Cheers! French wine, vines headed home after year in space

The International Space Station bid adieu Tuesday to 12 bottles of French Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of grapevines that spent a year orbiting the world in the name of science. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-french-wine-vines-home-year.html…

ICANN Cheers Registrars’ Efforts to Fight COVID-19 Scammers

ICANN chief executive Goran Marby has a message for its hundreds of registrars. Though ICANN can’t involve itself in content issues, “That does not mean we are unconcerned or unaware of how certain domain names are being misused in fraudulent activities during this global pandemic.”
It is this concern that prompted me to contact the registries and registrars thanking them for their…

Stars in its eyes, UAE celebrates its first astronaut in space

A crowd in Dubai erupted in cheers and applause Wednesday as the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates launched towards the International Space Station, dubbing him a national hero. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-stars-eyes-uae-celebrates-astronaut.html…