science / science - 6 years ago
Europe's biggest utility Enel and Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD on Thursday marked the arrival of 100 electric buses in Chile and said they would work together on similar plans for three other Latin American nations. Enel provided the financing for Chile to acquire the buses from BYD for the...
science / science - 6 years ago
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, flew higher than it ever has before on Thursday, surpassing what the US Air Force considers the boundary of space, and marking the first manned flight to space from US soil since 2011. The brief, suborbital flight -- with two pilots on board -- was a key m...
science / science - 6 years ago
"This puts the 'use it or lose it' conjecture into question," said lead author Roger Staff of the University of Aberdeen in the UK. Instead, childhood mental ability and intellectual engagement throughout life seem most related to cognitive scores after age 65, he said. "This idea is more about wh...
science / science - 6 years ago
The M2 Bradley is due for a replacement.
science / science - 6 years ago
Source: Max Pixel Continuing education is part of most professional jobs. Having been a social worker for twenty years and an elementary education teacher for the past sixteen years, I have experienced ongoing training throughout my professional careers. Howev...
science / science - 6 years ago
China appears to be easing its high-tech industrial development push, dubbed "Made in China 2025," which has long irked the United States, amid talks between the two countries to reduce trade tensions, according to new guidance to local governments. Beijing has dropped references to "Made in China...
science / science - 6 years ago
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general called on countries to make compromises in tackling global warming, amid concern that the U.N. conference on the issue could end without a substantial agreement.
science / science - 6 years ago
"On Christmas Day alone, someone might consume 6,000 calories, or three times the recommended daily allowance," said a coauthor of the study, Amanda Farley of the University of Birmingham. "But we found that participants were very motivated." Past research has found that holiday periods are often...
science / science - 6 years ago
Get ready for what might be the best meteor shower of 2018. The Geminid meteor shower, which peaks late at night on Thursday into the wee hours of the morning Friday, could bring more than 100 meteors per hour to light pollution-free skies in dark areas around the world, according to NASA. That&apo...
science / science - 6 years ago
U.S. diplomatic personnel residing in Cuba's capital who felt ill after hearing loud, high-pitched sounds or feeling pressure sensations suffered damage to a part of the inner ear responsible for maintaining balance, according to a study by the doctors who first treated them. Beginning in the fall...
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China’s largest music-streaming service, which is backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., and current holders raised $1.1 billion by selling 82 million American depositary shares at $13 apiece Tuesday. Tencent Music opted to price lower after initially guiding fund managers that orders were coming in arou...
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An "ineffective" safeguard failed to prevent an explosive mixing of air and fuel at a Husky Energy refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, leading to a blast and fire in the plant's gasoline-producing unit in April, a U.S. industrial safety group said on Wednesday. Air seeped through a hole in a valve wit...
science / science - 6 years ago
The two-week talks are tasked with breathing life into the 2015 Paris Agreement, which vows to cap global warming at "well under" two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), and 1.5C if possible. "The key political issues remain unresolved," Guterres told ministers and diplomats only 48 hours bef...
science / science - 6 years ago
Knowing the symptoms is key to feeling better ASAP.
science / science - 6 years ago
The ant's jaws can snap shut at an incredible 200 miles per hour.