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New generation optical constellation CO3D satellites en route for launch pad
AvioNews
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June 26, 2025
The four latest generation optical satellites, developed and built by Airbus in partnership with the French Space Agency CNES are on their way to their launch pad in French Guiana. They left Toulouse, France, for the European Space port in Kourou,...
First Amazon country declared free of malaria
Healio News
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July 1, 2025
Add topic to email alerts Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Key takeaways: Suriname is the 12th country in the...
Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century
Africa is a country
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Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...
Brazilian activists vow to fight Amazon oil auction in court, hail ‘partial victory’ over unsold blocks
Climate Home News
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June 24, 2025
A controversial auction of oil blocks in the Amazon by COP30 host Brazil drew bids on only 20% of the areas offered, a result that green campaigners have hailed as a partial victory as they prepare to challenge the bidding process in the courts....
“Cargo Shipping Just Changed Forever”: Wind-Powered Vessel Hits 99.6% Usage, Slashes 20 Tons of CO2 Every Day
Sustainability Times
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June 27, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 The Canopée cargo ship uses advanced OceanWings sails to significantly reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. 🛳️ Canopée’s sails contribute to an average daily fuel saving of 5.2 tons, highlighting the aerodynamic efficiency...
Summer sizzlers! It’s the 20 hottest TV shows of the season
The Guardian
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June 27, 2025
Squid Game The big one. The uberviolent South Korean juggernaut – still Netflix’s most popular show ever – reaches the end point … and Player 456 is still in the game. What will happen after the armed rebellion? Will he figure out he’s playing...
The Brief – Elon’s next blow up with Brussels
EurActiv
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June 25, 2025
The EU’s effort to expand its regulatory reach farther than ever before pits its policy wonks against a familiar foe: MAGA’s Elon Musk. The SpaceX billionaire is no stranger to a scrap with Brussels and, after a two-year wait, the European...
Beyond the lens: Cameras that explore the unknown
Media India Group
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June 23, 2025
In 1816, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce invented a technology that did more than just document events, it captured them visually in real time. His creation preserved moments big and small, from personal milestones to world-changing events: the camera....
Meet the most extreme traveler in the animal kingdom
AS
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June 23, 2025
The painted lady butterfly sounds as if it might be an artist’s most famous masterpiece but is actually one of the world’s most fascinating insects, not only because of its startling appearance, but also due to its migratory habits. How far can...
Will first named tropical storm develop soon in Atlantic? See latest chances
Daytona Beach News Journal - Florida
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Invest 90L could develop June 23 into a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Andrea. If it does strengthen, it's not expected to last long as it moves into an area preventing further development. The system is expected to move toward the...
A “Crazy Idea” Proven True: Pluto’s Breath Changes Its Moon’s Color
SciTechDaily
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June 22, 2025
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this image of Pluto’s surface shrouded in atmospheric haze. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Pluto’s haze is real, its atmosphere is wild, and its moon is stealing its breath—literally. And it might just teach us...
Video 00:06:07 Enabling & Support The future of ESA Transportation 23/06/2025 136 views 2 likes Play
ESA
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Space is huge and essential to humankind, fuelling knowledge, supporting our economies and driving global prosperity. None of this would be possible without reliable access to space. Since 1979, Europe has relied on the Ariane rockets and Vega...
Canopée proves wind propulsion potential on transatlantic voyage
Offshore Energy
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June 20, 2025
Two years after its launch, Canopée— believed to be the first industrial cargo vessel equipped with four automated OceanWings—has demonstrated the potential of wind-assisted propulsion. Courtesy of OceanWings Operational data confirms average fuel...
Food in the “Great Land of Guyana”
Stabroek News
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June 16, 2025
Geoffrey Giddings, Ph.D. is a Guyanese American, educator, researcher, 2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar, and a consultant on cuisine culture. One of life’s great pleasures is meeting and learning from new people. I had the privilege, thanks to a...
Story Agency Ready for lift-off? Apply now for ESA Academy’s new Access … 18/06/2025 3621 views 12 likes Read
ESA
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Agency 18/06/2025 3386 views 12 likes In brief University students can now apply for the pilot edition of the Access to Space Training Course, which will be held from 27 to 31 October 2025 at ESEC-Galaxia in Belgium. Organised by ESA Academy in...
Astronomers left puzzled by high-altitude clouds forming on young planet
The Guardian
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June 10, 2025
Should humans ever venture to a particular planet that circles a sun-like star in the constellation of the fly, they would do well to keep an eye on the weather. The thick slabs of cloud that blot the planet’s skies are mostly made from mineral...
Story Agency ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day Two Highlights 17/06/2025 702 views 11 likes Read
ESA
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Agency 17/06/2025 698 views 11 likes The beginning of the industrial development of LISA was among the highlights for the European Space Agency on the second day of the International Paris Air Show. ESA presented a vision of space missions in 2040...
Marine energy: Harnessing the power of the Atlantic
Atlantic Council
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June 10, 2025
Issue Brief June 10, 2025 • 9:02 am ET Print this page Marine energy: Harnessing the power of the Atlantic By William Yancey Brown Following a decade-long partnership, the Policy Center for the New South and the Atlantic Council have joined forces...
China’s Mega Railway in the Amazon
Dialogo Magazine
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June 12, 2025
The mega transcontinental railway project promoted by China, which plans to connect the port of Chancay in Peru with the port of Santos on the Atlantic coast of Brazil, is positioned as a key piece in China’s economic and geopolitical expansion...
Focus on ESA Impact: Pick of our spring space snaps Open
ESA
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Agency 10/06/2025 1438 views 55 likes Welcome to ESA Impact, your interactive gateway to the most captivating stories and stunning visuals from the European Space Agency. This second quarter of 2025 was a momentous one, completing ESA’s first half...