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[ad_1] Chinese Nintendo fans Animal Crossing: New Horizons they are paying a premium on foreign consoles and are finding ways to circumvent the limits imposed by local regulators in a game that has become both a global success and a political hot spot. The game has become a worldwide bestseller …

[ad_1] LONDON: Britain could introduce a mandatory 14-day quarantine for international arrivals to stop the spread of the coronavirus, an airline association said on Saturday (May 9), raising the alarm in an industry that has already been hit by the global pandemic. Tim Alderslade, CEO of Airlines UK, the trade …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Ms. Mavis Tan, 42, has her hands full during the coronavirus. After guiding her children in their learning at home (HBL) when schools closed in early April, the stay-at-home mother imposed on her children, Zach and Sara, daily “challenges” to keep the boredom. While staying indoors during …

[ad_1] Infrared (upper left) and other images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed strange bare spots where the Moon’s ubiquitous dust is missing. The spots suggest an active tectonic process. Credit: NASA Strange spots scattered across the Moon’s nearside where bedrock is conspicuously exposed are evidence of seismic activity set …

[ad_1] BRUSSELS: A flame called Winter could be helpful in the search for a treatment for COVID-19, according to Belgian and American scientists who have identified a small particle that appears to block the new coronavirus. The scientists, from the Belgian VIB-UGent center for medical biotechnology and the University of …

[ad_1] SHANGHAI / BEIJING • China successfully launched its largest carrier rocket yesterday, carrying a new-generation spacecraft, the state-run CCTV network said. The Long March-5B carrier rocket took off at 6 p.m. Local time (1000 GMT) at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern island province of Hainan. It …

[ad_1] An illustration of an asteroid in space. NASA / JPL A never-before-seen asteroid the size of a truck flew about 4,350 miles (7,000 km) above the Pacific Ocean on Monday, making it one of the closest steps to our planet on record. Astronomers were unaware of the existence of …

[ad_1] More than a century ago, something exploded in the sky over Siberia, smashing windows and creating a brilliant ball of light, but was it a meteorite impact? A new Russian study suggests a very strange alternative. The Tunguska event, in 1908, is described as the largest impact event in …

[ad_1] A schematic diagram of a prototype microwave air plasma thruster and the images of the bright plasma jet at different microwave powers. This device consists of a microwave power supply, an air compressor, a compressed microwave waveguide and a flame ignitor. Credit: Jau Tang and Jun Li Humans depend …

[ad_1] Alpine butterflies, like the Rocky Mountain Apollo shown here, will see long-term negative effects of climate change. Credit: Alessandro Filazzola Some alpine butterflies may be at risk due to the effect of climate change on their ecosystems, according to new research from the University of Alberta. “We often frame …