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
Australian-first push to protect wildlife and ban dangerous rat poisons In a bid to protect Victoria’s native birds, animals and our pets, the Greens are calling on the Victorian Government to ban the public sale of second-generation rodent poisons. These poisons can be ... 05/23/2022 - 8:57 am | View Link
Carol smells a rat on Tuesday's Fair City Carol is out for answers in Tuesday's Fair City on RTÉ One. She has put two and two together and thinks Orla, Dolores and Pete are hiding something about Nora's accident outside the garage. Pete's son ... 05/23/2022 - 7:00 am | View Link
Hong Kong to distribute 210,000 RAT kits following sewage COVID-19 detection The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Monday that it will distribute about 210,000 sets of COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits to people in some areas of the city as ... 05/23/2022 - 3:19 am | View Link
Cannes 2022: First look of Adil Hussain starrer Footprints In Water and Randeep Hooda starrer Rat on the Highway unveiled at the film festival First look of Adil Hussain starrer Footprints In Water and Randeep Hooda starrer Rat on the Highway unveiled at the film festival Bollywood News: Latest Bollywood News, Bollywood News Today, Bollywood ... 05/23/2022 - 3:03 am | View Link
Rat culls on Sark 'could protect seabirds' Black rats could be culled in Sark to offset disturbances to seabirds caused by wind turbines in England.Energy firm Orsted said culling the predators could increase the birds' survival chances on the ... 05/22/2022 - 11:49 pm | View Link
rat | rodent genus | Britannica rat, (genus Rattus), the term generally and indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches. (Smaller thin-tailed rodents are just as often indiscriminately referred to as mice.) In scientific usage, rat applies to any of 56 thin-tailed, medium-sized rodent species in the genus Rattus native to continental Asia and the ... 05/16/2022 - 3:38 am | View Link
8 Interesting Facts About Rats | Britannica Believed to be the biggest rat, it is more than 32 inches (81 cm) long (including the tail) and weighs more than three pounds (1.36 kg). By comparison, the common house rat is about 20 inches (50 cm) long and weighs approximately 12 ounces (0.34 kg). Unfortunately, scientific studies have determined that common rats are getting larger. 05/13/2022 - 2:09 am | View Link
10 facts about rats The rat is the first of a 12-year cycle of animals that appears in the Chinese Zodiac, so if you were born in 2008, you were born in a rat year, too. Chinese astrologers say that means you’re funny , smart , successful, are a quick thinker and welcome challenges . 05/12/2022 - 2:20 pm | View Link
Rat Define rat. rat synonyms, rat pronunciation, rat translation, English dictionary definition of rat. n. 1. a. Any of various long-tailed rodents resembling mice but larger, especially one of the genus Rattus. 05/10/2022 - 11:55 pm | View Link
Rat The rat is a medium-sized rodent. Rats are omnivores, they eat lots of different types of food. Most rats are in the genus Rattus. There are about 56 different species of rats. The best known rats are the black rat ( Rattus rattus ), and the brown rat ( Rattus norvegicus ). These two are known as Old World rats. The group has its origins in Asia . 05/10/2022 - 1:15 am | View Link
Learning to code can be boring when the going gets tough, especially if you get stuck on a particular coding task. But you're not alone; even experienced programmers will admit to struggling over a few lines of code sometimes.
Dear Amy: I recently turned 21. I will be the first in my group of friends to graduate from college. This happens in a few weeks.
It feels like life is starting to return to a sense of normalcy as the pandemic recedes, and my friends and I are socializing more outside of our homes — going out dancing, and enjoying the nightlife.
My best friend and I are not big drinkers and every time we go out men pressure us to drink and then try to shame us for not “knowing how to party.”
Can you help us come up with a witty comeback to shut down the pressure to drink?
— Happy Teetotaler
Dear Happy: Alcohol is the only drug I can think of where people are continuously asked to explain why they are NOT using it.
The Apple Watch is the perfect sidekick for your iPhone. With it, you can read messages, answer calls, and play music without picking up your phone. However, you have a GPS + Cellular Apple Watch, you’ll need a cell plan to get the most out of your device.
Apple’s iOS 15.5 software update now stops pictures taken at certain locations from appearing in slideshows. The images in question won’t be deleted. You can still view them as you normally would, or manually add them to a custom slideshow. But they’ll no longer automatically show up in Photos Memories.
iOS 15.4 introduced some new features to the iPhone, including mask-friendly Face ID, a gender-neutral voice for Siri, Universal Control, and 37 brand-new emojis! The new emojis include some more smileys, and many specific objects that you’re sure to find useful.
Netflix is over 20 years old, and it has had a good run. However, with competitors like Hulu and Disney+ nipping at its heels, it must continue innovating or wither and die.