Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

Space – Bright Rays and Dark Shadows in a Nearby Galaxy (NASA)

NASA writes: From 156 million light-years away the heart of active galaxy IC 5063 reveals a mixture of bright rays and dark shadows coming from...
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Earth from Space – Shoring up the Corn Belt’s Soil Health With NASA Data (NASA)

NASA writes: After the corn harvest last fall, Illinois farmer Paul Jeschke planted a fraction of his fields with cereal rye: 60 acres of...
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Space – Two More Artemis I Deep Space CubeSats Prepare for Launch (NASA)

Jennifer Harbaugh writes: Two additional secondary payloads that will travel to deep space on Artemis I, the first flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion...
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Space – Rocket tanks of carbon fibre reinforced plastic proven possible (ESA)

ESA writes: Building on earlier studies, MT Aerospace in Germany has demonstrated a novel design of a small scale tank made of a unique...
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Space – First test of Europe’s new space brain (ESA)

ESA writes: On 26 June 2021, ESA’s OPS-SAT space lab became the first spacecraft to be monitored and controlled using the EGS-CC – proving that this...
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Tunisia – Experts react: What’s next after Tunisian president’s parliamentary freeze? (Atlantic Council)

Karim Mezran, Haykel Ben Mahfoudh, Alia Brahimi, Andrew G. Farrand, Alessia Melcangi, Emadeddin Badi, Alissa Pavia write: On July 25, Tunisian President Kais Saied took drastic measures to bring “peace” to...
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TechInnovation/New Commercial Space Revolution – Remote Sensing and Sensibility (CSIS)

Kaitlyn Johnson, Lindsay R. Sheppard write for CSIS: The third episode of Tech Unmanned focuses on a new commercial space revolution in remote sensing...
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Trans Pacific Partnership/USA – To TPP or Not to TPP: That Is the Question (CSIS)

William Alan Reinsch writes: The Biden-Harris administration continues to wrestle not only with the ghost of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) but with its reincarnation...
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Tunisia – A Coup in Tunisia? (CSIS)

Will Todman writes: On Sunday July 25, Tunisian president Kais Saied invoked emergency powers, fired the prime minister, and suspended parliament for 30 days....
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Environmental and social sustainability challenges – Major international legal report backs growing institutional investor focus on achieving positive sustainability impacts (UNEP)

UNEP writes: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Freshfields) has today released a new report, A Legal Framework for Impact, commissioned by The Generation Foundation, the United...
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Chemicals/Waste – How composting can reduce our impact on the planet (UNEP)

UNEP writes: Every year, across the world, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is either lost or wasted, says the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Food...
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Ecosystems/Biodiversity – Six things you can do to bring back mangroves (UNEP)

UNEP writes: Don’t be fooled by their modest appearance: mangroves are important players in some of the greatest challenges facing the world today. They...
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China/Afghan Taliban – China hopes Afghan Taliban breaks away from all terror groups: FM Wang Yi (Global Times)

Al Jazeera writes: China hopes that the Afghan Taliban will make a clear break with East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and all other terrorist...
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China – Anti-foreign sanctions law likely to be included in HK Basic Law Annex III (Global Times)

Cui Fandi and Chen Qingqing write: The recently enacted Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law is likely to be included in the Hong Kong Basic Law Annex...
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China – SW China’s Chengdu set to issue nation’s first heavy ozone pollution alert (Global Times)

Global Times writes: Chengdu, capital city of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, is set to issue the nation's first alert for heavy ozone pollution on...
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China – Conference on High-Quality Development and International Cooperation of Chinese Cities held in Beijing (Global Times)

Global Times writes: On July 24, the Conference on High-Quality Development and International Cooperation of Chinese Cities was held in Beijing. Guided by the...
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