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An electric drone you can sit in – could it take off?

Katharine Da CostaReporting fromOxfordshireBBCWhat about charging infrastructure?While the Axe...

Microsoft sets May end date for Skype after 14-year run

Before there was Zoom, Skype was the dominant...

Tesla Pullback Puts Onus on Others to Build Electric Vehicle Chargers

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, blindsided competitors, suppliers and his own employees this week by reversing course on his aggressive push to build electric vehicle chargers in...

Aspirin Can Prevent a Deadly Pregnancy Complication. Why Aren’t Women Told?

Back Story: Aspirin reduces the odds of certain complications.The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an influential panel of experts that issues national guidance, has for 10 years been recommending...

Ozone hole: Why Antarctic wildlife is being ‘sunburnt’

A large group of ozone depleting chemicals were responsible - primarily CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons - that were used as refrigerants. Every country agreed, in 1987, to phase out a...

The AI camera stripping away privacy in the blink of an eye

It's natural to be leery regarding the ways in which people may use artificial intelligence to cause problems for society in the near future. On a personal level,...

Endangered species are dying out on Earth. Could they be saved in outer space?

Plants and animals are dying off at an unprecedented rate on Earth. Some scientists are looking to outer space for a solution. The idea is called a lunar biorepository, a...

James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92

James Dean, a landscape painter who ran a NASA program that invited artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Rockwell and Jamie Wyeth to document aspects of the Mercury, Gemini and...

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‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea

Deep in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, physicists have uncovered evidence of a ghostly subatomic particle catapulting through space with an energy they...

NASAs Massive Leap Forward With…..New Most Powerful Telescope To….

Melbourne: NASA will soon launch a new telescope which it says will create the “most colourful” map of the cosmos ever made. The SPHEREx...

Russia Is Wooing Western Energy Companies, but Will They Return?

Kremlin officials are dangling the prospect of lucrative investment deals for American energy companies, apparently seeking to convince President Trump that large economic gains...

Video Shows a Rare ‘Doomsday’ Fish Off the Coast of Mexico

The elusive oarfish, a creature nicknamed the “doomsday fish” because of its place in folklore as a precursor to disaster, was captured on video...

How Trump's 'drill, baby, drill' pledge is affecting other countries

Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment Correspondent, BBC World ServiceGetty ImagesScientists have said there can be no new fossil fuel extraction and there needs to be a...