Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

Space – Un ‘Sole’ giovane e vicino (Global Science)

Valeria Guarnieri writes: Com’era il Sole durante la sua ‘adolescenza’? Ce lo dice Kappa 1 Ceti, una stella junior e vicina, che gli astronomi ritengono molto simile alla...

Space – MaGIXS vola sul mistero del Sole (Global Science)

Giuseppe Nucera writes: Se volessimo assaggiare un piatto di spaghetti appena scolati, intuitivamente prenderemmo uno degli spaghetti più superficiali o, ancora meglio, uno sulla...

Space – Ghiaccio sulla Luna: ombre e gas sciolgono l’enigma (Global Science)

Barbara Ranghelli writes for Global Science: «Se l’acqua fosse disponibile sulla Luna sotto forma di brina nelle regioni illuminate dal sole, i futuri esploratori potrebbero usarla...

Space – Una stella in fuga dalla Via Lattea (Global Science)

Valeria Guarnieri writes: Si trova ad una distanza di circa 2mila anni luce dalla Terra, nella costellazione dell’Orsa Minore, e si sta letteralmente catapultando verso i confini della Via...

Space – Un aiuto dallo spazio per la lotta agli incendi boschivi (Global Science)

Barbara Ranghelli writes: Uno strumento della Nasa, l’ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (Ecostress), sta fornendo dati essenziali per combattere la propagazione dei...

Space – 29 raptor per il Super Heavy (Global Science)

Global Science writes: È atteso entro la fine dell’anno il primo volo orbitale di Starship, la navicella riutilizzabile per lo spazio profondo che sta...

Europe – Standing at a Crossroads: Economic Recovery Plans in EU Essential to Deliver Inclusive and Green Growth (World Bank blogs)

GALLINA ANDRONOVA VINCELETTE, REENA BADIANI-MAGNUSSON, MONA PRASAD write: Two years into a pandemic that has shaken the world, policymaking remains a delicate balance between protecting those who...

Peru – Better data for safe economic reactivation (World Bank blogs)

JEREMY VEILLARD, AAKASH MOHPAL, GABRIEL AGUIRRE MARTENS, MARÍA INÉS BADIN write: Peru is among the world’s hardest-hit countries by the pandemic. To date, it has the largest...

EMDE Infrastructure Development – Asset recycling in EMDE infrastructure development can be a win-win-win (World Bank blogs)

SATHEESH SUNDARARAJAN writes: Notwithstanding different levels of estimates of the infrastructure gap from various global studies, one thing we can safely agree on is...

Semiconductor Tech War/USA – The United States is determined to dominate the semiconductor tech war (East Asia Forum)

June Park writes: The United States is home to ‘state-of-the-art’ integrated device manufacturers and fabless chip firms, but the global chip shortage during COVID-19...

CFA Franc Zone – Economic development and the post-COVID recovery (Brookings)

Ali Zafar writes: Comprising many of the poorest countries in Africa, including those in the Sahel, the CFA franc zone faces particularly daunting challenges...

USA – Vaccine mandates are more popular than you think (Brookings)

William A. Galston writes: July represented an inflection-point in public opinion about the pandemic. As COVID-19 infections from the delta variant spiked, Americans’ expectations...

India – It takes a village: The role of mentorship in supporting India’s young women in the workforce (Brookings)

Arundhuti Gupta writes: Despite important gains in the formal education of girls in the last decade and half, women in India are conspicuously missing...

USA – The Senate infrastructure bill puts America closer to another New Deal (Brookings)

Adie Tomer writes: After months of negotiations and years of false starts, the United States finally has an infrastructure bill. And it’s massive: The...

USA/Defense/Taiwan – State Clears Biden Admin’s First Major Taiwan Arms Sale (Breaking Defense)

AARON MEHTA writes: The State Department cleared Taiwan today to purchase an estimated $750 million in howitzers and associated equipment — the first major Foreign Military Sales...

USA/Defense – ARRW Schedule Still On Track Pending Failure Review (Breaking Defense)

THERESA HITCHENS writes: Despite a second flight test failure, the Air Force is still pushing to begin production of the hypersonic Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon...