Castro Diaz-Balart also headed Cuba's nuclear power programme until a falling-out with his father led to his dismissal, the BBC reported . "All my career has been as a scientist", he said in a 2013 television interview with the Russian government-funded station RT. [Full Article...]
The Mars Curiosity rover is sitting pretty on a ridge on Mars. Curiosity's Mast Camera ( Mastcam ) took the component images of the panorama on October 25, 2017, during the 1,856th Martian day , or sol, while the rover paused on the northern edge of Vera Rubin Ridge. [Full Article...]
Senate Republican leaders introduced a bill on January 29 that could become legislation to replace the 18-district map ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court last week, but they say a lack of guidance from the justices is a problem. Nowhere has the criticism been more cutting than in the map drawn for the 7th District, a congressional region that includes portions of Chester County. [Full Article...]
Being able to learn and see how each organization used the donations was a key part of the Pledge. It's been an honor to work for the people and donate $1 mil to orgs fighting for social justice! Kaepernick shared a video from Usher following the donation. [Full Article...]
As the anxiety cells in the hippocampus fire rapidly, signals to other areas of the brain are triggered like the hypothalamus and the amygdala which are also involved in the regulation of anxiety. Kolb Professor and Chair of Psychiatry at Columbia. When his team turned up the activity in the cells in the hippocampus, the mice became more anxious and did not want to explore. [Full Article...]
The veterans group expanded its simple message of asking people to stand for the anthem, to encourage Americans to get involved with public service and voting. Rokita in his letter to Mr. Irsay. Critics were alarmed when ESPN reported in November that the National Football League had entered into an agreement in principle with the newly formed Players Coalition to spend $89 million on various ca... [Full Article...]
There is no concrete test to determine early onset of dementia, and patients with cognitive impairment are diagnosed based on a careful evaluation using brain scans and concise mental testing, according to the Alzheimer's Society UK . This is why there is a huge amount of research into tests for Alzheimer's. It can be detected with brain scans, but these are expensive and impractical. [Full Article...]
However, CAS reduced their lifetime Olympic bans to a ban from this month's Winter Games in Pyeongchang. The IOC had imposed lifetime bans on 43 Russians in all for doping. The organizing committee on Wednesday said that they will replace soldiers with civilian volunteers to hoist the North Korean flag during the welcoming ceremony for the North Korean athletes on February 8. [Full Article...]