Category : science

NASA Cancels First All-Female Spacewalk Because It Doesn’t Have Enough Women-Sized Suits

The agency was immediately accused of sexism, but the real explanation is more complicated

NASA Cancels the First All-Female Spacewalk Because of a Too-Large Suit, and Hillary Clinton Isn’t Happy

The former secretary of state did not mince words on the controversial move this morning.

Major study uncovers ‘sea change’ in world’s understanding of Atlantic conveyor belt

This is a& re-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy Dunne An international research programme has uncovered data that could transform scientists’ understanding of the Atlantic Ocean current &- a circulation pattern that plays a central role in determ...

Green New Deal, backed by Ocasio-Cortez, to get its first vote on Capitol Hill Tuesday

Betting it will be unpopular in 2020, Sen. McConnell and the GOP want a vote on the Green New Deal, which is backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Nasa cancels first all-female spacewalk because they don't have the right spacesuit sizes

Nasa has cancelled the first ever all-female space walk outside the International Space Station after it emerged it did not have enough suits to fit women. In a blow to what would have been one great leap for womankind, the plan for Christina Koch an...

War, famine and drought: More women say they won't have children because of climate change

Is the future simply too horrific to bring children into? Some women, worried about droughts, wars and famines brought on by climate change, say yes.

Alibaba Is in Talks for Its Cheapest Ever Dollar Loan

The Chinese Internet giant wants to cut the interest margin of the facility that it signed in May 2016 by 25 basis points to 85 basis points over Libor, said people familiar with the matter. Alibaba declined to comment in an emailed statement. Tenc...

Total Wants to Drill for Oil in the World's Fastest Ocean Current

Total SA’s discovery of South Africa’s first oil in deep water could prove to be a bonanza for a country lacking crude reserves of its own and prompt a rush from other majors. The Brulpadda find, with reserves estimated at about 1 billion barrels of...

NASA Cancels Historic All-Female Spacewalk Over Lack Of Spacesuits In Proper Size

A scheduled all-female spacewalk has been cancelled by NASA because of a lackof spacesuits in the proper size

Uber Buys Mideast Rival Careem for $3.1 Billion in Biggest Deal

Uber will pay Dubai-based Careem $1.4 billion in cash and another $1.7 billion in convertible notes when the deal closes, the two companies said in a statement. Bloomberg had previously reported some details of the deal, which is expected to close i...

Climate Setback as Carbon Emissions Hit a Record High

The report also indicated the strength of the global economic expansion last year, with gains in electricity consumption and more notably in the U.S. “We have seen spectacular growth of the economy in the U.S.,” said Fatih Birol, executive director...

Facebook Removes Hundreds of Fake Accounts Linked to Iran

The social media company’s move is part of a follow-on investigation into Iran-linked coordinated inauthentic behavior on its platform after announcing similar measures earlier this year. On Tuesday, Facebook said it had removed 513 pages, groups an...

Former Lego CEO steps down from board as part of generation shift

Former President and CEO of Danish toymaker Lego, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, will step down from the the board of the toymaker at the general meeting in April, the company's owner said on Tuesday. "This is a completely natural next step in the generati...

Asustek Admits PC Hack Attack, Disputes Kaspersky Estimate

Kaspersky Lab said in a report attackers used stolen digital certificates in 2018 to insert malicious code into the Taiwanese PC giant’s live software-update system, which may then have installed back-doors on computers. The company had since helped...

2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble: IEA

A 2.3 percent jump in global energy demand last year outstripped the expansion of renewables and helped drive record-high greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday. Fossil fuels satisfied nearly 70 percent of that...

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