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SpaceX astronaut capsule Swiss luthier striving to make
IN BRIEF
launched on ISS test mission a 21stcentury Stradivarius
David Leonard Wiedmer is trying to recreate the legendary violin
The next challenge for it will be docking at the space station today
Eat tomatoes to fight Agence France-Presse
liver cancer: study Agence France-Presse At the press conference, Lyon
NEW YORK Cape Canaveral Mr. Musk asked the two NA Meet the man who is trying
Higher consumption of SpaceX celebrated the suc SA astronauts slated to fly in to make the closest thing
tomatoes could be associated cessful launch on Saturday Dragon: “You guys think it’s you will get to a 21stcentury
with a decreased risk of liver of a new astronaut capsule a good vehicle?” Stradivarius.
cancer caused by highfat on a weeklong round trip to They both nodded. “See Awardwinning Swiss
diets, a study has found. The the International Space Sta ing a success like this, that luthier David Leonard
study, conducted on mice,
showed that tomatoes are tion — a key step towards re really gives us a lot confi Wiedmer has set himself the
rich in lycopene — a strong suming manned space flights dence in the future,” said task of reproducing the le
antioxidant and anticancer from U.S. soil after an eight one of them, Bob Behnken. gendary Italian violin at his
agent — which helps in year break. In another success, the workshop tucked away in a
effectively reducing fatty This time around, the on rocket’s first stage returned quayside in Lyon, southeast
liver disease, inflammation ly occupant on board Spa to Earth, landing on a plat France.
and liver cancer ceX’s Crew Dragon capsule form 500 km off the Florida Working from the details
was a dummy named Ripley coast in the Atlantic. It marks of one of the most famous
development. IANS
— but NASA plans to put two Big feat: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon spacecraft the 35th such recovery by Stradivarius violins, Mr. Swiss violin maker David Leonard Wiedmer poses with one of
astronauts aboard in July, taking off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. * AFP SpaceX. Wiedmer said: “This is the the violins he made. * AFP
although that date could be “Today represents a new first time I’m making this
delayed. firm’s headquarters and at turn to Cape Canaveral. The era in space flight” said Jim model so I’m looking for one of their cellos. instruments, he quickly
The new capsule blasted the Kennedy Space Center. mission aims to test the ves Bridenstine, head of the US ward to hearing how it And in the same competi moved on to creating his
off aboard the Falcon 9 rock “I’m a little emotionally sel’s reliability and safety in space agency who sees the sounds. tion, he picked up silver for own.
et built by SpaceX — run by exhausted, because that was reallife conditions. launch as a step toward the “Apparently the original his workmanship on a viola. “Already at school he had
billionaire Elon Musk — at super stressful but it privatization of low Earth sounds very, very good, so Last year’s prizes were an exceptional hand,” Mr.
2:49 a.m. (0749 GMT) from worked, so far,” Mr. Musk In honour of Ripley orbit. we’ll have to find the same just the latest in a series of Gest said. “We were always
Russian Nobel physics the Kennedy Space Center, told a latenight press confe Ripley — nicknamed in ho After the shuttle pro features again. It’s a awards for his work, includ the first to give up going out
winner dies aged 88 Florida, lighting up the rence an hour later. nour of the character played gramme was shut down in challenge.” ing a medal in 2015 for one with our pals to finish an
MOSCOW coastline. “It’s been 17 years, we still by Sigourney Weaver in the July 2011 following a 30year Mr. Wiedmer may still on of his violins at a competi instrument.”
Russian scientist Zhores haven’t launched anyone Alien movies — is fitted with run, NASA began outsourc ly be 29, but he has already tion in Cremona, the home At his Lyon workshop, Mr.
Alferov, who won the Nobel Step by step yet, but hopefully we will la monitors to test the forces ing the logistics of its space made his reputation as a of the Stradivarius. Wiedmer works beside his
physics prize for his work in
semiconductor and laser The first and second stages ter this year.” that future astronauts will be missions. It pays Russia to master craftsman. Trained at the Ecole na partner Lea Trombert, a
technologies, has died, separated without incident, The next tricky step for subjected to on takeoff and get its people up to the ISS tionale de lutherie de Mire former cellist, who switched
agencies said on Saturday. He placing Dragon in the Earth’s the capsule will be docking when they return to the orbiting research facility at a Series of awards court, in eastern France, Mr. to making instruments rath
was 88. When Mr. Alferov orbit 11 minutes after at the ISS on Sunday at Earth’s atmosphere and then cost of $82 million per head One of his violins won gold Wiedmer served apprentice er than playing them.
took the prize in 2000, he takeoff. around 1100 GMT, with a re land in the Atlantic, braked for a round trip. at the Violin Society of ships in New York and Lon “There is the woodwork,
was the first Russian to win a Every successful stage of turn to Earth scheduled for by giant parachutes. In 2014, the U.S. space America’s international don before setting up shop there is the music, the hu
Nobel since Soviet leader the mission — whose plan next Friday. The mission’s successful agency awarded contracts to competition last year. With in Lyon three years ago. man relationship, the psy
Mikhail Gorbachev was given ning suffered threeyear de It is to splash down in the start provided some imme SpaceX and Boeing for them friend and collaborator Da While part of learning his chology, physics, chemistry
lays — triggered cheers at the Atlantic Ocean, and then re diate reassurance. to take over this task. mien Gest, he won gold for craft involved restoring old — it’s huge,” he says.
the peace award in 1990. AFP
Brands are flocking to young influencers Canada appeals court upholds tobacco ruling
Agence France-Presse who claimed they were nev MacDonald have one month tens of thousands of smokers
Companies are offering lucrative endorsement deals to children as young as four Montreal er warned about the health to launch an eventual appeal suffering from emphysema,
Quebec’s appeals court on risks associated with before Canada’s Supreme lung cancer or throat cancer.
Sapna Maheshwari kidfluencers. Brands have tastemakers. Friday upheld a historic rul smoking. Court. The two lawsuits behind
flocked to influencers — indi Instagram, owned by Fa ing ordering three tobacco Imperial Tobacco Canada, In June 2015, the Superior the award, which were origi
Samia was an influencer be viduals, famous or not, with cebook, and YouTube are firms to pay Can$15.5 billion a subsidiary of British Amer Court of Quebec ruled that nally filed in 1998, affected
fore she could talk. large followings on social designed for adults in large (US$11.6 billion) to smokers ican Tobacco, Rothmans the three companies should nearly one million smokers
Her parents, Adam and media — for years, hoping part because of a privacy law in the Canadian province Benson & Hedges and JTI pay the whopping amount to or exsmokers.
LaToya Ali, are influencers their online popularity will that protects children youn
themselves and began prompt their fans to buy the ger than 13.
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are mostly populated with the promotional posts. “So deals for toddlers and have to comply with the
posts of her posing and play metimes, their talking points tweens with large followings rules that limit targeted ad
ing, but they also feature are not kid talk, so LaToya and their own verified pro vertising and data collection.
paid promotions for brands would need to appear, or files on YouTube and Insta As TV ratings continue to
like Crayola and HomeStyle myself, to relay those be gram. As a result, children fall and children spend more
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“Samia can’t verbatim get Welcome to the world of are being turned into them. NY TIMES
‘Night shifts can
raise risk of early
menopause’
Indo-Asian News Service
Toronto
Women who work in night
shifts, even occasionally, are
at an increased risk of early
menopause, which can
heighten the possibility of
developing cardiovascular
disease, osteoporosis and
memory problems, finds a
new study.
The study showed women
who had done continued
night shifts for 20 months or
more in the preceding two
years had a 9% increased
risk of early menopause, the
Daily Mail reported. If they
had done rotating night
shifts for more than 20
years, the risk rose to 73%.
“For women who went
through menopause before
the age of 45, shift work
seemed to be particularly
important. This could be
due to disruption of their cir
cadian rhythms, stress or fa
tigue, although more re
search is needed,” lead
author David Stock, from the
University of Dalhousie in
Canada, was quoted as say
ing.
An early menopause
could also come from the
stress of working late at
night, as stress hormones
are believed to disrupt sex
hormones like oestrogen.
This could also increase the
chance that a woman stops
ovulating, according to the
study published in the jour
nal Human Reproduction.
Previous evidence sug
gests working in ‘highstrain’
jobs and those with ‘difficult
schedules’ is linked to earlier
menopause.
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