Month: March 2021

SpaceX Starship SN10 explodes after liftoff at South Padre Island, Texas

SpaceX Starship Rocket Nailed Landing but Came Down in Flames Yet Again

Reuters 04/03/2021

Musk intends to fly Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa around...

Students wearing protective masks listen to their teacher as they maintain social distancing in a classroom of Central Model School during a demonstration session for the students, parents and teaching staff before the reopening of the school, as India eases lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Barrackpore on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Schools Closed Due To COVID-19 Impacted 247M Children in India: UNICEF

Reopening schools in a staggered manner is crucial to...

A grey mullet is shown next to microplastic found in Hong Kong waters during a Greenpeace news conference in Hong Kong, China, April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Hundreds of Fish Species Consume Plastic – and It’s Getting Worse

Alexandra McInturf and Matthew Savoca 04/03/2021

Proportion of fish consuming plastic has doubled across species...

Healthcare worker in a Mumbai slum for a COVID-19 check-up camp. Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas

COVID-19 Recovered People Showing Faster Antibody Response To Covishield

Single dose of Covishield is enough for individuals already...

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Hot Weather Causes Intense Forest Fire in Simlipal, Govt Claims No Lives Lost

Forest officials, locals and volunteers are engaged in disconnecting...

Aerial view of the Kringlerne rare earth deposit, near the town of Narsaq

An Arctic Island Finds ‘Green Power’ Can Be a Curse

Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Eric Onstad 04/03/2021

Public debate on mining in Greenland has triggered a...

Taronga Zoo senior keeper Rob Dockerill holds Annie the Platypus during a World Wildlife Day announcement pledging to save the Australian platypus from extinction, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

Australia Building World’s First Sanctuary for Near-Extinct Platypus

Cordelia Hsu 03/03/2021

The platypus, currently a protected species, may become extinct...