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
Could new technique for 'curving' light be the secret to improved wireless communication? A study that could help revolutionize wireless communication introduces a novel method to curve terahertz signals around an obstacle. 04/9/2024 - 10:02 am | View Link
Workout in a pill: Scientists move one step closer to an exercise-mimicking drug Broadly, it's intended for those who face major physical barriers to exercising. "We're hoping that this can help all of these cases," said Elgendy, who's also the co-founder of Pelagos ... 03/20/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Scientists say they’re a step closer to resurrecting the wooly mammoth Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in Dallas, announced last week that it has produced a line of Asian elephant stem cells that can be coaxed to transform into other types of ... 03/14/2024 - 2:32 am | View Link
Scientists Just Got Closer to Creating Artificial Life in the Lab In interviews with the Washington Post, scientists say they've created an RNA molecule that made copies of other types of RNA, which gets its experts ever closer to creating the conditions for ... 03/12/2024 - 2:11 am | View Link
Scientists are one step closer to bringing Woolly Mammoths back to life Scientists have revealed a breakthrough that means they’re one step closer to bringing the extinct woolly mammoth back into existence. Playing a game of Word Association, if your opponent were ... 03/7/2024 - 9:37 am | View Link
It could almost have been a vacation. U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday to be whisked to a basketball game and a dinner of steamed buns atop a balcony overlooking the city’s Ming Dynasty Yu Garden. America’s top diplomat even took time to post on Instagram from Shanghai’s neo-classical Bund, where he lauded the students and business leaders “building bridges and ties between our countries” as the neon lights of the Lujiazui business district twinkled in the background.
They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But with the Craft Brewers Conference underway there, the results of the event’s hallmark competition, the World Beer Cup, were bound to get out.
On Wednesday night, beermakers from around the globe celebrated their accolades in what’s billed as the industry’s largest and most prestigious competition.
Connections requires players to find the connections between 16 words, and place them in four groups of four. If you want some help, we have the solution to Connections for April 25, 2024, along with hints to help you solve it yourself.
Wordle is a daily puzzle from the New York Times. If you want some extra help to solve today's Wordle, we have the answer to Wordle #1041, plus some extra clues.
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