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European stocks slumped the most in almost a month as Fitch Ratings’s downgrade of US sovereign debt triggered
2023-08-02 22:21
New 'Indiana Jones' tops N.America box office despite tepid debut
The latest -- and likely last -- installment in the popular "Indiana Jones" franchise lassoed the competition at the North American box office, industry estimates showed Sunday, but analysts noted...
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Chelsea sign £25m midfielder from Rennes
Chelsea unveil their latest summer signing after agreeing £25m deal with Rennes.
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US pilot charged for allegedly threatening captain
The man is accused of telling a colleague he would shoot them if the flight they were on was diverted.
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US Forest Service burn started wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico, agency says
The U.S. Forest Service says its own prescribed burn started a 2022 wildfire that nearly reached Los Alamos, New Mexico
2023-07-25 08:19
New-look Ireland too strong for Italy in Rugby World Cup warm-up
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A Swedish hydrofoil ferry seeks to electrify the waterways
Many cities around the world see clean and efficient public transport as a crucial way to lower their carbon emissions
2023-11-17 20:22
Ilya Sorokin stops 43 shots as Islanders hold off Panthers for 4-3 win
Ilya Sorokin stopped 43 shots, Julien Gauthier scored early in the third period and the New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 4-3
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Did NFL refs screw Bills with Jets tripping no-call? NFL Twitter not convinced
The Jets beat the Bills on a walk-off punt return touchdown but a rules expert thought it should have been called back for tripping. Did the refs mess up?
2023-09-12 12:52
FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave'
The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into claims in recent lawsuits that Baton Rouge police assaulted and strip-searched drug suspects they detained in an obscure warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.”
2023-09-23 08:50
After a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks of melting ice masses
Residents in Alaska’s capital city have lived with periodic glacial dam outbursts for more than a decade
2023-08-09 07:17
Scientists reveal plan to use lasers to build roads on the moon
We could shoot lasers at the lunar soil to help us live on the Moon, scientists have proposed. By melting the lunar soil into a more solid, layered substance, we might be able to build paved roads and landing pads on the Moon’s surface, a new study suggests. Many space agencies including Nasa have plans to establish semi-permanent bases on the Moon, which would both allow us to better study it but also serve as a stop off on the way to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system. The Moon’s surface is a tough place t land and live, however. The dust of the soil tends to get kicked up by landers – and the low gravity means that it floats around after it is disturbed, potentially finding its way into equipment. As such, future Moon colonies may require robust roads and landing pads to allow for us to travel both to and around the Moon. But it is unlikely we would be able to transport materials to build them, given the cost of doing so, leading scientists to look at what is available there already. In the new study, scientists examined whether lunar soil could be turned into something more substantial by using lasers. And they had some success, finding that lunar dust can be melted down into a solid substance. They used a variety of different sized and types of lasers to see what they would produce. The best used a 45 millimetre diameter laser beam to make hollow triangular shapes that were about 250 millimetres in size. Those pieces could be locked together to create solid surfaces that could be placed across the Moon’s surface, they suggest, and then used as roads and landing pads. On the Moon, the same approach would require a lens of around 2.37 metres squared, which would have to be transported from Earth. That could then be used to concentrate sunlight, rather than using a laser, and so allow the material to be created with relatively small equipment. The plan is reported in a new journal article, ‘Laser melting manufacturing of large elements of lunar regolith simulant for paving on the Moon’, published in Scientific Reports. Read More Nasa opens up pieces of a distant asteroid transported back to Earth Earth hit by a huge solar storm that would devastate civilisation, trees show Incels using TikTok to spread ‘hateful beliefs’, research suggests
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