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Australia’s First Home Quarantine Trial Kicks Off This Week, Here’s How It Works
South Australia is trialing an at-home quarantine program and the results could have huge implications to quarantine facilities across the country. Here’s everything you need to know about it. Who is eligible for the at-home quarantine trial? Starting this week, anyone who returns to South Australia from New South Wales or Victoria will be eligible…
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Jeff Bezos Instigates Potentially Crushing Delay of NASA Lunar Lander
NASA has agreed to put its SpaceX lunar lander contract on hold for a second time as it deals with a Blue Origin lawsuit. Work on the Artemis lunar lander may not recommence until November, putting NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the Moon in 2024 in even greater jeopardy.
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Texas Is Letting Shell, Exxon, and Other Oil Producers Break the Rules
Even when policymakers set the easiest rules for fossil fuel producers to follow, it seems like many companies choose to flaunt them anyway. A new analysis from Earthworks suggests that oil and gas producers in the Permian Basin in Texas, one of the largest oilfields in the world, are routinely emitting carbon dioxide and methane…
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TikTok’s Algorithm Is Speeding Up the Spread of Covid-19 Vaccine Lies
TikTok — long known as an incubator for viral dance trends and memes — is reportedly gaining a reputation as a breeding ground for a far more insidious type of viral content: the spread of hoaxes and misinformation, specifically those pertaining to the Covid-19 vaccines.