Life Style / Technology

'Democratize the mountains': Chileans demand green space for all 26 Jan 2021 - 03:19 pm

Santiago: There were two reasons mountain guide Viviana Callahan and her climbing partner Felipe Cancino made the first-ever ascent of Cerro El Barco,...

Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger: Australian researcher 26 Jan 2021 - 09:37 am

SYDNEY: Inspired by the natural, twisting patterns of a lobster shell, Australian researchers say they have found a way, using 3D printing technology,...

Twitter feature asks users to help fight misinformation 25 Jan 2021 - 11:51 pm

Twitter Inc. said it will ask users to monitor the site for misinformation, and post notes with more context about a tweet’s topic...

Package-free stores help reduce waste 25 Jan 2021 - 03:23 pm

Osaka, Japan: Stores that sell products by weight and volume are gaining popularity amid growing awareness of the problematic quantities of plastic waste...

Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests 25 Jan 2021 - 12:21 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher....

Scowling Bernie Sanders happy his mittened meme may raise millions for charity 24 Jan 2021 - 11:22 pm

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, the famed curmudgeon photographed at President Joe Biden's inauguration wearing mittens and a scowl behind his facemask in an...

Need a lift? SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare program 24 Jan 2021 - 11:07 pm

A veteran rocket from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX aerospace company launched 143 spacecraft into space on Sunday, a new record for the...

German scientists make paralyzed mice walk again 24 Jan 2021 - 07:49 am

German researchers have enabled mice paralyzed after spinal cord injuries to walk again, re-establishing a neural link hitherto considered irreparable in mammals by...

Elon Musk to offer $100 mln prize for 'best' carbon capture tech 22 Jan 2021 - 05:03 pm

Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the...

Parler loses bid to have service restored by Amazon 21 Jan 2021 - 11:48 pm

A federal judge on Thursday rejected Parler's demand that Amazon.com Inc restore web hosting services for the social media platform, which Amazon had...

Facebook’s oversight board to decide whether Trump keeps account 21 Jan 2021 - 10:09 pm

Facebook Inc. asked its content Oversight Board to review the social network’s controversial decision to suspend former U.S. President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely,...

China's retrieved lunar samples weigh less than targeted 18 Jan 2021 - 01:16 pm

BEIJING: Lunar rocks retrieved by a historic Chinese mission to the moon weighed less than initially targeted, but China is still willing to...

Trump slams China's Huawei, halting shipments from Intel, others -sources 17 Jan 2021 - 11:51 pm

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - The Trump administration notified several Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel, that it is revoking certain licenses to sell to the...

Whatsapp to delay launch of update business features after privacy backlash 17 Jan 2021 - 11:25 am

Facebook Inc's Whatsapp is delaying an update aimed at increasing business transactions on the platform after a storm of concern from users who...

NASA's Boeing moon rocket cuts short 'once-in-a-generation' ground test 17 Jan 2021 - 09:30 am

WASHINGTON: NASA's deep space exploration rocket built by Boeing briefly ignited all four engines of its behemoth core stage for the first time...

Europe’s satellites could help catch the next climate disaster 17 Jan 2021 - 08:26 am

Spain began the new year battling Storm Filomena, a once-in-a-generation weather event that blanketed Madrid in snow and paralyzed the economy. Health workers...