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WhatsApp renames, tweaks feature to ignore archives 12 Apr 2019 - 01:07 pm
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No nausea for Beth Moses, Virgin's space tourist trainer 11 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
(From L to R) Virgin Galactic Chief Pilot Dave Mackay, Chief Astronaut Instructor Beth Moses, and Lead Pilot trainer Mike ‘Sooch’ Masucci pose at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 9, 2019. AFP / Ivan Couronne
Scientists reveal first image ever of a black hole 10 Apr 2019 - 05:42 pm
A handout photo provided by the European Southern Observatory on April 10, 2019 shows the first photograph of a black hole and its fiery halo.
Green machines? Flying taxis could slash emissions for long journeys 09 Apr 2019 - 11:03 pm
An artistic rendering of an electric vertical takeoff and landing taxi cruising through an urban center. Dave Brenner/University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
NASA turns its focus to earth with aid partnership 09 Apr 2019 - 09:35 pm
Thousands of houses in New Orleans remain under water one week after Hurricane Katrina went through Louisiana Mississippi, and Alabama in this September 5, 2005 file photo. Reuters / Allen Fredrickson
A short first hop for 'drone taxi' in Vienna 09 Apr 2019 - 01:04 am
hristian Bauer, Volocopter's head of business development, poses sitting in a passenger drone Volocopter 2X during a media preview at Rotorcraft and Unmanned Systems exhibition in Singapore on April 8, 2019. / AFP / Roslan Rahman
Brussels boy to pee-cycle after landmark leak inquiry 07 Apr 2019 - 11:19 pm
Brussels' energy technician Regis Callens points at the Manneken-pis landmark statue in Brussels on April 2, 2019.  AFP/Emmanuel Dunand
China's virtual reality arcades aim for real-world success 07 Apr 2019 - 11:49 am
In this photo taken on February 13, 2019, a woman plays a video game using a virtual-reality headset at an arcade in Shanghai. AFP/Matthew Knight
In astrophysics milestone, first photo of black hole expected 06 Apr 2019 - 02:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: A supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun is seen in an undated NASA artist's concept illustration. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout/File Photo
No plans to delay livestreams despite NZ massacre: Facebook's Zuckerberg 04 Apr 2019 - 05:36 pm
:FILE PHOTO: Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris, France, May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Making a dent: Japan probe prepares to blast asteroid 04 Apr 2019 - 10:28 am
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on April 4, 2019, researchers and employees receive data in the control room in Sagamihara, which confirm
WhatsApp allows users to control who can add them to group chats 03 Apr 2019 - 10:25 pm
This file photo illustration taken on September 26, 2017 shows the Whatsapp application logo (C) on a smartphone screen in Beijing. AFP /Nicolas Asfouri
A tiny beetle is killing an urban forest and there's no solution 03 Apr 2019 - 10:25 pm
Many adult female polyphagous shot hole borers, shown by red arrows, can be seen in this cross section of an infested tree.  Photo: Akif Eskalen, University of California Riverside via plantheroes.org
Berlin-born polar bear cub named after football club Hertha 02 Apr 2019 - 01:13 pm
Polar bear cub Hertha plays with a ball after she was given her name on April 2, 2019 at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin. AFP / John MACDOUGALL
Regulators knew before crashes that 737 MAX trim control was confusing in some conditions: document 31 Mar 2019 - 10:04 pm
Visitors watch as a Boeing 737 Max lands after an air display during the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London on July 16, 2018. AFP/Ben Stansall
Huawei slammed by UK for jeopardizing national security 31 Mar 2019 - 10:04 pm
An employee stands next to the logo of Huawei in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China March 29, 2019. Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Remote Cape with 'world's cleanest air' offers smog respite 31 Mar 2019 - 12:17 pm
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'Cow toilets' in Netherlands aim to cut e-moo-ssions 29 Mar 2019 - 08:36 pm
Cows graze in a field in Vlezenbeek near Brussels in this August 7, 2015 file photo. Reuters/Francois Lenoir