Aurich Lawson Update: Yesterday, February 1, marked 16 years since the 2003 Columbia disaster. Those both in the space industry and those watching have long realized and acknowledged the inherent risk in reaching the heavens ("The conquest of space is worth the risk of life,” as Gus Grissom once famously said). But events like this…
Image copyright Getty Images The headlines seemed to be crowding in on us. The coronavirus had reached American shores. It had come to the outer suburbs of New York. There were cases in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.By now, the news was coming word of mouth. Someone had tested positive in our downtown office…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFire engulfs Glasgow School of Art. Glasgow's world-renowned School of Art has been gutted by another huge blaze, four years after part of the building was destroyed by fire.Flames ripped through the celebrated Mackintosh building after it caught fire at about 23:20 on Friday.The blaze spread to…
RIYADH (Reuters) - From taxi drivers to clerics, Saudis clamoring to own part of state oil giant Aramco went online and to local banks on Sunday at the start of a long-delayed share sale for what could be the world’s biggest initial public offering. A billboard display an advert for Saudi Aramco in the streets…
Enlarge / A Tesla Powerwall 2. Another year, another reason to take the promises of residential home batteries with a grain of salt. This month, a group of researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) published a paper in Environmental Science and Technology reporting that there are very few cases in which operating a residential…
Image copyright EPA/Getty Images Image caption Amber Heard and Johnny Depp were at London's High Court for day 10 of the case Actor Johnny Depp "threatened to kill" ex-wife Amber Heard "many times", the US actress has claimed.She described a "three-day hostage situation" during which she claimed Mr Depp was on a "drug and alcohol…
Enlarge / The eight and final season of Game of Thrones proved to be the most polarizing and controversial yet. HBOThe series finale of Game of Thrones defied pretty much all the predictions as to who would emerge triumphant and sit on the Iron Throne, in what has proved to be the most polarizing and controversial…
CARACAS (Reuters) - After Venezuelan police officers clad in black military uniforms and masks stopped 27-year-old Yohendry Fernandez at gunpoint in the Caracas slum of Jose Felix Ribas, they asked him if he had a criminal record. He replied yes. The officers then dragged him into an alley and shot him twice in the chest,…
Image copyright Reuters General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former military leader, has been sentenced to death at a special court hearing in Islamabad.The three-member court sentenced him over a high treason charge that has been pending since 2013. Gen Musharraf seized power in a military coup in 1999 and served as the country's president from 2001…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIranian TV footage shows a burning tanker Two oil tankers have been significantly damaged in suspected attacks in the Gulf of Oman. The Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous with 23 crew members aboard and Norway's Front Altair with 23 people were abandoned after the blasts. Iran and the US…
