Image copyright Reuters Image caption Over 1,660 have died in China since the coronavirus outbreak began China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day.On Sunday, authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 142 more deaths nationwide. New cases spiked earlier in the week after a change in…
Safety — Autopilot didn't slow down in seconds before deadly Tesla crash. Timothy B. Lee - Feb 15, 2020 2:00 pm UTC Enlarge / The trailer sheared off the roof of Jeremy Banner's car, killing him instantly."It really looked like I had plenty of time to go across," an anguished Florida truck driver said in…
A quarantine area is seen at a cruise ship terminal, following the outbreak of the coronavirus in China, in Port Klang, Malaysia February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey TengKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - An 83-year-old American woman who had been a passenger on a cruise ship that docked in Cambodia has tested positive for the new coronavirus…
Image copyright AFP At least 30 people, including nine soldiers, have been killed in three separate incidents in Mali.Twenty one were killed when gunmen attacked a village in central Mali, burning houses, crops and livestock.A group of eight soldiers also died in an ambush, while another was killed during an attack on a military camp…
Enlarge / The Rocket Report is published weekly.Welcome to Edition 2.32 of the Rocket Report! We're building toward a big weekend in launch from the East Coast, with both an Antares rocket from Wallops and a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on the docket. In the meantime, enjoy a smorgasbord of news about topics both…
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq opened slightly higher on Friday helped by chipmakers’ shares after Nvidia issued an upbeat quarterly sales forecast, but concerns about the economic hit from the coronavirus outbreak kept gains in check. The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 17.16 points, or 0.06%, at the open to 29,440.47. The…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Billie Eilish is the youngest artist ever to record a Bond theme Billie Eilish's theme for the new James Bond film is a dramatic, unsettling ballad that hints the plot will centre around the secret agent's betrayal.The lyrics to No Time To Die reference lies and deceit, as Eilish sings:…
Going viral — Some viruses have genomes larger than some bacteria, can do gene editing. John Timmer - Feb 13, 2020 2:58 pm UTC Enlarge / Phages on the surface of a bacterial cell.In many cases, viruses manage to spread so readily because they're so compact, allowing hundreds of thousands of viral particles to explode…
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - The Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more infections using a broader definition on Thursday, while Japan became the third place outside mainland China to suffer a fatality. The epidemic has given China’s ruling Communist Party one of its sternest tests…
What do you do if your town is broken? If nothing works? For many areas in South Africa that is a reality. But in the town of Harrismith one group of residents, sick of intermittent water and power have taken the matter into their own hands. Andrew Harding has been to find out how they…
