Isro plan for 1-2 years ready: V Narayanan
V Narayanan is set to become the new chairman of ISRO on January 14, succeeding S Somanath. Narayanan will oversee several significant projects, including the Chandrayaan-4 lunar mission, Gaganyaan human spaceflight, and space station development. His backgro…
CUPE Ontario and OMW Join AMO’s, Municipalities’ Calls to Deal With Human and Financial Costs of Ontario’s Homelessness Crisis
TORONTO — In response to the report “Municipalities under pressure: The human and financial cost of Ontario’s homelessness crisis,” released by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, CUPE Ontario and its Ontario Municipal Workers committee (OMW) issued the following statement: With both a federal and provincial election in the offing…
‘Wake-up call’ as hookworm parasites that infect pets and people grow drug resistant
Hookworms that cause deadly dog infection and ‘creeping eruption’ in humans are growing resistant to drugs…
2024 was the hottest year on record, and the 1st to breach the 1.5 C global warming limit, data reveals
Scientists have warned that the Paris Agreement to limit global warming will likely be breached as data reveals 2024 was the hottest year in human history…
NASA and Italian Space Agency Test Future Lunar Navigation Technology
As the Artemis campaign leads humanity to the Moon and eventually Mars, NASA is refining its state-of-the-art navigation and positioning technologies to guide a new era of lunar exploration. A technology demonstration helping pave the way for these developments is the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) payload…
hMPV: Is There Cause for Concern?
The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a sharp rise in respiratory viral infections since December 2024, including from human metapneumovirus (hMPV), drawing widespread media attention and flashbacks to January 2020. However, most experts agree that the likelihood of a COVID-like pandemic is low because variants of hMPV have circulated for decades…
Hunters Disagree on the Threat of Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer
The prion disease that causes deer, elk and other cervids to waste away could someday jump to humans, but many hunters are not convinced they should worry…