Category : science

by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago

Polluting Power Plants Can’t Escape the Eyes in the Sky

This effort, which will combine data “from a variety of sensors operating at different wavelengths,” will also use artificial intelligence to analyze and calculate carbon emissions, according to David Roberts at Vox. The U.K. Environment Agency is p...

by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago

Space-tourism dream edges toward reality in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — British billionaire Richard Branson and his space-tourism company Virgin Galactic announced new steps Friday toward offering thrill rides into the low reaches of space for paying passengers, with the company immediately starting...

by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago

Curtain falls on Vienna AIDS ball after 26 years

One of the world's biggest AIDS charity events, Vienna's Life Ball, will be held for the last time in June, the organiser said Friday. Gery Keszler said the progress achieved in fighting AIDS over the 26 years since the ball's inception meant it had...

by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago

Tens of thousands march to demand change in Algeria

The demonstrators are pushing for radical change by seeking the departure of senior figures, including politicians and businessmen, who have governed the North African country since independence from France in 1962. "They all go," read a banner held...