Hongkong: Wahlen verschoben – Peking muss absichern

Per Notstandsrecht aus der Kolonialzeit werden die Wahlen um ein Jahr verschoben. Deutschland folgt Großbritannien, Australien und den USA und kündigt das Auslieferungsabkommen auf

Per Notstandsrecht aus der Kolonialzeit werden die Wahlen um ein Jahr verschoben. Deutschland folgt Großbritannien, Australien und den USA und kündigt das Auslieferungsabkommen auf

Spanien sperrt mit erfundenen Anschuldigungen unliebsame Politiker weg

Nach dem Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte brauchte Spanien noch fast zwei Jahre, um die Unrechtsurteile zu annullieren, über die fünf Basken 6,5 Jahre inhaftiert waren

Nach dem Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte brauchte Spanien noch fast zwei Jahre, um die Unrechtsurteile zu annullieren, über die fünf Basken 6,5 Jahre inhaftiert waren

More quickly than anyone expected, NASA embraces reuse for human flights

“With reuse, we can actually drive down costs and we can increase access.”

Weather permitting, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday. Forecasters are closely watching conditions due to Hurricane Isaias but are hopeful the mission will find calm seas and light winds offshore from the Florida Panhandle.

Unlike the Apollo missions, which returned to Earth in the Pacific Ocean, NASA and SpaceX chose to target a splashdown near the Florida Peninsula. The main reason they did this is to get crews more quickly back to their homes, near Houston, after a spaceflight.

However, landing Dragon near Florida has another advantage for SpaceX. By splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico or nearshore waters of the Atlantic Ocean, a SpaceX recovery boat can transport the Crew Dragon vehicle back to the company's facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station within days. This has become all the more important after a recent announcement that NASA will allow SpaceX to begin reusing its Crew Dragon spacecraft early next year.

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As COVID-19 rages around the globe, other infectious diseases shrink away

Social distancing and breakdowns in reporting have led to startlingly low numbers.

Few people and no cars dot a street amidst highrises.

Enlarge / A masked pedestrian crosses an empty street at a usually busy intersection in the Central Business District on February 3, 2020, in Beijing, China. (credit: Getty | Keven Frayer)

Reports of influenza and a host of other infectious diseases have plummeted as the COVID-19 pandemic has driven people into lockdowns.

In many places, social distancing measures aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus may be smothering the spread of other infectious diseases at the same time. But, in other places, the pandemic may simply be masking disease spread, as people may avoid seeking care for more routine infections while health care systems stretched thin by the pandemic may struggle to conduct routine, surveillance, testing, and reporting.

Some of the resulting declines are dramatic. Countries across the Southern Hemisphere have reported much lower numbers of influenza than usual. Australia, for instance, began 2020 with a relatively high level of flu—reporting around 7,000 lab-confirmed cases in both January and February. But the outbreak crashed in March, with reports of only 229 cases in April, compared with nearly 19,000 in April 2019, as noted by the New Scientist.

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Können die in Europa und den USA implementierten Konjunkturmaßnahmen den gegenwärtigen Krisenschub wirksam begegnen?

Können die in Europa und den USA implementierten Konjunkturmaßnahmen den gegenwärtigen Krisenschub wirksam begegnen?

Lilbits: Dark Sky goes dark, Pixel 5a, PowerToys v0.20 and game & video streaming updates

The end is here for the Dark Sky app for Android. There’s a new version of Microsoft’s PowerToys app for Windows. Google is already working on the Pixel 5a, even though the Pixel 4a hasn’t officially been announced yet. Microsoft may…

Dark Sky

The end is here for the Dark Sky app for Android. There’s a new version of Microsoft’s PowerToys app for Windows. Google is already working on the Pixel 5a, even though the Pixel 4a hasn’t officially been announced yet. Microsoft may be in talks to buy TikTok. And Netflix is finally building functionality into its […]

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