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By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University Sixty years ago, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel in space when he completed his historic orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961. It was an extraordinary achievement, but created a dilemma for a world embroiled in the Cold War. Gagarin’s spaceflight heralded a vision of a unified planet. However, in the battle between communism and capitalism, space technology was also a weapon to demonstrate the superiority of one political system over the other. The Soviet Union was winning...

A CRÈCHE in Barrow has 'closed for good' following low numbers as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Houston experts share best ways to protect your home, car, pets, and plants from the upcoming freeze Houston experts on protecting home, pets, and plants from the freeze Houston has seen snow again. Photo by Tyler Horne As local temperatures plummet to lows not seen in decades, Houstonians are scrambling to prepare for a potential snow, ice, and a serious freeze. (Monday, February 15 is expected to see a low of below 10 degrees, to say nothing of the wind chill effect.) Conventional wisdom suggests preparing for the four Ps: people, pets, pipes, plants. But Houston is a car town, and thus ...

Here are things to know for Thursday, Feb. 11:

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