Insider spoke to two NASA scientists who worked on the crop-production experiments to learn more about how they aim to keep crew members healthy.

NASA astronaut, Michael Hopkins, smells extra dwarf pak choi plants growing aboard the International Space Station.
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The upcoming "Saturday Night Live" host and billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX brainstormed ideas for sketches, including "Irony Man."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Saturday posted possible "SNL" sketches, including "Irony Man."
Musk will host...

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-brainstormed-snl-skit-ideas-twitter-woke-james-bond-2021-5

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Both of these tech companies have been market-beating investments.Last year, as the pandemic forced business closures and social distancing, consumers turned to digital channels for shopping and entertainment. While that hurt many traditional retailers and media companies, it was a strong tailwind ...

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The FDA approved OxyContin in 1995 believing it would result in "less abuse potential." In 2001, the regulator said the drug has high abuse potential.

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
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An FDA director who oversaw the approval of ...

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The State Of The Third COVID Wave In Europe

Despite still experiencing one of the highestCOVID-19virus caseloads relative to population in Europe,France today announcedits exit strategy which would see the country reopen (except nightclubs) until June 30. Secondary students are already starting to...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/state-third-covid-wave-europe

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We welcome you back to planet Earth and thanks for flying SpaceX, SpaceX's Mission Control radioed moments after splashdown. For those of you enrolled in our frequent flyer program, you've earned 68 million miles on this voyage...

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This mortgage REIT is no longer a turnaround story.For most of 2020, the mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) sector followed the arc of a turnaround story. These stocks were beaten up badly in the early days of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and many became insolvent. Some even became ...

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JERUSALEM Officials came under growing scrutiny Sunday for ignoring warnings about safety lapses at one of Israels most visited holy sites, as the country mourned 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in a stampede at a festival there. The disaster at Mount Meron also heated up the debate over the role of ...

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Greece and Iceland, among the few countries currently open to US tourists, accept the CDC's vaccination cards as official documentaiton.

A federal police officer checks the document of a passenger who landed from Prague at Frankfurt Airport in Germany.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-travel-us-to-europe-vaccine-2021-5

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I'm thinking about my 2021 Stocks & Shares ISA strategy, and I'm increasingly drawn to basing it around top-performing investment trusts.
The post Id buy these investment trusts for my 2021 Stocks & Shares ISA appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.

I know a young person whos planning to invest in a ...

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BERLIN More than 50 police officers were injured and over 250 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in Berlin turned violent, the German Police Union said Sunday. More than 20 different rallies took place in the German capital on Saturday and the vast majority of them were ...

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ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina Groups of men are preparing for long hours of hard labor deep underground in a trouble-plagued coal mine in Bosnias central city of Zenica. During Islams holy month of Ramadan, observant Muslims among them are easy to spot. Arriving for their shift and assembling for a ...

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The answer depends on your timeline.If only life's long-term decisions were as easy as the short-term ones. You might spend 30 seconds or less deciding if one donut for breakfast is enough, or if you can stay functional all day on one cup of coffee. But deciding whether your 401(k) alone can fund ...

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Screen great Bette Davis was born in 1908 in Massachusetts and died in 1989 in France. Along the way, she was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won two for Best Actress. The first of these was for...

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Not even Facebook knows that historic maps of Africa once referred to the ocean off its west coast as the Ethiopian Ocean, even though Ethiopia is on the continent's eastern side.The Atlantic Ocean was known as Ethiopian Ocean until the 19th century, reads text on a graphic posted on Instagram last ...

https://qz.com/africa/2004131/the-southern-atlantic-ocean-was-once-known-as-the-ethiopian-ocean/

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Remote learning is here to stay. These platforms have designed virtual classrooms around the needs of teachers and students...

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Dont miss this exclusive opportunity to engage with top industry suppliers!To help you stay connected and informed throughout 2021, GIE Medias Manufacturing Group is excited to announce the next edition of the Manufacturing Lunch + Learn webinar series, which will take place from 12-1 P.M. ET on May...

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6 security professionals share their most useful advice for small businesses to safeguard their companies against cybersecurity vulnerabilities.6 security professionals share their most useful advice for small businesses to safeguard their companies against cybersecurity vulnerabilities...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rhettpower/2021/05/02/the-6-things-small-businesses-need-to-know-about-security/

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Escobar: US, Europe, & The Vienna JCPOA 'Shadowplay'

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times,

None of the actors can admit that revival of JCPOA pales compared with the real issue: Iranian missile power...

Few people, apart from specialists, may have heard of the JCPOA Joint Commission. ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-us-europe-vienna-jcpoa-shadowplay

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It's always nice to get a little money for nothing. We are here to break down which banks give you money for opening an account.
The post Which banks give money for opening an account? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.

Its nice to get a little something extra and you could get some extra cash ...

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It started as a newsletter platform for unknown writers. Now it is becoming a media giant in its own right with many of the problems it was supposed to avoidIsabelle Roughol was done with her day job at LinkedIn and was ready to start something of her own. She quit in early 2020 and launched ...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/02/substack-how-the-game-changer-turned-poacher

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Oil companies' long-term green transition relies on short-term profitsIt was a fine week for the worlds top oil and gas companies, which are back in the black after one of the steepest declinesever for global oil demand and prices during the pandemic. BP, Shell, Total, Exxon, and Chevron all posted ...

https://qz.com/2003903/what-oil-companies-first-quarter-earnings-mean-for-clean-energy/

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Breweries have been cheering as demand has gone through the roof, even before pubs can reopen their bars and snugsCoronavirus latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGlasses were raised in pub gardens across the country on Saturday as revellers wrapped in thick jackets and jumpers made the ...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/02/risk-of-pubs-running-dry-as-drinkers-wrap-up-for-outdoor-pint

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Emotional investing can come with a big cost. Here's how you can avoid it.Emotional investing happens when the decisions you make are driven by feelings like your fear of losing money. These choices can cause you to sell investments at the wrong time such as when they are trading at a low price.Over...

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Dynetics and Blue Origin are upset over SpaceX's $2.9 billion moon contract win.Two years ago, NASA put out a call for America's biggest space companies to build it a "Human Landing System" to return American astronauts to the moon. Last year three teams signed up to do just that, and NASA doled out...

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It was reported that Giuliani was warned Putin's Russia was using him to spread falsehoods, but several outlets have now walked back the claim.

Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference held by Donald Trump in the Briefing Room of the White House on September 27, 2020.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-nyt-retract-reports-fbi-warned-giuliani-over-russia-2021-5

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Avert your eyes! MySunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: Inside an International Tech-Support Scam: How a computer hacker infiltrated a phone scam operation exposing fraudsters and their schemes The person who answered asked if he could access Jims computer to ...

https://ritholtz.com/2021/05/sunday-am-reads-10/

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The Rudy Giuliani raid has ignited fears among Trump allies that officials may be more willing to pursue investigations than previously thought.

President Donald Trumps lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani wipes sweat away after an interview with One America News Networks ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/rudy-giuliani-raid-other-trump-allies-feeling-worried-report-says-2021-5

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Despite corporate eagerness to promote environmental, social and corporate governance goals, it is not clear how much work banks have actually done in order to advance these values. It is time for regulators to incentivize banks to do so, while also focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion....

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nizangpackin/2021/05/02/banking-and-societal-impact---its-time-to-step-it-up/

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Shares fell even after a stellar quarter. It looks like a buying opportunity.Shares ofPinterest(NYSE: PINS) were down by double digits after the company posted first-quarter earnings, despite the report being stellar.Revenue in the quarter jumped 78% to $485 million, beating the company's own ...

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You don't have to win the lottery to tap into your million-dollar jackpot.Instead of hoping and wishing for the winning lottery numbers, there's a simpler way to get closer to the million-dollar mark. It's called the Roth IRA, and it's infused with incredible benefits that will make your financial ...

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It's risky, but it's also intriguing.I like quite a few of the 100 most popular stocks on Robinhood. My investment portfolio even includes over a dozen of them -- all of which are large-cap stocks or big exchange-traded funds (ETFs).Although several penny stocks are widely held by investors on the ...

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A top North Korean official has offered a stark warning to the US following comments made by President Joe Biden and Jen Psaki about denuclearization.

A member of Kim Jong-uns Foreign Ministry has denounced President Joe Bidens big blunder in a speech to Congress.
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The ESL was set to be one of the most elite and wealthy football leagues. Sport finance experts told Insider where all the clubs get their money from.

Soccer fans protest plans for a European Super League.
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The ESL was set to be one of the most elite and wealthy breakaway ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/european-super-league-football-club-funding-debt-jpmorgan-2021-4

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Here's why they could be attractive to most income-seeking investors.Warren Buffett loves dividends. That's true even though his ownBerkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) has never initiated a dividend program.Some of the stocks Berkshire owns don't offer dividends, but many of them do. And ...

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Hint: It's still not GameStop or AMC Entertainment.Regardless of whether you're relatively new to investing or if you've been putting your money to work in the market for decades, there's always something new to learn and see on Wall Street.Last year, it was the unprecedented uncertainty of the ...

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Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on Saturday had issued a notification announcing the extension for filing the monthly GSTR-3B return by 15 days for taxpayers with a turnover of more than Rs 5 crore along with a lower 9 per cent tax rate for ...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/sme/modi-govts-relief-on-gst-late-fee-tax-payment-to-help-mses-but-further-extension-still-needed-experts/2244290/

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"As I've said before: In America, when we shoot for the moon, we plant our flag on it. I am honored to lead our National Space Council," Kamala Harris tweeted.

Vice President Kamala Harris.
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The Biden administration has selected Kamala Harris to lead the National...

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"I would just like to say, quite frankly, y'all are changing the world."

How to recover a Dragon after dark. [credit:
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After a little more than 167 days in space, and zipping through 2,688 orbits around the planet, Crew Dragon Resilience dropped into a darkened Gulf of Mexico early on ...

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1761816

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A beautiful documentary honors a young Black girls short lifeinstead of fixating on her death...

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This single factor could cause you to fall short on savings for your senior years.Though Social Security may end up providing quite a bit of retirement income for you, it shouldn't be your only source. Those benefits will only replace about 40% of your paycheck if you're an average earner, and most ...

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Full List of Winners in Assam Assembly Election 2021: The Assam Legislative Assembly has 126 seats. The counting of votes are still underway...

https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/assam-assembly-election-2021-full-list-of-winners/2243611/

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A dovish central bank and free-spending government could be the perfect recipe for these companies to shine.Whether you realize it or not, you've been witnessing history over the past 14 months. Investors navigated their way through the fastest bear market decline of at least 30% on record (a 34% ...

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In his latest video on Solving The Money Problem, Steven Mark Ryan shared his thoughts on Sandy Munro, who recently spoke about Teslas giant gigapress, its huge casting machine, the octovalve and heat pump, the Cybertrucks exoskeleton, and the crash safety of the Cybertruck. Munro also...

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/02/sandy-munro-shares-his-thoughts-on-why-tesla-has-no-competitors-tesla-cybertruck-octovalve-gigapress-more/

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Want to increase your car's value without breaking the bank? Well, here are eight simple, wallet-friendly tips for boosting your car's value.
The post Increase your cars value by 1.4k in 8 steps! appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.

According to research by Moneyshake, you can increase the value ...

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