to ensure the station will be ready for Starliner’s arriv
NewsPA Media: Real LifeSchoolboy is inspired by British film to create FrankEinstein upcycling app – winning major award and £10,000 towards bringing his idea to market
Devonian Otto Sutton, 11, was inspired to breathe new life into old items after watching the movie The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
ScienceSky NewsInternational Space Station knocked out of position as new Russian science lab malfunctions
The International Space Station has been knocked out of position after a Russian science lab malfunctioned. The newly arrived lab accidentally fired its thrusters, resulting in the ISS losing control of its orientation for 47 minutes, NASA said. Russian cosmonauts had been checking for leaks between the 22-tonne lab - named Nauka - and the service module, when automatic sensors on the ground detected the problem.
ScienceSky NewsBritish military chiefs criticise China and Russia for 'reckless' behaviour in space
Two military chiefs have criticised China and Russia for "reckless" behaviour in space, such as using weapons to destroy satellites, leaving a trail of dangerous debris orbiting Earth. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, the head of the Royal Air Force, and General Sir Patrick Sanders, commander of Strategic Command, also for the first time left open the possibility that the UK could develop its own weapons to defend assets in space. The two commanders were speaking at the official opening of the UK Space Command, which will take charge of all military work involving space - now considered a domain of operations alongside land, sea, air, and cyberspace.
HealthPA Media: Science99% of pregnant women admitted to hospital with Covid-19 unvaccinated – research
Researchers at Oxford University described their findings as ‘concerning’.
NewsThe TelegraphFacebook's hate speech curbs violated Germans' rights, court rules
A German court has ruled that Facebook violated its users' right to free expression by blocking their accounts for hate speech without first giving them the right to respond. In a major setback for the American social media giant, Germany's federal supreme court upheld an appeal by two users who had been temporarily banned from the service in 2018 for derogatory comments about immigrants. It said that Facebook's blanket terms and conditions for policing users' posts at the time were not enforcea
ScienceBusiness InsiderRussia's new space-station module fired its engines in error, pushing the entire station into an hour-long spin
The Nauka module began firing its thrusters unexpectedly on Thursday, pushing the space station out of position and beginning a "tug of war."
ScienceABC NewsBoeing's Starliner launch delayed after Space Station incident
After a very public failure in 2019, Boeing and its Starliner spacecraft have a shot at redemption with their upcoming second test flight. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 mission was originally scheduled to launch on Friday, but it was scrubbed due to an unexpected incident at the International Space Station where it was set to dock. While NASA assures space station crew "was never and is not in any danger," flight controllers noticed an unplanned firing of thrusters on the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module on Thursday.
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HealthBusiness InsiderIsrael will roll out a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to older people, citing a drop in protection against severe disease driven by the Delta variant
Israeli health officials said they'd seen protection against severe illness from Pfizer's vaccine decrease from 97% to 81% over time.
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ServiceNow CEO: 'If the work doesn't flow, it doesn't go'
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott joins Yahoo Finance to discuss the company's latest earnings beat and trends he's seeing in the digital workflow space.
ScienceBusiness InsiderNASA has delayed Boeing's spaceship flight after a Russian module pushed the space station out of position
Boeing needs to show that its spaceship is safe for astronauts after failing its last test flight. But Russia's spacecraft glitch delayed the launch.