Yearly Archives: 2024
As NASA debates the safety of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in the wake of multiple helium leaks and thruster issues, the agency is “getting more serious” about a backup plan to bring the ship’s two crew members back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon, officials said Wednesday. In that case — and no final decisions […]
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg There have been five mass coral-bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef over the past nine years A study of samples taken from inside the bodies of centuries-old coral has revealed the threat climate change now poses to the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers in Australia say temperatures in and around the vast coral […]
Google TV Streamer (4K) was launched on Tuesday. The device replaces 2020’s Chromecast with Google TV (4K) as the company’s latest smart home entertainment solution. It comes loaded with features such as support for media streaming in 4K resolution, 32GB of onboard storage, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. It also features a major redesign, with […]
Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet tall, earning them the nickname “hobbits.” Now a new study suggests ancestors of the hobbits were even slightly shorter. “We did not expect that we would find smaller individuals from such an old […]
Haier has unveiled its new M95E QD-Mini LED smart TV series in India. The latest range is offered in two sizes — 65-inch and 75-inch — and features a 4K resolution display with 144Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 2000nits. The new models have Dolby Vision IQ and HDR10 support. The Haier M95E series runs […]
Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water face £168m fines by the industry regulator over historic sewage spills. The proposal will now go to public consultation and is part of Ofwat’s largest ever investigation into water company performance. The announcement comes amid growing public anger over the environmental and financial performance of some water companies. […]
Greenland has melted before, and as the climate warms, it will melt again — this time leading to what scientists warn could be 20 to 25 feet of sea-level rise. During one of the warm periods within the last 1.1 million years, the center, not just the edges, of Greenland’s massive ice sheet melted away, […]
PUBLISHED August 05, 2024 Turning another year older is the perfect excuse to treat yourself to a fabulous manicure! Whether you’re planning an epic party or a low-key celebration, your nails deserve to be the life of the party. We’ve got 12 birthday nail ideas that will make your mani pop. These designs are trendy, […]
Derren Fox/BAS A23a is vast. Its flat, table-like top stretches to the horizon Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world’s biggest iceberg. For months now it has been spinning on the spot just north of Antarctica when really it should be racing along with Earth’s most powerful ocean current. Scientists say the frozen block, […]
The mummy of an ancient Egyptian woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like an anguished shriek may have died “screaming from agony,” researchers say. The unnamed woman mummy, discovered in a 1935 archeological expedition in Deir el-Bahari near Luxor, was kept in The Cairo Egyptian Museum and referred to as “Screaming Woman […]