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November 15, 2021
15th November 2021 • Russia has conducted an anti- satellite weapon (ASAT) test, resulting in over 1 500 pieces of trackable orbital debris and hundreds of thousands of smaller orbital debris. • U.S. State Department: “dangerous and irresponsible behavior by the Russian Federation” • The ISS crew sheltered in their lifeboats today due to the...
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Wong SY, Wei Y, Mouritsen H, Solov’yov IA, Hore PJ. Cryptochrome magnetoreception: four tryptophans could be better than three. J R Soc Interface. 2021 Nov;18(184):20210601. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0601. Epub 2021 Nov 10. PMID: 34753309. Abstract The biophysical mechanism of the magnetic compass sensor in migratory songbirds is thought to involve photo-induced radical pairs formed in cryptochrome...
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