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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state declared its second emergency in as many months on Thursday as extreme heat and strong winds stoked scores of uncontrolled bushfires, some on Sydney’s doorstep. Smoke from bushfires obscures Sydney Harbour, Australia December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Coates In the same week the continent recorded its hottest day on
One of the more notable startups using artificial intelligence to understand and fight cancer has raised $45 million more in funding to continue building out its operations and inch closer to commercialising its work. Paige — which applies AI-based methods such as machine learning to better map the pathology of cancer, an essential component of
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — A Georgia county has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to place its application for a commercial spaceport license on hold in order to change the types of vehicles it expects to launch from the site. In a Dec. 17 statement, the Camden County Board of Commissioners said it and the FAA had
The oil tanker ‘Devon’ prepares to transfer crude oil from Kharg Island oil terminal to India in the Persian Gulf, Iran, on March 23, 2018. Ali Mohammadi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices remained in touching distance of three-month peaks on Thursday, extending a robust streak that began a week ago, after data showed
Salt and sugar are among the ingredients that make food unhealthy. In fact, according to the American Heart Association, this is one of the reasons why there are a heightened number of cases of heart attack during the Holiday season. But it doesn’t mean we should give up on the taste and just eat stale
Flashes of inspiration: observations suggest gamma-ray flashes and elves have similar origins. (Courtesy: iStock/prudkov) New insights into two types of radiation flashes that are associated with lightning have been identified from observations made aboard the International Space Station. Torsten Neubert at the Technical University of Denmark and colleagues deduced that both “elves” and terrestrial gamma-ray
Science gets scaled up with the first 8K ultra high definition (UHD) video from the International Space Station. Get closer to the in-space experience and see how the international partnership-powered human spaceflight is improving lives on Earth, while enabling humanity to explore the universe. More: https://go.nasa.gov/2zgPY5o Special thanks to the European Space Agency, the ISS
Logo of Israeli defence electronics firm Elbit Systems is seen at their offices in Haifa, Israel February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli defense electronics firm Elbit Systems said on Wednesday its nanosatellite, called Nanova, was successfully launched into space. Nanova was developed in collaboration with an unnamed U.S. company and is
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Nigerian startup Rensource Energy has raised a $20 million Series A round co-led by CRE Venture Capital and the Omidyar network. The renewable energy company builds and operates solar-powered micro-utilities that provide electricity to commercial community structures, such as open-air trading bazaars. Launched in 2016, the startup has shifted its operating strategy. “We’ve pivoted away
Spotify is prototyping a new way to see what friends have been listening to, called “Tastebuds”. Despite how discovering music is inherently social, Spotify has no features for directly interacting with friends within its mobile app after axing its own inbox in 2017 and keeping its Friend Activity ticker restricted to desktop. It seemed like
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Just days after marking the completion of a new launch site in Virginia, Rocket Lab announced Dec. 18 that it has started work on a second pad at its original launch site in New Zealand. The company said it recently started construction of Launch Complex (LC) 1 Pad B, a second pad
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney. Kirsty O’Connor | AFP | Getty Images The Bank of England published a new discussion paper Wednesday which lays outs how it will test the country’s financial system and its resilience to climate change. In a statement Wednesday, the central bank said it would use the
Carl Sagan told us that there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all of the Earth’s beaches. At the same time, there are more H2O molecules in just 10 drops of water than there are stars. Ranging from the unimaginably small to the unimaginably big, the scale of
Shouldering a few bills in your gifts might be the best option when you’re short on time, but these last-minute Christmas gifts prove otherwise. You can find unique and thoughtful last-minute ideas that’ll convince anyone that you’ve had them gift-wrapped and under the tree for weeks, thanks to Amazon and other online retailers. Regardless if
The winner of the 2019 Physics World Book of the Year tackles the complex and ever-evolving subject of the emergence of life, the universe and everything The writer, broadcaster and physicist Paul Davies has won the 2019 Physics World Book of the Year award for The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information
Scientific and technological innovation has always created social and economic transformation. But the past decade showed, as few others have, the speed and scale at which such change can happen. If it continues at the present rate, the shape of the next ten years — from information technologies to applied bioscience, energy and environment —
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top banks and insurers should be tested together for the first time in 2021 to quantify the potential financial hit from climate change to their businesses, the Bank of England proposed on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: A bird flies past The Bank of England in the City of London, Britain, December 12,
Over the years, Google’s various whitepapers, detailing how the company solves specific problems at scale, have regularly spawned new startup ecosystems and changed how other enterprises think about scaling their own tools. Today, the company is publishing a new security whitepaper that details how it keeps it cloud-native architecture safe. The name, BeyondProd, already indicates
HELSINKI — A Soyuz rocket successfully launched an Italian Earth observation satellite Dec. 18, with the European CHEOPS mission to analyze exoplanets and three small auxiliary payloads also along for the ride. The four-stage Russian Soyuz Guiana Space Center in French Guiana lifted off at 03:54 Eastern Wednesday, marking the 23rd Soyuz mission for Arianespace
GE Renewable Energy Dutch utility Eneco has started to purchase power produced by the prototype of GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbine. The prototype has been installed at the port of Maasvlakte-Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The energy produced by the Haliade-X is being sold by Future Wind, a joint venture between Pondera Development and
Elon Musk smoking weed live on air is still fresh in mind and now, an agri-tech company named Front Range Biosciences is planning to send marijuana to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard a SpaceX cargo flight in March next year to understand the impact of gravity on weed. The plant cell cultures of hemp
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó (third from left) marching with students in January.Credit: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty LEBANON: Classes, as well as clashes, in the streets Mona Fawaz Lebanon’s ongoing financial meltdown and the political dysfunction behind it have fuelled large protests across the country. Since October, everyday life has been disrupted and classes suspended. The challenges
A Prime Air cargo plane, operated by Amazon.com Inc., sits on display with other passenger jets during the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, in Paris, France. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is turning to an unlikely partner to help expand its package-delivery business: a low-cost airline. Sun Country Airlines,
WASHINGTON — Defense contractor Leidos said Dec. 17 that it is acquiring Dynetics for $1.65 billion as it seeks growth opportunities in hypersonics, space solutions, autonomy and advanced sensors. Dynetics will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Reston, Virginia-based Leidos, and will bolster the company’s presence in Huntsville, Alabama, where Dynetics is headquartered, Leidos said.
Azeri oil workers operate a large field of drilling rigs on October 12, 2003 outside the capital city of Baku, Azerbaijan. Oleg Nikishin | Getty Images Oil retreated on Wednesday after rising more than 1% in the previous session as U.S. industry data showed a surprise build in crude stocks, but hopes for firmer demand
We all know the harmful effects of the sun touching our skin, so we ready ourselves with sunscreen to block the rays. But what about our eyes? What would happen if we happened to stare directly at the sun? Tech Insider tells you all you need to know about tech: gadgets, how-to’s, gaming, science, digital
Owning a dog means developing a wonderful relationship with an incredible animal. Unfortunately, it also means a whole lot of work, expensive obligations, and confusing decisions. Never fear, because we’re here to help! Below, you’ll find some great tips for improving your dog’s life-and your own, too! Embrace the Delivery Economy These days, it seems
Looking beyond: a winter’s evening at CERN. Tomorrow will bring experiments looking for new physics. (Courtesy: Tami Freeman) The CERN particle-physics lab in Switzerland is famous for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), but that is not the only game in town when it comes to looking for new physics beyond the Standard Model. For example,
Psyche is both the name of an asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter — and the name of a NASA space mission to visit that asteroid, led by Arizona State University. Join the Psyche team to explore why this mission was selected for NASA’s Discovery Program, how we’ll get to the asteroid, what
100 Years Ago The newspapers have lately published a big-game hunter’s report that a gigantic dinosaurian reptile related to the extinct Brontosaurus and Diplodocus has been seen living in the Congo region of Africa. Palaeontologists, however, receive the story with incredulity, and are decidedly of opinion that it must be founded on mistaken observations. The
ASWAN, Egypt (Reuters) – Near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, a swathe of photovoltaic solar panels spreads over an area of desert so large it is clearly visible from space. FILE PHOTO: Electric sun cells face the sun at a solar power of the Benban plant in Aswan, Egypt, November 17, 2019. Picture taken
When you play games on your PS4, it’s fair to say that your thumbs and index fingers are generally doing most of the work. Why not put the rest of your lazy digits to work with this accessory that puts two programmable buttons on the rear of the DualShock 4 controller? Called, imaginatively, the Back
WASHINGTON — Language in a fiscal year 2020 spending bill suggests that Congress is unlikely to act soon on the future of the Office of Space Commerce or the Commerce Department’s proposed role in handing civil space traffic management. A “minibus” spending bill released Dec. 16 that includes funding for the Commerce Department provides $2.3
The darkest color in the world was unveiled earlier this year. It’s the result of a first-of-its-kind collaboration between art and science. In September, 2019, scientists at MIT unveiled the “blackest black” material to date, which was made using carbon nanotubes. That’s the same material used to make Vantablack, which was once considered the world’s
(Photo : Matthew Henry from Burst)In the United States, one person died due to superbug-related complications every 15 minutes. Scientists have developed a plastic wrap that could repel bacteria, including those which cannot be killed with antibiotics. Through nano-scale engineering and chemistry, the Canadian-based scientists produced a plastic that is chemically cured to block out
[embedded content] A team from Cornell University has discovered that seemingly unimportant parts of the micro-structure of bone are actually critical to their ability to withstand long-term wear and tear (PNAS 10.1073/pnas.1905814116). This finding could lead not only to advances in studies of osteoporosis, but also to improvements in ultralightweight material design. Doctors often use
Outbreaks of brucellosis, caused by the bacterium Brucella, often occur in farm animals.Credit: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/Shutterstock Two Chinese agriculture research institutions are investigating how more than 100 students and staff became infected with the bacterium Brucella, strains of which are typically found in farm animals but can also trigger potentially fatal complications in people. The Lanzhou
HungerBox, an Indian food tech startup that has courted 10 of the 11 largest companies in the country to use its services, today announced it has raised $12 million from Paytm and others as it looks to sign clients in Southeast Asia. The three-year-old startup’s new financing round, a Series C, was funded by a
WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched a communications satellite shared by two companies Dec. 16 using a Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket lifted off at 7:10 p.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and deployed the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit 33 minutes later. The Falcon 9’s first-stage booster, previously used for NASA cargo runs to
Oil field workers with Wisco work on a pump jack in North Dakota, the United States, on November 6, 2013. Ken Cedeno | Corbis News | Getty Images Oil prices trickled a fraction lower on Tuesday but remained near a three-month high as investors kept the faith with hopes that a fully fledged U.S.–China trade
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NASA has identified over 4,100 exoplanets — planets that orbit stars outside the Solar System — but space researchers at New York University in Abu Dhabi now say that not all exoplanets in habitable zones will be able to maintain hospitable conditions for life. Exoplanets in close proximity to stars are subject to radiation bursts
Nearly 40,000 people in the United States died of gun-related injuries in 2017, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Credit: Brian Blanco/Getty US lawmakers have reached an agreement that would fund gun-violence research for the first time in more than 20 years. A spending bill introduced on 16 December includes US$25
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers agreed on Monday to support a proposal on rules governing which financial products can be called “green” and “sustainable” after EU member states rejected a deal on it last week.
Instagram is giving politicians the same free rein to spread misinformation as its parent company Facebook. Instagram is expanding its limited fact checking test in the US from May and will now work with 45 third-party organizations to assess the truthfulness of photo and video content on its app. Material rated as false will be
WASHINGTON — Startup satellite builder Saturn Satellite Networks says it doesn’t have a customer lined up for the small geostationary spacecraft it booked aboard the inaugural launch of Northrop Grumman’s OmegA rocket, but reserved the 2021 mission to save time down the road. Northrop Grumman announced Dec. 12 that Saturn agreed to launch one or