If you’re interested in drone deliveries, it’s likely because you want your internet shopping dropped at your door within an hour of clicking “buy.” And while companies like Amazon are working to make that happen, complicated logistics and thorny regulations mean it’s likely to be years before you start hearing […]
Daily Archives: September 20, 2017
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A Southern California woman battling leukemia has been unable to obtain a stem cell transplant from her sister in Vietnam after the U.S. thrice denied her application for a visa, according to the woman’s family. Helen Huynh, 61, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia in February and was […]
Democratic members of Congress are asking the Federal Elections Commission to crack down on digital campaign ads to prevent foreign meddling in future elections. In a letter to the FEC chairman, four members of the house and 16 senators—including Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Kamala Harris—urge the FEC to work […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday ripped President Donald Trump’s comments to the United Nations General Assembly a day earlier as “ignorant, absurd and hateful,” charging that it would be a “great pity” if the 2015 nuclear deal his nation agreed to with the U.S. and other world powers “were […]
Trees are toppled in a parking lot at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 20, 2017, during the passage of Hurricane MariaHector Retamal/AFP/Getty By Andy Coghlan Hurricane Maria is still on the rampage, pummelling Puerto Rico and compounding the misery caused earlier this month by Hurricane […]
LONDON — The first 400 flat-panel antennas developed by Redmond, Washington-based Kymeta Corp. have been shipped to customers in the past months as the company predicts 2018 to be the year when the long-awaited technology starts making impacts across a range of sectors that have not used satellite links before. Speaking […]
WASHINGTON — The latest Republican bill to repeal Obamacare would set the stage for a decade of new health care fights as states struggled to cover residents with less money and an unstable source of funding. A new analysis of the Graham-Cassidy bill by Avalare Health, an independent consulting firm, […]
Science Minister Jo Johnson and US international science secretary Judith G. Garber signed the UK-US Science and Technology Agreement in Washington DC. Billed as the first ever “umbrella” agreement between the two countries, the treaty spells out an ongoing commitment to collaborating on world-changing science and innovation, in both economies’ […]