China Lands Tianwen-1 Rover on Mars in a Major First for the Country
Second only to the U.S. in a fully successful Mars landing, China is now set to explore the Utopia Planitia region of the Red Planet’s surface
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Illustration of China’s Tianwen-1 lander and accompanying Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: Xinhua News Agency
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And then there were two: today China says it safely landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time in its history and in its first attempt becoming the only other nation besides the U.S. to achieve such a feat. Its Zhurong rover, named after a god of fire from Chinese folklore, successfully touched down in Utopia Planitia around 7:18 P.M. EST as part of the Tianwen-1 mission, according to the China National Space Administration.
The heartbreak and absolute joy of being a clown doctor It seems like a job that would be filled with fun and frivolity, but this clown doctor has revealed the highs and lows of working with sick children.
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Subscriber only When I was training to become a clown doctor, I was taught early on that we re everybody s friend and everything is interesting. That mindset has always stayed with me and keeps me grounded. I ve been a clown doctor at the Queensland Children s Hospital for about eight years and came to the job from a theatre and performance background.
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Researchers from Monash University, Queensland University of Technology, and Capital University of Economics and Business published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the effects of imaginative product displays in retail stores on customers’ purchase behavior.
The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled “Gimmicky or Effective? The Effects of Imaginative Displays on Customers’ Purchase Behavior” and is authored by Hean Tat Keh, Di Wang, and Li Yan.
Imaginative displays are constructed using multiple units of the same product in a novel, yet aesthetically appealing, form. Results from six studies show that, relative to standard displays (i.e., non-novel and neutral aesthetics), imaginative displays can increase customers’ purchase intention, actual purchases, product sales, and ROI.
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You’d think, nearly a year and a half into the pandemic, public health officials would have figured out a way to keep
mask guidelines clear and simple.
Not so much.
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The less-than-ideal messaging proficiency of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was on display again Thursday, when its mask guidance changed just two weeks after its previous update.
Covid-19: C.D.C. Guidance Prompts Caution in Some States
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Since many states led by Republicans had already eased masking rules, reactions were more obvious in Democratic-led states. The U.S. began the world’s first mass inoculation effort in 12- to 15-year-olds, underscoring the widening gulf in global access to shots.
Here’s what you need to know:
University of Missouri students ordering in a restaurant last week. Masks will no longer be required indoors for the vaccinated.Credit.Jacob Moscovitch for The New York Times
“We have all longed for this moment,” Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a White House news conference on Thursday. “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic.”