It will not be easy to set up a colony on the Red Planet for reasons that are more psychological than technological. NASA is facing an absolutely massive to-do list as it prepares to send humans to Mars, and the agency is nowhere near tackling everything on it. Simply taking a trip to Mars will […]
“Lockheed has discussed the idea with Japanese defense ministry officials and will make a formal proposal in response to a Japanese request for information (RFI) after it receives permission from the U.S. government to offer the sensitive military technology, said the sources, who have direct knowledge of the proposal. The decision on whether to release […]
Bird, a startup that deploys electric scooters with location trackers on city sidewalks and rents them through an app, trumpeted two weeks ago that it was bringing its service to San Francisco. The company, run by a former honcho at both Uber and Lyft, said it was determined to make sure everything went smoothly with […]
We know that carrying around extra weight puts your heart health at risk. New research presented on Friday to the European Society for Cardiology shows that the location of your fat is just as important as the amount of it. Adults with normal body mass index (BMI) and extra belly fat (termed “central obesity”) had […]
Air Force Col. Greg Johnson stood before a crowd of a few hundred boys Friday at St. Francis de Sales High School and pointed out that those under the age of 18 are part of the “space generation.” “For your entire lives, we’ve had people living and working continuously in space,” Mr. Johnson said, referring […]
If that Walmart worker who greets you the next time you go into a store seems a little more laid back, maybe it’s not just attitude, but attire. Walmart is relaxing its dress code for workers in some stores. The nation’s largest private-sector employer will allow workers in certain locations to wear jeans, jeggings, cargo […]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into potential coordination by AT&T, Verizon and a telecommunications standards organization to hinder consumers from easily switching wireless carriers, according to six people with knowledge of the inquiry. In February, the Justice Department issued demands to AT&T, Verizon and the G.S.M.A., a mobile industry standards-setting […]
In a striking example of natural selection, the Bajau people of South-East Asia have developed bigger spleens for diving, a study shows. The Bajau are traditionally nomadic and seafaring, and survive by collecting shellfish from the sea floor. Scientists studying the effect of this lifestyle on their biology found their spleens were larger than those […]
The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 28th anniversary by taking stargazers on a visual exploratory treat to the Lagoon Nebula. An Interstellar Experience On Thursday, April 19, NASA set the Hubble Space Telescope onto the Lagoon Nebula. The celestial body is located 4,000 light-years away from Earth, while the Lagoon Nebula is 55 light-years […]
Consumer activists and technology experts are advising consumers to hold off on buying Android handsets from China’s ZTE until the company clarifies whether U.S. sanctions against the company prevent it from providing operating system updates for its devices. The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday banned U.S. companies from providing components, software and other technology to […]
An earthquake hit Windsor and Essex County Thursday. The United States Geological Survey is reporting the 3.6 magnitude quake’s epicentre was in Amherstburg. “Magnitude 3.6 is not that big of an earthquake, however in this part of the country where we don’t really see earthquakes all that often, any size of earthquake is going to […]
Memories of classical ballet performances dance in Wanda Sihanath’s head when she thinks about her childhood in Elgin, Illinois. She remembers balancing at the barre to Beethoven and pirouetting to Vivaldi. Even though it rarely affected her dance lessons, she also remembers being sick — very sick. Sihanath, now 22, was diagnosed as a young […]
