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There are thousands of sightings of UFOs – or ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ as the US government prefers to call them – every year.
After shooting down a high-altitude Chinese balloon, the US has been on the alert for other aerial invaders.
Every country has sovereignty over their own airspace and permission must be sought by foreign aircraft entering that airspace.
A Chinese high-altitude balloon violated U.S. airspace, a serious enough breach to nix a high-level diplomatic meeting in Beijing. The balloon itself, however, was not much of a threat.
Plastic in the ocean is eaten by over 700 species, but just a few items are responsible for the most deaths.
Since 1989, the balloon industry has relied on a problematic study that claimed balloons degraded “at about the same rate as oak tree leaves” after six weeks. We put it to the test.
Kenya’s new internet balloons could help to get more Kenyans online and drive new industry.
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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