Stephen Barclay has claimed that the UK will do much more in the area of space navigation and travel after leaving the European Union. The former Brexit Secretary was speaking to the independent think tank Onward about whether the government intends to increase its interest in the UK space industry …
Read More »Virgin Galactic shows the interior of the passenger spacecraft cabin
This undated photo posted by Virgin Galactic shows the interior of her SpaceshipTwo Cabin during a flight. Highly detailed amenities to enhance the customer experience were shown at an online event on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, which unveiled the cockpit of the company’s rocket plane, a guy named SpaceShipTwo, which …
Read More »The most fascinating shark discoveries of the last decade
Bamboo sharks walk. Ninja lantern sharks glow in the dark. Whale sharks can carry up to 300 babies at a time, at different fetal stages and from different parents. Zebra sharks experience “virgin birth”. These are but a mere sampling of the most fascinating shark discoveries of the decade. Some …
Read More »US Republicans fear China may use TikTok to interfere in elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of senior US Republican senators on Tuesday raised pressure on TikTok, asking the Trump administration to assess the threat that the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app may interfere in the US election. The Tik Tok logo is displayed on the smartphone while standing above the US …
Read More »A drop in incoming sunlight may have triggered ‘Snowball Lands’
Credit: CC0 Public domain At least twice in Earth’s history, almost the entire planet was enclosed in a layer of snow and ice. These dramatic “Snowball Earth” events occurred in rapid succession, somewhere around 700 million years ago, and evidence suggests that consecutive global glaciations set the stage for the …
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