More delays for NASA’s golden telescope?NASA/Chris Gunn Setbacks in the final testing and assembly of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may delay its launch date once more. This is the latest in a series of delays going back at least a decade. JWST is NASA’s planned successor to the […]
Daily Archives: February 28, 2018
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White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, President Donald Trump’s longest-serving aide, announced her resignation on Wednesday. Hicks, 29, has been a longtime member of the Trump family’s inner circle, having served as press secretary for his presidential campaign before being tapped to join the White House staff. Hicks, a former […]
China boasts it has the only fifth generation stealth fighter jet outside the United States – as state media announced the J20 stealth jet has officially entered into service as a combat ready platform. But military sources are believed to have acknowledged the J20s do not measure up to their […]
Anastasia Vashukevich says she has a story involving the Kremlin and Trump More (PATTAYA, Thailand) — A Belarusian woman jailed in Thailand for offering sex lessons without a work permit says she has a story to tell involving the Kremlin, Russian billionaires and even the president of the United States. […]
Dutch adventurer Wim Hof is known as ‘The Iceman’ for good reason. Hof established several world records for prolonged resistance to cold exposure, an ability he attributes to a self-developed set of techniques of breathing and meditation — known as the Wim Hof Method. Yet, how his brain responds during […]
Kate Middleton, 36, arrived at the National Portrait Gallery to unveil the Patron’s Trail and visit the “Victorian Giants” exhibition. Forming the Gallery’s first Patron’s Trail, Her Royal Highness has selected images from the exhibition for which she has written personal captions that will be displayed alongside the photographs. The […]
GETTY Fernando Llorente bagged a second half hat-trick An unlikely and long overdue second-half hat-trick from Fernando Llorente finally put paid to Rochdale’s plucky underdog resistance – the never say die attitude of the lower league teams which makes this the greatest knockout competition in the world still. But against […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration was drafting an executive order that would ban rapid-fire gun bump stocks, part of a free-wheeling, hour-long discussion on school safety with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House. Cameras were allowed in to capture Trump’s negotiations with […]
Get the Think newsletter. SUBSCRIBE Picture this: It’s Election Day. You start getting dressed to go to your polling place. You see your favorite t-shirt; the one that says “Black Lives Matter” (or, maybe, “All Lives Matter.”) You start to put it on, but then you realize it might be […]
Hiding underground in the concrete confines of her building’s basement, with her small son and 44 other women and children, Noor feels at every moment the meaninglessness of the words “cease-fire” or “truce” in Syria. Above ground, the slaughter continues, with Syrian regime forces and Russian planes targeting Noor’s town […]
Scientists have a new understanding of why synthetic 2-D materials often perform orders of magnitude worse than predicted. They searched for ways to improve these materials’ performance in future electronics, photonics, and memory storage applications.
The embattled CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee resigned Wednesday, citing health problems, as the organization announced new initiatives to protect athletes from abuse. Scott Blackmun, who has headed the committee since 2010, has been under fire for weeks in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. He […]
In a move designed to send a “strong message” to the European Union over where Italian loyalties lie, Giorgia Meloni visited Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of Sunday’s vote. The pair discussed “the future of Italy” as well as illegal immigration and “defending the European identity from the risk […]
GETTY/NC Donald Trump will be asked to make an appeal against the Iranian regime while protests continue It comes as senior US congressman attended talks with opposition leaders in Paris to discuss tangible ways in which the US can help Iranian citizens to overthrow the “weakened regime”. “The uprising is […]
Coming from Warhorse studios, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is the studio’s first attempt at a large open world RPG. One of the most refreshing aspects of the game is that it is set in a realistic version of the middle ages. You won’t be fighting dragons or throwing fireballs here in […]
Get the Mach newsletter. SUBSCRIBE Air taxis that can soar over rush-hour traffic took another step closer to reality when an autonomous passenger drone designed by Airbus’s Vahana team made its maiden flight in Pendleton, Oregon last month. Newly released video of the 53-second test shows the electric aircraft hovering […]
A powerful Chicago politician is trying to ground “fake” service animals. Alderman Edward Burke introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would ban all such animals from the city’s two main airports — O’Hare and Midway — unless their owners can prove they are legit. A service dog strolls through the isle […]
Watching Episode 8 was hard enough knowing that it was the last time we would see Carrie Fisher on screen in her iconic role. The upcoming novelisation looks set to break fans’ hearts all over again. The book isn’t out until the end of next week, but one fan has […]
Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel-Wahab has was found guilty by a Cairo court of “insulting the state” and “spreading fake news,” and was also fined 10,000 Egyptian pounds (£409). The singer, who was sentenced in absentia, remains free on bail and can appeal the ruling. The lawsuit against Mrs Abdel-Wahab, one […]
Black & Decker’s $100 Purifry isn’t your typical kitchen countertop air fryer. It’s compact, affordable and simple to operate. It creates food that tastes deep-fried and delicious. And the Purifry does so using little to no oil, as an air fryer should. But the Purifry does have its flaws. Its […]