DNA can be extracted from fossils reveals expert Some 88 years ago, a giant, nearly intact human skull was found. Yet it was not known about until just three years ago. A construction worker made the discovery while helping to build a bridge on the Songhua river, which runs through […]
Daily Archives: November 18, 2021
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If your broadband isn’t up to scratch, it might be worth checking with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to determine whether faster speeds are available in your street. Openreach, which supplies broadband infrastructure to firms including BT, Sky and TalkTalk, has just announced that it’s switched on its next-generation ultrafast […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), founded in 1894, has produced new guidelines detailing measures contrary to those previously taken by the organisation. The guidelines will therefore replace those from 2015 which called fro transgender women athletes to lower their testerone levels to a certain limit 12 months before their first […]
More than 10,000 striking John Deere workers will go back to work after approving a new agreement that union leadership called a landmark deal. Workers at 14 Deere & Co. locations have been on strike since Oct. 14 after the union overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer that would’ve delivered 5 […]
Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle rises from its New Zealand launch pad. (Rocket Lab via YouTube) BlackSky’s Earth-watching constellation has grown by two satellites, thanks to Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle and Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.’s logistical help. Rocket Lab’s previous BlackSky launch ended in failure back in May, but the […]
The United Nations warned Thursday that a surge in container freight rates could mean higher prices for consumers next year unless pandemic-fuelled problems are untangled. The UN’s trade and development agency (UNCTAD) said global import price levels could increase by 11 percent and consumer price levels by 1.5 percent between […]
A Las Vegas judge ordered former Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III to appear before her on Monday after learning he missed a required alcohol test while on house arrest following a fatal crash he’s accused of causing by driving drunk at speeds up to 156mph. Ruggs’ lawyers told Suzan Baucum […]
Lt. Gen. John Shaw said the debris from the Nov. 15 test could be even more damaging than China’s 2007 intercept WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Force officials Nov. 17 condemned Russia’s missile strike that destroyed a defunct satellite in low Earth orbit. The anti-satellite missile test, these officials said, sends […]