One flight closer to space tourism Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list The planned ruling would eliminate protection for the top predators, but scientists and conservationists say the proposal is flawed. Federal authorities intend to remove endangered species protections for all gray wolves in the Lower 48 states, carving out an a exception for a small pocket of about 75 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, according to a draft document obtained by The Times. More
New calls to rename Higgs boson One of the scientists who developed the theory of the Higgs boson says the particle should be renamed to acknowledge the contributions of others involved in the work. More
Commentary: Excitement builds for Nonprofit Business Conference & Grant Seekers Meeting The anticipation is evident as the Community Foundation announces the upcoming 2024 Nonprofit Business Conference & Grant Seekers Meeting, scheduled for August 22 at the Double Tree at Bell Tower ... 04/15/2024 - 2:03 am | View Link
Excitement builds ahead of total solar eclipse in US, Mexico and Canada Rare celestial event on Monday will see the moon block out the sun for a few minutes and day turn to night, with fans hoping the clouds don’t spoil the view Across the US, Mexico and Canada ... 04/8/2024 - 12:26 am | View Link
J-Hope’s ‘NEURON’ Teaser: Collaboration Excitement Builds BTS member and solo artist j-hope has sparked excitement among fans with the revealing of a teaser film for his upcoming title track ‘NEURON’. The track stands as the focal point of his highly ... 03/28/2024 - 7:03 am | View Link
Nasdaq, S&P, and Dow advance as excitement builds for Nvidia GTC The major market averages opened higher on Monday as AI aficionados look to the start of Nvidia's GTC. Early on and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP.IND) was +1.4%, the S&P 500 was +0.9%, and the Dow ... 03/18/2024 - 2:44 am | View Link
Excitement builds as new car park takes shape in Blackburn A car park adjacent to the busiest high street in Blackburn is close to completion. Work began on the £300,000 car park off Victoria Street in the Whalley Range district earlier in the summer ... 09/3/2023 - 6:00 pm | View Link
Late last year, over 50 African leaders gathered in Riyadh for the first ever Saudi-Africa summit. Convened by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, it brought together a mélange of democrats and dictators, reformers and kleptocrats, young go-getters and long-ruling dinosaurs. Their objective? To wangle a slice of the $40 billion Saudi Arabia plans to invest in Africa.
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For the African leaders in attendance, the summit was a golden opportunity to obtain generous aid and inexpensive loans from one of the world’s richest countries.
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country’s prime minister after the previous stint on the job during which the low-key technocrat has shown a distinct lack of political ambitions.
In line with Russian law, Mishustin, 58, who held the job for the past four years, submitted his Cabinet’s resignation on Tuesday when Putin began his fifth presidential term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration.
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Mishustin’s reappointment was widely expected by political observers, who noted that Putin has appreciated his skills and low political profile.
Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the head of the unit that protects Ukraine’s top officials following the arrest of two colonels who were allegedly involved in a Russian plot to assassinate the president.
Serhiy Rud, who was fired by a decree signed Thursday evening by Zelensky, had been in his post since 2019 and previously led the president’s personal security unit.
Thailand’s move to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic threatens to trigger street protests and class-action suits by owners of thousands of dispensaries which sprung across the country in the wake of decriminalization two years ago.
A complete re-criminalization ordered by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday will also push the cannabis trade underground, said Rattapon Sanrak, owner of Bangkok-based dispensary Highland Cafe.
Mexico is fighting 159 active wildfires across the country amid the year’s second heat wave that has also put the nation’s power grid under stress.
Mexico’s national weather service issued an alert that at least 12 states would experience temperatures higher than 45°C (113°F), with large swathes of the rest of the country expected to see temperatures higher than 30°C.
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The heat wave has increased demand for power, prompting the country’s grid operator to declare the system in a state of emergency on Thursday evening for the second time this week.
(DES MOINES, Iowa) — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world’s food supply, they came up with what Fowler called “the craziest idea anybody ever had” — a global seed vault built into the side of an Arctic mountain.
About 20 years ago, Fowler, now the U.