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  N° 3–2021: Call for media: ESA seeks new astronauts - applications open 31 March 2021 8 February 2021 For the first time in 11 years, ESA is looking for new astronauts. These recruits will work alongside ESA’s existing astronauts as Europe enters a new era of space exploration. Media representatives are invited to a virtual press event on Tuesday, 16   February, to learn more about the vacancies that are intended to initiate a real generational change for ESA. The starting point for this is 31 March 2021, when the vacancies for new astronauts open. ESA is strongly encouraging women to apply, because we are seeking to expand gender diversity in our ranks. ESA Director General Jan Wörner says, “Thanks to a strong mandate from ESA Member States at Space19+, our Ministerial Council in 2019, Europe is taking its place at the heart of space exploration. To go farther than we ever have before, we need to look wider than we ever have before. This recruitment process is the first ste...

  Upright 'Crocodile People' Encountered at First Nations Reservation in Canada Posted: 05 Feb 2021 12:50 PM PST A First Nations member recalls a bizarre encounter that his family had with 2 'crocodile people' while staying at their grandparent's home on a reservation in Canada. The following account was recently offered on social media: "I'm a First Nations person (Cree) from a reservation in Canada. I grew up in different reserves with different family members. We all have a common factor if something of another being is bugging you, then someone is inviting it. We believe this is negative outlets. This happened when I was seven years old, my sister and I were visiting at our nohkom and nimosom's house. The adults decided to go to bingo and they got the eldest cousin there to babysit everyone. His name was Cory who was 16. My grandparents home has few trees around their home that they planted and outside of that is straight field to the next mile (the...

 

  -- / -- Introduction Risk aversion, courage and sacrifice during the "war" against coronavirus Courage, cowardice and cowering? Honouring the risk takers? Misrepresentation of the scope of the crisis? Collateral damage and tolerable fatalities in warfare -- from the perspective of authorities Introduction The argument here follows from a previous criticism of the strategy of social distancing, so rapidly adopted worldwide ( Social Distancing under Conditions of Overcrowding? Weaponising mass distraction from overpopulation denial?  2020). The speed with which consensus was achieved within countries could be considered remarkable when compared to the procrastination so evident with respect to other issues variously upheld as urgent. Many note the contrast with the response to the well-documented challenges of climate change, now sidelined, if not totally obscured (William Nordhaus,  The Climate Club: How to Fix a Failing Global Effort ,  Foreign Affairs , May/June 2...