Category : science

Advocating for the Underserved in the Breast Cancer Community

A Young Breast Cancer Survivor and Chinese-American Finds Her Place as an Advocate for those Underserved and Living with Breast Cancer

Dell CEO Joins Davos Debate on 70% Tax Rate: ‘Not Supportive’

Billionaire Michael Dell, chief executive officer of the eponymous technology giant, rejected a suggestion by U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of a 70-percent marginal tax rate on the wealthiest Americans. “No, I’m not supportive of that...

Yemen prisoner swap terms expected in coming days, government delegate says

Yemen's warring parties are expected to agree the terms of a prisoner swap in about 10 days, a representative of the internationally recognized government said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to build confidence in slow-moving peace talks. The Unit...

Trump’s Shutdown Has Led To A ‘Slow Strangling’ Of American Science

In early November, Jamie Rowen, an author and assistant professor of legal

Boeing flying car prototype completes first test flight

Boeing said Wednesday its prototype "flying car" -- part of a project aimed at "on-demand autonomous air transportation" -- has completed its first successful test flight. Boeing is among a handful of companies in the United States and around the wo...

Exclusive: Petrobras rejects latest EIG-backed bid for oilfields - sources

Petroleo Brasileiro SA has rejected the most recent bid by an EIG Global Energy Partners-backed firm to purchase a pair of shallow-water oil clusters, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, potentially derailing a major divestment lat...

Blue Origin shoots NASA experiments into space in test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, launched NASA experiments into space Wednesday on a brief test flight.

When Is the Next Lunar Eclipse?

Viewers in the United States may have to wait until next year, but the Southern hemisphere will get a partial later this year.

CEOs sour on Trump policies, warn they hurt business, investment

From centre-stage in Davos last year, President Donald Trump told the world's corporate bosses that America is a great place to invest. Foreign direct investment to the United States fell in 2018, and companies gathered at the World Economic Forum i...

Germany to fund research facility for EV battery technology

Anja Karliczek said her ministry would invest 500 million euros ($568 million) to support research into both existing and next-generation EV battery cell technology. "The German car industry shouldn't depend on Asian suppliers," Karliczek told a bus...

EnBW open to partnerships in U.S. offshore wind expansion

German utility EnBW could seek more partners in its planned push into the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind sector, its chief executive said. EnBW has already formed a joint venture with project developer Trident Winds to cater to the U.S. west coast b...

Qatari emir hosts Bashir, backs 'unity' in restive Sudan

The tiny but wealthy Gulf state vies with regional rivals for influence in Sudan, strategic in part for its access to the Red Sea, and last year agreed a $4 billion deal to jointly develop Suakin port. Bashir arrived in Qatar on Tuesday as protests...

Sudan accepted economic assistance from UAE, Russia, Turkey: oil minister

"We received assistance from the United Arab Emirates," he said. "And Russia and Turkey offered us assistance including fuel, wheat and others, and we accepted it as a normal matter between friendly countries in light of the current circumstances th...

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket makes 10th flight test

With an eye to launching the first tourists to space by year's end, Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, blasted off the 10th test flight of its New Shepard rocket on Wednesday. A few minutes into the flight, the capsule s...

I Let My Cats Try the $500 Super-High-Tech Litter Box and Now I Can't Live Without It

I tried an automatic self-cleaning litter box. What I really got was a cat toy that should come with a payment plan-but also, a relief from constant litter box cleaning.

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