10 Proposed Solutions To The Problems Of Interstellar Travel
Right now, interstellar travel and colonization is pretty unlikely. Basic laws of physics suggest that it just can’t be done, and for many people, that means it’ll never be done. Those people are no fun. Others are more idealistic, looking for ways to break the laws of physics (or at least find a loophole) that will allow us to travel to distant stars and explore whole new worlds.
10 Alcubierre Warp Drive
Anything called a “warp drive” might sound like it’s more at home on
Star Trek than in NASA. Nevertheless, the Alcubierre Warp Drive is an idea that they’re kicking around as a possible solution (or at least the beginning of a solution) to overcoming the universe’s restrictions when it comes to moving faster than light.
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Stephanie Cohen, cohead of Goldman s consumer and wealth group, is the only woman heading one of the bank s primary business divisions.
She is a key architect of the bank s ambitious consumer strategy, which involves partnerships with high-profile consumer brands.
Insiders told us what s at stake for her growing group, and what it could mean for Cohen s future.
When Adena Friedman, the CEO of Nasdaq, hosted a dozen executives for dinner at her home in June 2018, it marked the first encounter for one of Wall Street s most senior women and another up-and-comer.
ACA s Medicaid expansion helped find undiagnosed cases of HIV
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In another sign that the Affordable Care Act has been good for Americans health, a new study finds that a large number of undiagnosed HIV cases in the United States came to light after Medicaid s expansion under the health insurance law.
Not only that, there was also an increase in the use of HIV prevention services, the researchers said.
Advertisement Increasing community awareness of HIV and increasing individuals awareness of their HIV status is key to reducing new infections, said study author Dolores Albarracín, a professor of psychology and business administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and director of the university s Social Action Lab.
COVID on Campus: Unprecedented Challenges, Mixed Results
COVID on Campus: Unprecedented Challenges, Mixed Results
Experts Say Untold Thousands of COVID-19 Cases Went Undetected Share this story Published January 29th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: Six Ionic-style columns originally supported the University of Missouri-Columbia s first campus building Academic Hall. (Emily Wolf | Flatland)
In April in the early weeks of the pandemic, as University of Missouri President Mun Choi evaluated whether his school should come back in the fall, he predicted that 20 students on his campus would need to be sequestered with COVID-19 if they came back for in-person classes.
Upon reopening in August, Missouri had isolation and quarantine housing available for more than 200 students. By Thanksgiving, the school had more than 2,300 reported cases overall.
How do stay-at-home mandates impact mental health?
Written by Beth JoJack on January 29, 2021 Fact checked by Hilary Guite, FFPH, MRCGP
A new study suggests that although people may find stay-at-home mandates mentally and emotionally taxing to begin with, these ill effects begin to fade as individuals establish new routines.
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In May, experts at the United Nations warned that a mental health crisis could be looming due to the COVID-19 pandemic.