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3, 2, 1: DC-area students prepare to compete in nation’s largest model rocketry competition

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

For some people, getting an egg home from the grocery store without breaking it is a huge accomplishment, but some D.C.-area high schoolers have a much tougher mission this weekend: Send an egg into the sky aboard a rocket and bring it back down without scrambling it.On Saturday in The Plains, Virginia, the American Rocketry Challenge holds its national finals. At Great Meadow, 100 teams from across the U.S. will compete in the largest model rocketry competition, including several teams from the D.C. region.“A lot of work went into trying to make it,” said Stephen Vaz, a senior at Oakton High School in Vienna, Virginia.He said it took the team three months of coming in after school to come up with the perfect design.“We had to make this rocket and then we had to make a backup rocket, too, and that takes time, you know, gluing takes time. You can’t just put glue on there and hope that works in five seconds, you got to space out the entire thing to make sure that you’re ki...

Así puedes ver la luna del “resplandor de Da Vinci”, un fenómeno muy común

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

(CNN) — Observa el cielo durante la próxima semana y puede que logres ver el “resplandor Da Vinci”.Se trata de un fenómeno que puede producirse al atardecer, cuando la luna creciente está en el horizonte, pero aún se puede ver el contorno de la luna llena. El “resplandor Da Vinci” es un fenómeno común y fácil de ver, explica Christine Shupla, responsable de divulgación científica del Lunar and Planetary Institute de Houston. Pero su aparición fue en su día un misterio inescrutable.La causa de ese efecto fantasmagórico de luna llena, a veces llamado “la luna vieja en brazos de la luna nueva”, era una antigua pregunta que Leonardo da Vinci, según la NASA, logró esclarecer. Y la respuesta es la luz procedente de la Tierra.Distinta de la luz del sol, la luz de la Tierra se refiere a la luz emitida desde la Tierra incluso después de que el sol se ponga, dijo la NASA. Esta fuente de luz procedente de la Tierra es unas 50 veces más brillante que la luz d...

‘Rolling to Remember’ returns to Pentagon for first time since 2019

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

An annual Memorial Day weekend tradition featuring thousands of motorcycles riding through the nation’s capital will return this year — and this time it will be fully back to its pre-pandemic form.“We’re expecting to get back to real normalcy,” said Joe Chenelly, executive director for AMVETS, the organization hosting the event.“Rolling to Remember,” which was previously known as “Rolling Thunder,” will start at the Pentagon for the first time since 2019.The event was largely held virtually in 2020 due to the pandemic, and it has started at RFK Stadium instead of the Pentagon over the past couple of years.“There will be thousands of motorcycles pouring into the Pentagon’s north parking lot before they all pull out together and go around the Memorial Bridge and the National Mall,” Chenelly said.While Chenelly told WTOP he was grateful that RFK Stadium was available in recent years, he said the symbolism of being back a...

Así fue la primera sesión de la cumbre del G7 de Hiroshima

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

HIROSHIMA – La primera sesión de la cumbre del G7 comenzó este viernes en la ciudad de Hiroshima, en el oeste de Japón, con el foco en la economía mundial y después de que los líderes visitaran el Museo y Parque de la Paz y presentaran sus respetos a las víctimas del bombardeo atómico.Esa primera sesión del G7 consiste en un almuerzo de trabajo entre los líderes de Japón, Estados Unidos, Canadá, Alemania, Francia, Reino Unido e Italia, en el lujoso Grand Prince Hotel, situado en la isla de Ujina, a cinco kilómetros (3 millas) del centro de Hiroshima.“Al celebrar la cumbre en esta ciudad, quiero que hablemos de los problemas a los que se enfrenta el mundo de una forma franca, incluida la crisis del cambio climático, la pandemia y la invasión rusa de Ucrania”, dijo el primer ministro japonés, Fumio Kishida, durante unas declaraciones al inicio del encuentro y en presencia de los medios de comunicación.Hiroshima, la primera ciudad en ser bombardeada con un arma nuclea...

Cardinals play the Dodgers with 1-0 series lead

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

Los Angeles Dodgers (28-17, first in the NL West) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (19-26, fifth in the NL Central)St. Louis; Friday, 8:15 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Tony Gonsolin (1-1, 1.42 ERA, .95 WHIP, 16 strikeouts); Cardinals: Steven Matz (0-4, 5.62 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, 37 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Dodgers -132, Cardinals +112; over/under is 8 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Cardinals take a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.St. Louis has a 19-26 record overall and a 9-14 record in home games. The Cardinals have gone 14-4 in games when they scored five or more runs.Los Angeles is 11-10 in road games and 28-17 overall. The Dodgers have the second-ranked team slugging percentage in the NL at .449.Friday’s game is the fifth time these teams meet this season. The Dodgers have a 3-1 advantage in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Paul Goldschmidt has seven home runs, 26 walks and 23 RBI while hitting .302 for the Cardin...

Von der Leyen nudges Biden on subsidies at G7 summit

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

HIROSHIMA, Japan — As if Russia and China weren’t enough to dominate the G7 agenda, the EU added its own feud with the U.S. on the first day of the Hiroshima summit, calling for transparency on industrial subsidies. In the first session of the summit, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asked G7 leaders — among them U.S. President Joe Biden — to play fair when it comes to green technology. The EU and the U.S. are still trying to hammer out a deal allowing European companies to share in billions of dollars in U.S. tax incentives for electric vehicles, which has been a major source of transatlantic friction since the Biden administration announced the Inflation Reduction Act last year.Addressing a session on the global economy, von der Leyen told G7 leaders: “This clean-tech race is an opportunity to go faster and further, together … Our competition should create additional manufacturing capacity and not come at each other’s expense.”&...

Zelenskyy will make in-person appeal to G7 leaders in Japan

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

HIROSHIMA, Japan — With Russia’s war on Ukraine nearing a potential inflection point, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to travel to Japan this weekend to address U.S. President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders, drawing on this city’s tragic history as a backdrop for his latest plea to secure more military and financial support.Although the details of Zelenskyy’s travel plans remained opaque due to security concerns, the head of Ukraine’s national defense council, Oleksii Danilov, announced the trip on national television Friday, confirming news reports that he would attend.Zelensky, who has traveled in recent days to the U.K. and other European nations, will fly to Japan after an appearance in Saudi Arabia at the Arab League summit. The spate of travel offered Ukraine’s president the opportunity to make in-person appeals for additional support and to show that his country, still under attack from Russian forces in the air and on the ground, is stable enough for him to tr...

Employee arrested after allegedly bringing rifle to Mass General Hospital

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

A Massachusetts General Hospital employee was arrested Wednesday after allegedly bringing a rifle into the hospital, according to a Boston police report obtained by 7NEWS. The report said police responded to the hospital Wednesday night “for a report of a male experiencing a mental breakdown while reportedly carrying a hunting rifle.”Police continued, saying the man “called 911 and stated that he heard god telling him that, if he did not want to be shot, that he should bring his rifle out and also that police were out to kill him.” The report said a responding officer who talked to the man on the phone was able to determine from background noise on the call that the man was near a hospital or fire station. Police soon learned the hospital was Mass General. Police said a hospital security officer “was able to make contact with the suspect and requested he place the object on the ground; not knowing it was a rifle as it was covered by a shower curtain.”The po...

Zelenskyy to attend G7 summit Sunday as world leaders discuss new punishment for Russia over Ukraine

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies vowed Friday to tighten punishments on Russia for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine, days before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins the Group of Seven summit in person on Sunday.“Our support for Ukraine will not waver,” the G7 leaders said in a statement released after closed-door meetings, vowing “to stand together against Russia’s illegal, unjustifiable, and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.”“Russia started this war and can end this war,” they said.Zelenskyy will be making his furthest trip from his war-torn country as leaders prepare to unveil new sanctions on Russia for its invasion. Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, confirmed on national television that Zelenskyy would attend the summit.“We were sure that our president would be where Ukraine needed him, in any part of the world, to solve the issue of stability ...

Stage set for Taylor Swift concerts at Gillette Stadium

Published Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:54:52 GMT

Taylor Swift superfans, rejoice.The first of the world-famous singer and songwriter’s three concerts at Gillette Stadium kicks off tonight.Fans braved cold temperatures Thursday morning to obtain merch for the tour, which is rolling into New England to a warm welcome from Gov. Maura Healey and the tens of thousands of folks who snagged tickets.Police officials are reminding motorists that only those with tickets will be able to get near the stadium during the shows.