science / science - 5 years ago
The mother of a child with a rare disease shares a short list of "universal" experiences she believes most parents of medically complex children have experienced.
science / science - 5 years ago
The rubber ducky comet's head has spent 4.5 billion years trying to twist away from its neck. And that's caused some stress fractures.Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which the European Space Agency explored for two years using its Rosetta pr...
science / science - 5 years ago
Humans have lived alongside England's River Thames for thousands of years, and they've left some interesting things behind in its muddy waters: wooden clubs for bashing in heads, a toilet that fits three butts at once and sometimes, even bits...
science / science - 5 years ago
India rolled out the red carpet for the crown prince as it seeks diplomatic support against Pakistan following a militant attack in the disputed region of Kashmir. The crown prince was also given a lavish welcome this week in Pakistan where the two...
science / science - 5 years ago
The ultimate goal of the multistep initiative, code-named “Marzipan,” is by 2021 to help developers build an app once and have it work on the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers, said people familiar with the effort. Each new app is another revenue oppor...
science / science - 5 years ago
Deer suffering from chronic wasting disease are more like dementia patients, and less like violent creatures out to cause an apocalypse, experts say.
science / science - 5 years ago
Mining giant Glencore pledged on Wednesday to limit its coal production and instead prioritise investment in other commodities needed as part of a transition towards cleaner energy and transportation. "To meet the growing needs of a lower carbon eco...
science / science - 5 years ago
Saudi Aramco's Chief Executive Officer Amin Nassar said on Wednesday that the company is in talks with India's Reliance Industries Ltd for possible investments and is seeking other opportunities in the country. Saudi Aramco signed an agreement in A...
science / science - 5 years ago
The electric-car pioneer, who has a track record of snafus on Twitter, said he intended to say Tesla expects to be making cars at an annual rate of about 500,000 by the end of 2019, according to a tweet from the executive. Musk’s earlier tweet that...
science / science - 5 years ago
Oil prices slipped away from 2019 highs on Wednesday, with surging U.S. supply and slowing economic growth tempering upward pressure from supply cuts led by producer club OPEC and from Washington's sanctions on Iran and Venezuela. Oil prices have be...
science / science - 5 years ago
The exodus, which saw four of EOH’s seven directors quit, comes on the day the members were up for re-election at the Johannesburg-based company’s annual general meeting. Chairman Asher Bohbot, the firm’s CEO for 19 years, will step down at the end...
science / science - 5 years ago
The rapid scale-up of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer in a handful of rich countries within three decades, and in most other nations by century's end, researchers said Wednesday. Without screening and...
science / science - 5 years ago
The US stands virtually alone in the world in having a leader who openly dismisses the reality of climate change. Jay Inslee, the gravel-voiced governor of Washington, is poised to enter the throng of Democrats vying to dislodge Donald Trump as pres...
science / science - 5 years ago
Lockheed Martin offered India a new combat jet, F-21, on Wednesday to be made locally, in a bid to win a large military order worth over $15 billion. The U.S. defence firm had earlier offered its F-16 fighter used by countries around the world for t...
science / science - 5 years ago
Deliveries of new-energy passenger vehicles, which include pure-battery, plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell cars, more than doubled to 85,000 units in January, fueled by a rush before the government scales back subsidies for the zero- and low-emission aut...