Hundreds of fibers, arranged by hand, capture light at the Sloan Digital Sky Survey’s New Mexico telescope. DAN LONG/APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY By Daniel CleryFeb. 3, 2021 , 3:25 PM It was one of the stranger and more monotonous jobs in astronomy: plugging optical fibers into hundreds of holes in aluminum […]
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Dunzo. Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum James Marsters and his wife, Patricia Rahman, have split after a decade of marriage, Us Weekly can confirm. According to court records, Rahman, 35, filed for divorce at a Los Angeles courthouse shortly after the pair marked their 10th wedding anniversary. The case is […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring has weakened for six straight months. Nearly 10 million jobs remain lost since the coronavirus struck. And this week, the Congressional Budget Office forecast that employment won’t regain its pre-pandemic level until 2024. And yet a hopeful view is gaining steam that as vaccinations reach a […]
On Tuesday the company announced three new products for Spot — Spot Arm, Spot Enterprise and Scout — that aim to increase the robot’s functionality in hazardous, remote work sites. The rather charming bot has become famous in Boston Dynamics’ videos of it dancing, going on walks and runs, and […]
The daughter of Chinese immigrants, Te-Ping Chen is an American-born journalist who spent several years covering China for The Wall Street Journal By ANN LEVIN Associated Press February 1, 2021, 2:45 PM • 3 min read “Land of Big Numbers,” by Te-Ping Chen (Mariner Books) A Chinese tech company recently […]
Birthing a new space telescope takes a long time and a lot of money and inspiration. Astronomers first began pestering NASA for the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope even before that telescope was launched into orbit in 1990. Back then they thought it could cost less than a billion […]
Scheana Shay is tired of the ‘tedious messages’ spamming her DMs, sent from critics who have been judging the ‘Vanderpump Rules’ star’s choices amid her pregnancy. So, Scheana defended herself! Scheana Shay, 35, finds all the unsolicited advice and mom-shaming in her DMs “annoying.” The Vanderpump Rules star didn’t hold back while […]
Spot picks up trash in a demonstration of its new arm capabilities. Boston Dynamics video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET They dance. They explore mines. They help medical workers. Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot dogs are constantly learning new tricks, and they now have a whole range of fresh moves thanks to […]