Science & Health
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For Some Strange Reason, Orcas Are Ramming Into Boats in Northern Spain
Although the majority of orcas ignore boats at sea, there are a few in northern Spain that are apparently interested in ramming into them, setting off a string of questions and a bit of apprehension.
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Scientists Flag ‘Inconsistencies’ in Russian Vaccine Study
A group of scientists is questioning the only available study so far supporting a controversial vaccine candidate for the coronavirus that causes covid-19, which is being developed by the Russian government. The group is claiming to have found “potential data inconsistencies” that make some of the findings highly unlikely to be genuine.
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NASA Is Soliciting Bids to Bring Capitalism to the Moon
Mankind’s quest to really fuck up the Moon is taking another step. NASA has filed a “request for quotations” for any company willing to scrape the lunar surface for the first off-world sale of space resources, in a sort of baby step towards Moon Capitalism.
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Gigantic Camera Snaps First-Ever 3,200-Megapixel Digital Photos
Scientists from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have produced the world’s first 3,200-megapixel digital photos. The images were snapped by an oversized digital camera destined for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, in what is an early demonstration of this facility’s tremendous potential.