A major airline is making a big bet on high speed, intercontinental travel. American Airlines finalized a deal with Boom Supersonic to purchase 20 commercial supersonic jet airliners on Tuesday. Last year, Boom sold 15 jets to United Airlines. It also received…
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Want to leave your mark on the universe? Why not try naming a planetary system? The International Astronomical Union has launched a competition to name not one but 20 of these distant systems, each of which contains a star and an orbiting…
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video Molten lava continues to spew from an erupting volcano in Iceland, nearly two weeks after it first exploded. The Fagradalsfjall mountain, 20 miles south-west of the capital…
Australian swimmer Jessica Smith has been fitted with a British bionic hand that can be updated remotely anywhere in the world. The 2004 Athens Paralympian was born without a left hand and a childhood accident left her with an uneasy relationship with…
Following months of delays, Apple finally has a solid start date for its hybrid work policy. Come September 5, the tech giant will start requiring employees who work in its Santa Clara Valley campus to report to the office three times a…
Days after thunder and lightning brought the latest British heatwave to an end, a solar storm looks ready to set auroras glowing. Forecasters predict ‘cannibal’ ejections of solar radation may create mild to moderate geomagnetic storms around Earth on Wednesday and Thursday….
A woman who died in June has been able to answer questions at her own funeral with the help of artificial intellingence. Holocaust educator Mariana Smith, 87, had previously recorded hours worth of details about her life, many of which were unknown…
When we think of testosterone, we probably think about stereotypically masculine traits: strength, beards and aggression. But research in rodents shows the hormone is far more complex than it might seen. In the right context, testosterone doesn’t just promote aggression. It can…
If it came down to a nuclear war between Russia and the United States, Britain would be caught in the crossfire. As would most of the global population. According to a new study, more than five billion people would die through famine…