With robots outperforming astronauts in space travel , debate is shifting to ownership of ‘outer worlds’
How much do we need humans in space? How much do we want them there? Astronauts embody the triumph of human imagination and engineering. Their efforts shed light on the possibilities and problems posed by travel beyond our nurturing Earth. Their presence on the moon or on other solar-system objects...
Hospitals in Tigray ask patients to bring old clothes for use as gauze during surgery after Ethiopian war ‘killed’ health system
After nearly 18 months of conflict between the federal government and Tigray rebels, the health system of the beleaguered region has “totally collapsed”, according to health officials and doctors there. Interviewed by phone health workers in Tigray said shortages are so acute they are using expired drugs to treat chronic...
