[ad_1] Liu Cixin, author of the Chinese science fiction trilogy “The Three-Body Problem,” officially called “Remembrance of Earth’s Past,” speaks during an interview. / CFP Liu Cixin, author of the Chinese science fiction trilogy “The Three-Body Problem,” officially called “Remembrance of Earth’s Past,” speaks during an interview. / CFP Netflix, …
Read More »‘Game of Thrones’ creators join ‘Star Wars’ director for Netflix series
[ad_1] Liu Cixin’s best-selling book trilogy “The Three-Body Problem,” which tells the epic story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization, will become an international series for the streaming giant. Game of Thrones showrunners DB Weiss and David Benioff arrive at the 47th International Emmy Awards in New York …
Read More »Nvidia launches GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs: ‘a giant step into the future’
[ad_1] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang today unveiled the company’s new GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs, which he says provide the “largest generational leap in the company’s history.” The GeForce RTX 30 Series are Nvidia’s second-generation RTX GPUs and have nearly twice the performance and power efficiency of the previous generation, according …
Read More »Environmental Factor – September 2020: COVID-19 Virtual Education Reaches US and International Students
[ad_1] Through a new virtual learning program, Johns Hopkins University students and staff are sharing information about the novel coronavirus with school children. Galiatsatos also works with Medicine for the common good, a hospital initiative that promotes good health and wellness practices in underprivileged communities. (Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins …
Read More »King Salman’s firing of senior Saudi officials shows ‘no one is above the law’
[ad_1] DUBAI: New research by a major Saudi university has shown promising results in renewable energy by using atmospheric water vapor to cool solar panels. The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) project has achieved a nearly 20 percent increase in electricity generation. “As the climate crisis worsens, …
Read More »Over 6 million players participated in the Marvel’s Avengers beta
[ad_1] Marvel’s Avengers is one of the highest-profile releases for the remainder of 2020. Released on September 4, the Destiny-like co-op action title used its pre-release period to host a series of closed and open betas. Now, as we get to the official launch of the game, new figures have …
Read More »Asteroid bigger than a double-decker bus will whiz past Earth TODAY | Science | News
[ad_1] Asteroid 2011 ES4 will be within just 30 percent of the distance between Earth and the Moon, scientists have confirmed. The asteroid is about 30 meters long, making it easily larger than a double-decker bus and will be located only 0.3 lunar distance, with a lunar distance as the …
Read More »SpaceX postpones next Starlink launch until Thursday
[ad_1] SpaceX has moved the scheduled launch of the Starlink satellite, which carries the next batch of 60 satellites, to Thursday, September 3. In a post on Twitter, company representatives wrote: “Now targeting Thursday, September 3, 8:46 am EDT for the launch of Starlink from Launch Complex 39A, pending acceptance …
Read More »This week’s full moon occurs only once every 3 years
[ad_1] This week, for the first time in three years, the September full moon is in a unique situation: it is happening so early in the month, a time that gives it a completely different name, the corn moon, instead of the moon. harvest, which sets the stage for October …
Read More »CDC and FDA missteps on coronavirus worry health experts
[ad_1] Dr. Stephen Hahn, the embattled head of the Food and Drug Administration, offered a guarantee Monday: Any vaccine for public use will be approved “on the basis of science and data.” “We will not make that decision on the basis of politics,” he said in a interview with CBS …
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