The heartbroken colleagues of Financial Times reporter Paul McClean, 24, paid tribute to him after they were told how his dream holiday with friends ended in tragedy. The Oxford University graduate was attacked and pulled under water near Arugam Bay on the island’s south-east coast. Navy divers found his body […]
Daily Archives: September 16, 2017
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GETTY Rex Tillerson urged China to use direct action against dictator Kim Jong-un It triggered air raid sirens on the island of Hokkaido for the second time in three weeks before crashing into the Pacific. US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said the launch “put millions of Japanese into duck and […]
The impressive amount of technology baked into the Mozzie hoverboard reminds me that this sort of device wouldn’t have even been feasible 20 years ago. Compact motors and battery make it go, while sensors help keep it stable and let me control how it moves. To tweak its settings, it […]
Chemists have performed a techno-economic analysis of converting waste toilet paper into electricity. They propose a two-step process and calculate a cost per kWh comparable to that of residential photovoltaic installations.
A new drone uses cutting-edge technology to deliver parcels weighing up to 500 grams. The device will never get stuck in traffic, it’s programmed to avoid obstacles, and it can reach destinations on steep or uneven terrain. Its protective cage and foldable design mean that it can be carried around […]
Researchers have proposed a prediction that red-edge could be observed as on the Earth even on exoplanets around M-dwarfs. They pointed out that the first oxgenic photorophs are most likely to have evolved underwater to utilize visible light just like what had happened in the primordial ocean on the Earth. […]