Nvidia Corp. shares suffered their third-worst day since 2011 on Tuesday, as the company’s decision to halt testing of self-driving cars overshadowed new products announced at its annual developers conference. Nvidia NVDA, -7.76% stock closed with a 7.8% drop at $225.52, with the decline starting after Reuters reported that the company had halted self-driving tests […]
The development of antibiotics in the middle of the 20th century was one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine. Penicillin and its pharmaceutical cousins saved millions of lives. But like a magic potion given to the world by a stern fairy, antibiotics come with a catch — If you abuse them, you lose them. […]
As the Chinese falling space station Tiangong-1 tumbles toward an inevitable breakup in Earth’s atmosphere around Easter weekend (March 30 to April 2), researchers in Germany are keeping a close eye on the station to better predict where and when it will hit. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques(Fraunhofer […]
The Federal Communications Commission is joining the Trump administration, Congress and other government agencies that have targeted Huawei, China’s giant telecommunications equipment maker, as a national security risk. Ajit Pai, chairman of the commission, on Monday proposed a rule to tighten restrictions on companies building internet infrastructure in the United States. Part of the rule’s […]
Hatch Entertainment, a spin-off from the game maker behind the Angry Birds franchise, is testing streaming access to mobile games the way Netflix does for movies or Spotify for music. The Finnish company that grew out of Rovio believes the gaming industry is ready for flat-fee monthly offers to give players a greater choice of […]
Skipping meals is not the secret to effective weight loss. It only results in a higher body mass index, bigger waist circumference, and mental disorders. A team of researchers at the University of Helsinki surveyed nearly 5,000 men and women to determine changes in their weight, as well as the factors affecting their health. The […]
A sounding rocket carried four university projects briefly into space Sunday after rough weather delayed the launch several times at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The 43-foot-tall Terrier-Improved Malemute rocket launched at 6:51 a.m., reaching an altitude of 107 miles above Earth before descending into the Atlantic Ocean, according to NASA. Launches were postponed Thursday-Saturday due […]
Boeing South Carolina will celebrate Sunday night as it prepares to deliver its first 787-10 Dreamliner this week. The aircraft, built for Singapore Airlines, was constructed at its North Charleston assembly facility. Singapore Airlines is the launch customer of the 787-10, Boeing’s newest Dreamliner design, and ordered 30 of them in October. It has also […]
SAN FRANCISCO — As Facebook continues to buffet winds of criticism, its founder took out full page ads in U.S. and British newspapers Sunday to apologize to consumers for not properly securing their personal data. “This was a breach of trust, and I’m sorry we didn’t do more at the time,” Mark Zuckerberg said in […]
Medical students say they currently learn almost nothing about the way diet and lifestyle affect health – and they should be taught more. They say what they are taught is not practical or relevant to most of the medical problems they see in GP surgeries, clinics and hospitals. A leading GP estimated that up to […]
Oh, what a trip it’s been for the Curiosity rover on Mars. This week, NASA’s nuclear-powered rover celebrated its 2,000th Martian day (or Sol) on the Red Planet, but don’t expect a pit stop any time soon. Curiosity’s milestone day caught the rover in the act of climbing 3-mile-high (5 kilometers) Mars mountain called Mount […]
Summer is just around the corner, and with that comes the busy season for cruise liners. This year it seems that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) will be boasting the biggest boat of the group, as it now owns the largest cruise ship on the planet. This titanic undertaking took 36 months and 4,700 […]
