The Geminids meteor shower lights up the sky over the Popocatepetl volcano, in Mexican state of Puebla, December 14, 2004. Daniel Aguilar/Reuters Monday night brings an astronomical anomaly. It’s the longest night of the year for the northern hemisphere – the winter solstice – and it will feature both a […]
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In 2020, incredible scientific discoveries didn’t stop because of the COVID-19 pandemic. First and foremost was the phenomenal work done by scientists to study the disease and develop vaccines in record time to put the brakes on the global pandemic. It was a truly Herculean and remarkable effort by literally […]
GOTY 2020 (Image credit: Future) In addition to our team-selected Game of the Year Awards 2020, individual members of the PC Gamer team each select one of their own favourite games of the year. We’ll post new personal picks, alongside the main awards, throughout the rest of the month. Cloudpunk’s […]
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: City’s regulator Financial Conduct Authority has let down ALL investors – now heads must roll By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 09:52 GMT, 20 December 2020 Surely, it is time for the Government to launch a review into […]
A new satellite is orbiting the Earth that is capable of snapping high resolution images of nearly any place on our planet – and is powerful enough to penetrate the walls of buildings. Capella-2, designed by Capella Space, is strapped with cameras, sensors and uses Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that […]
Clara Sousa-Silva spent most of 2020 sitting on a huge secret – the apparent detection of phosphine, a potential sign of life, on Venus. She tells New Scientist what it felt like and what comes next Space 16 December 2020 By Leah Crane Jaxa Isasakatsuki Project Team ONE of the […]
The season nine finale saw Sister Julienne (played by Jenny Agutter) receive a notice of eviction for Nonnatus House as it is at risk of demolition. As Sister Julienne worries about the future of Nonnatus House, she will encourage the midwives to focus on their patients and enjoy themselves at […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Capella Space released radar satellite images with a resolution of 50 centimeters by 50 centimeters, which the San Francisco startup says is the highest resolution available from a commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite operator. The images released Dec. 16 showcase the Spotlight mode of Sequoia, a 100-kilogram […]