DENVER — NASA is pressing forward on plans to build a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, an outpost for astronauts positioned in the space near Earth’s moon. According to NASA, the Gateway will not only be a place to live, learn and work around the moon but will also support an array of missions to the lunar […]
Walmart shares fell more than 1 percent Thursday after a former executive filed a federal court lawsuit claiming the retailer issued misleading e-commerce results. Tri Huynh, a former director of business development at Walmart, who had also worked at Amazon, says in the suit filed in San Francisco that he was terminated by the company […]
The mood in the courtroom was hopeful when Toys “R” Us filed for bankruptcy last September. The company’s lawyer, in the first hearing, played a clip of the retailer’s famous jingle “I’m a Toys ‘R’ Us Kid” and vowed to restore the company’s place in the hearts of millions of American families. The reality is […]
Prosthetic hands have gotten increasingly sophisticated. Many can recreate the complex shape and detail of joints and fingers, while powered prostheses allow for independent, willful movement. But a new study published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine offers a potential glimpse into the future of the technology: Artificial hands that actually feel like a living limb […]
World dignitaries, celebrities and academics on Wednesday mourned Stephen Hawking, the British physicist who died aged 76 after a cosmic career in which his mental genius transcended his physical disability to probe the secrets of the universe. Propelled to stardom by his 1988 book “A Brief History of Time”, an unlikely worldwide bestseller, Hawking’s genius […]
Luxury automaker Tesla is manufacturing a surprisingly high ratio of flawed parts and vehicles, according to several current and former employees, leading to more rework and repairs than can be contained at its factory in Fremont, California. Tesla’s future as a mass-market carmaker hinges on efficient, automated production of the Model 3, which more than […]
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has asked the Federal Trade Commission to protect consumers holding Toys R Us gift cards that could become worthless if the toy retailer moves forward with a liquidation plan. Schumer, D-N.Y., asked the FTC in a letter Wednesday to take action that would guarantee consumers could exchange gift cards for cash, […]
Americans pay more for health care and get fewer results, according to a new analysis. The U.S. spends more money than any other country on health care, yet life expectancy is shorter, obesity is higher, and the rate of maternal and infant death is higher as well. The study published in JAMA on Tuesday takes […]
A minor solar storm will reach Earth Wednesday (March 14) and could amplify the planet’s auroras, making them visible from the northernmost parts of the U.S., space weather officials said. States in the “northern tier” of the United States, such as Michigan and Maine, could see northern lights from the amped-up auroral display, according to […]
Boston will win Amazon’s second headquarters, according to an artificial intelligence system developed by Wells Fargo Securities. The bank’s stock-picking robot, called Aiera, thinks the city is the likely choice to host HQ2. The $5 billion facility will create as many as 50,000 jobs and will be a full equal to the company’s existing Seattle […]
Iraq is reopening airports in the country’s Kurdish region to international flights after federal authority was restored at the hubs, according to a statement from Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday. The announcement comes some six months after the airports were initially shut to international flights following a controversial referendum vote in northern Iraq’s self-ruled […]
“Inevitable muscle wasting of old age could be stopped, scientists believe,” reports The Daily Telegraph. As people get older, muscles lose strength and mass, known as sarcopenia. A new study looked at a group of 95 men aged 65 to 90 who had varying degrees of sarcopenia, and compared their muscles and related nerve activity […]
