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 […]
Daily Archives: February 28, 2018
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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 […]