After a four-year journey, NASA’s robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu’s boulder-strewn surface on October 20, touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples, the agency said Thursday. Scientists hope the mission will help deepen our understanding of how planets formed and life began and provide insight on asteroids
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A minister has denied that the chancellor’s message to “live without fear” during the pandemic was a suggestion people do not have to follow the coronavirus rules. Rishi Sunak made the remark in the Commons as he set out his “Winter Economy Plan” designed to avert a jobs crisis amid continuing COVID-19 restrictions. Live updates
Louisville is a tinder box of rage and frustration. Protesters have been taking to the streets for 121 nights since Breonna Taylor was killed. This week the city has been in a state of emergency, roads closed and businesses barricades. Military personnel line the streets, armoured vehicles patrol the airport and protesters hold vigil at
Ring, Amazon’s home security company, is launching a new car product that first work with Tesla’s Sentry Mode and working with a new USB hub. Tesla’s Sentry Mode is an integrated surveillance system inside Tesla’s vehicles using the Autopilot cameras around the car. The system detects when there’s a “threat,” which basically consists of anyone
Xi Jinping, China’s president, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2020. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images China is targeting peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by the year 2060, according to President Xi Jinping. In an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday,
The Treasury borrowed the third-highest sum for any month on record in August, according to official figures – as the chancellor prepares to unleash his latest support for the coronavirus-hit economy. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that public sector net borrowing, excluding the effects of bank bailouts, was estimated to have hit £35.9bn
The first night of a 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants has passed largely without incident in England – but some venues are warning that the absence of late-night drinkers could put their future into jeopardy. In London, there was a small police presence on the streets of Soho last night, but no problems were
Evel Knievel’s son is suing Disney over a daredevil character in the animated film Toy Story 4. Kelly Knievel has held the publicity rights to his father’s name since 1998, according to his US District Court filing in Las Vegas. The federal trademark infringement lawsuit claims that Disney-owned Pixar did not ask permission to use
Amazon’s flying security drone. Amazon Amazon is launching a new Ring security camera that’s fixed on top of a flying drone. Called the Ring Always Home Cam, it’s an autonomous indoor security camera that can fly inside your home and record footage of multiple viewpoints. Users set a path for the device to fly throughout the
A group of more than 40 Conservative MPs are bidding to force the government to give parliament a vote before the renewal of ministers’ coronavirus powers. Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the influential 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, is leading the cross-party effort to amend emergency COVID-19 legislation. Powers under the Coronavirus Act, which
Paloma Faith has revealed she is pregnant after a “struggle” with IVF. The singer said she had six rounds of the treatment and described her child as “so wanted”. Faith, who is already a mother to a three-year-old girl, said her first birth was “very traumatic” and that she is also “prone to postpartum depression”.
A landmine detection rat has been awarded a gold medal for showing “lifesaving bravery and devotion to duty”. The giant African pouched rat, named Magawa, has discovered 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordnance in Cambodia. Magawa has cleared more than 141,000 square metres of land, an effort that has earned him a PDSA
Novavax is ready to start its Phase 3 trial of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the UK. The US biotechnology firm plans to enrol up to 10,000 volunteers aged between 18 and 84 over the next four to six weeks. The company joins AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Moderna as its vaccine candidate enters the final step
September 24th, 2020 by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai South Africans have been experiencing regular power outages over the past couple of years as the national utility company has been battling to meet demand during peak hours for several reasons. These include unplanned breakdowns at some of its power stations, delays in completion of the new thermal
In a surprising turn of events, Tesla (TSLA) now claims Nikola (NKLA) stole its truck design from Rimac’s designer in an update to its patent lawsuit update. As we previously reported, Nikola alleged that Tesla’s electric truck design infringes on its existing patents. Specifically, a series of three design patents that Nikola obtained for the
The Tate Modern art gallery is housed within a former power station. Scott E Barbour | The Image Bank Unreleased | Getty Images The towns and cities we live and work in may seem like hives of activity, but a closer look shows that’s not always the case. Whether it’s an empty building or scrap