ArianeGroup has a new goal. The European company will develop a reusable mini-launcher, in particular to compete with the Americans of SpaceX, pioneers of this technology, announced Monday, December 6 the French Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire. This launcher “must be able to be operational in 2026,” said the minister, during a trip … Read more
This is a warning from Sarah Gilbert. A next pandemic is likely to be “worse”, will warn Monday, December 6 the British scientist, co-creator of the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, calling for investment in research to be better prepared for this eventuality. “This won’t be the last time a virus threatens our lives … Read more
The race for space tourism continues. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft is due to take a Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, December 8, a trip that marks Moscow’s efforts to establish itself in the lucrative orbiting tourism market. This flight, which will depart from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, comes … Read more
Asking for a raise can be awkward. And like any negotiation, discussions should be treated with delicacy. Fotini Iconomopoulos has spent the past 20 years training people in the art of negotiation, and has written a new book on the subject called “Say Less, Get More”. She told Insider that when negotiating something at work, … Read more
In the United States, it is now possible to take ketamine in spa-style clinics, or take a psilocybin trip in a doctor’s office, with a playlist specially designed to guide patients. HaluGen Life Sciences, a health technology company, offers genetic testing to assess sensitivity to psychedelics. The test covers five different DNA markers. However, some … Read more
Some people may think that a person can become a psychopath because of a traumatic childhood. However, the findings of a neuroscientist with 15 years of experience in brain research suggest this is not the case. At a virtual seminar hosted by The Science and Information Exchange, an organization that connects the entertainment industry and … Read more
It can seem idyllic to be a remote worker and connect to your computer from anywhere in the world. It is, but after five years of working remotely as a digital nomad, there are definitely a few details I wish I had known before I took the plunge. In 2016, I quit my teaching job … Read more
“Star Wars” is a space epic that has illuminated the imagination of spectators, young and old, since the first film was broadcast in theaters in 1977. As a reminder, the story imagined by George Lucas takes place in a galaxy which is the scene of clashes between the Jedi Knights and the Dark Lords of … Read more
Men who use e-cigarettes are more likely to experience erectile dysfunction – on the order of twice as much – than those who don’t vape, according to a study published Wednesday in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. In the first study on the relationship between vaping and sexual health, researchers analyzed self-reported data from … Read more
If you hate your job, you may have dreamed more than once of quitting or never working again and spending your days volunteering in a local park: fresh air, doing a favor to the company, the absence of an office. But for most of us, this fantasy of the future will never come true. This … Read more