The Falcon Heavy test launched on 6 FebruarySpaceX By Leah Crane Whoomph. Standing nearly five kilometres from SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket as it took off for the first time, I felt like my lungs were exposed to the open air, the rushing sound and steam from the rocket’s engines squeezing my […]
Daily Archives: February 6, 2018
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Michigan authorities are now investigating former Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, an associate of the doctor who was just sentenced to decades in prison for molesting young athletes — some of them at Geddert’s club. The Eaton County Sheriff’s office would not discuss the nature of the complaints it has […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may push for new work requirements and rent hikes for people in federally subsidized housing, according to a draft proposal from the Department of Housing and Urban Development obtained by NBC News. The proposal under consideration would allow public housing agencies and private owners of […]
Was Cirque du Soleil too soft, tasteful and tame for you? Beware what you wish for, Cirque Berserk is not for the fainthearted. Back at London’s Peacock Theatre for a fifth successive year, this thrilling, death-defying, glorious and gut-punching show feels like Cirque du Soleil when the gloves and safety […]
Get the Think newsletter. SUBSCRIBE From media newsrooms and Hollywood casting offices to the halls of Congress and backs of restaurant kitchens, allegations of sexual misconduct have lead to men in leadership positions losing their jobs. All the while, the balance of power between men and women in the workplace […]
The Latest on SpaceX rocket launch (all times local): 8 p.m. SpaceX chief Elon Musk says the center booster of the Falcon Heavy slammed into the Atlantic at 300 mph, missing the floating landing platform. Musk says it hit the water with such force that shrapnel flew onto the droneship’s […]
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon Heavy successfully launched on its inaugural flight here Feb. 6, placing a demonstration payload into orbit and boosting the company’s interplanetary ambitions. The Falcon Heavy lifted off at 3:45 p.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A here, after more than two hours of […]
The most economical way to kill bacteria that cause common food-borne illnesses — mostly caused by Salmonella enterica — is heat, but, the mechanisms that kill Salmonella at lower temperatures were not fully understood until now, according to a team of researchers.
Lucasfilm are not messing around. Solo: A Star Wars Story is released later this year, followed by Episode IX in 2019, while an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie and Johnson’s new trilogy are in working progress. You would have thought that would be enough to be getting on with, but now Lucasfilm […]
ThinkGeek offers Orpheus: The Saddest Music Machine for $19.99 plus $7.95 for shipping. ThinkGeek is the only retailer officially selling this DIY robot-shaped music box in the United States, outside of GameStop, ThinkGeek’s parent company, which is charging the list price of $29.99. If you have six hours to spare, […]
SPACEX’S Falcon Heavy has finally left Earth to deliver a cherry-red Tesla Roadster into a “billion year” orbit around Mars. Watch the incredible Falcon Heavy launch from Florida here AGAIN.
We already know what Meghan’s engagement ring looks like – but what about the wedding rings her and Prince Harry exchange on the day? However, it seems we already have a good reason to believe these rings will be made from pure Welsh Gold. The precious metal type is used […]
Republican Sen. John McCain may be thousands of miles from Washington, receiving cancer treatment at home in Arizona. But his influence in the nation’s capital has hardly diminished. This week, Senator McCain, along with fellow Sen. Chris Coons (D) of Delaware, unveiled a new bipartisan attempt at an immigration compromise […]
A federal court approved a $25 million settlement on Tuesday with students who said they were duped by Donald Trump and his now-defunct Trump University, which promised to teach them the “secrets of success” in the real estate industry. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco finalized the […]
The Falcon Heavy will blast off in just a few minutes from Launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. After several delays caused by unfortunate wind conditions, SpaceX settled on a launch window of 3.45pm EST (8.45pm GMT). SpaceX tweeted: “Continue to monitor the upper level […]
The forecasted shortfall comes as the EU plans to invest more into the protection of borders, tackling terrorism and defence. EU leaders are set to discuss the budget gap at a summit on February 23. Germany has stated it will make higher contributions to the EU after Brexit, the German […]
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives easily passed major reforms to the way sexual harassment is reported in Congress Tuesday, a measure aimed at overhauling the secretive, excessively complicated system in place for decades. The bipartisan legislation, which would prohibit the accused from using taxpayer dollars for sexual harassment settlements […]
Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam titles and is without doubt Switzerland’s most famous sporting icon. The tennis legend, 36, added to his majors tally last month when winning the Australian Open. There are calls in Basel for the sports star to have a street named after him, as […]
Courtois has established himself as one of the Premier League’s best goalkeepers since he returned from a three-year loan spell at Atletico Madrid in 2014. It was in Madrid that he met the mother of his two children but after they split, she returned to Spain with them. Courtois has […]