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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...

Endangered Mexican long-nosed bats now being tracked via

Flagstaff, Arizona — Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof has been elusive.Researchers say they...

ISRO Plans In-Flight Cryogenic Stage Restart to Boost Mission Efficiency

Bengaluru: A day after ISRO successfully carried out the ignition trial of the indigenous CE20 cryogenic engine, its Chairman and Secretary of Department of Space V Narayanan on Saturday...

NASA’s VIPER Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.

NASA’s second thoughts about VIPER opened an opportunity for someone else to book that ride to the moon. Just because its cargo was canceled did not mean Astrobotic’s journey...

The South Bronx Has a Pollution Issue. Congestion Pricing May Worsen It.

In addition to easing traffic, New York City’s new congestion pricing plan is expected to produce environmental benefits, including fewer greenhouse gas emissions and cleaner air.But if motorists avoid...

Caroline Kennedy Calls RFK Jr. a ‘Predator’ in Letter to Senators

Follow live updates on RFK Jr.’s second confirmation hearing.Caroline Kennedy wrote a scathing letter to key senators on Tuesday, calling her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a “predator” addicted...

UK's plutonium to be readied for disposal

Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsGetty ImagesNuclear waste expert Prof Claire Corkhill from the University of Bristol said the goverment's decision was a "positive step". She told BBC News that...

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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...