Due to delays stemming from manufacturing and safety certification issues, the new manned spacecraft being developed by Boeing and SpaceX may not be ready to ferry U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station before NASA’s contract with Russia’s Soyuz program in November of 2019 runs out, meaning that beginning in late 2019, the ISS may not have an American presence onboard for the better part of a year — and possibly longer.
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A new study has found that the temperature increases from global warming may be twice as bad over what previous climate studies have forecast. This study made use of historical data from previous geological periods when Earth’s climate was 0.5°C-2°C warmer than the 19th Century’s pre-industrial average, illustrating that the consequences of runaway global warming could spell the collapse of many ecosystems, ranging from the Sahara Desert becoming green, to tropical regions converting to a fire-prone savanna.
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The UK’s Ministry of Defence has declassified the remaining three documents in a series of files regarding UFOs, releasing them to the UK’s National Archives after a series of delays that lasted half a decade. The files, consisting of 2,500 pages formerly classified as "SECRET", paint a picture of government officials tasked with uncovering the secrets behind the advanced technologies powering UFOs — fearing that the Soviet Union and China could unlock those secrets first.
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