NASA’s InSight spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California to begin final preparations for a launch this May. The spacecraft was shipped from Lockheed Martin Space, Denver and arrived at Vandenberg. The launch period for InSight opens May 5th and continues through June 8th. InSight will be the first mission to […]
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Uber & Lyft drivers react to study claiming they make minimum wage
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – Las Vegas Uber and Lyft drivers have differing reactions to a new national study claiming rideshare drivers make minimum wage or lower. The MIT study found that on average, rideshare drivers made around $3.37 per hour, and 74 percent earned less than minimum wage. Drivers in Las Vegas had mixed reaction to […]
LEVI’S IS PIONEERING ‘LASER WASHING’ THAT WILL REVOLUTIONISE THE WAY DENIM DESIGN
Denim will always be a staple in the fashion world and whilst the iconic name in Levi’s has grown slightly tired amongst today’s staunch competition, there’s no denying that the brand is ahead of the game when it comes to innovation. The American company recently revealed a new digitising technique which employs lasers to achieve […]
Tech elites are fasting, taking ice baths to push their bodies to work harder
Zachary Rapp wakes up most mornings at the crack of dawn, goes for a run, sips black coffee while ripping through emails, and then steps into a freezing cold shower. It’s a routine designed to reduce the stress of juggling three different health and biotech start-ups for 18 hours a day. Rapp is part of […]
Stephen Hawking explains what happened before Big Bang
It’s easy to see quite a few scientific theories as relying on a decision as to when something began. The universe, for example. We’ve heard a lot about the Big Bang. It’s the moment when something impossibly tiny began to grow over the next billions of years to become the universe that we know (at […]
Trump’s Tariff Plan Leaves Blue-Collar Winners and Losers
President Trump’s announcement that he planned to impose steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum delighted some blue-collar industries he had championed. “Enthusiastic and gratified are probably understatements,” said Michael A. Bless, the president of Century Aluminum. Behemoth steel buyers like Boeing and General Motors weren’t as pleased. Their shares fell on the news, and […]
Avalanche strikes crowded Mammoth Mountain: ‘Essentially, the top of the mountain came loose’
An avalanche at Mammoth Mountain early Saturday forced the closure of the popular ski area and triggered search and rescue efforts, officials said. There were no reports of serious injuries or missing people, but emergency crews were activated, officials said. The ski patrol was conducting avalanche hazard mitigation work when the avalanche occurred about 10:15 […]
The end is near: Flu has ‘definitely peaked’ for the 2017-18 season
Flu has been shown the door in the United States. Illness activity peaked and began to decline during the eighth week of the year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly surveillance report indicated Friday. Just 5% of people who visited their doctors did so while complaining of flu-like illness, down from 6.4% […]
Poo Stains Seen From Space Lead to Discovery of Massive Penguin ‘Supercolony’
After noticing the telltale signs of guano streaks on satellite imagery, an international team of researchers set out to count the number of penguins on Antarctica’s aptly named Danger Islands. They found a previously undetected supercolony of over 1.5 million Adélie penguins—a surprising result, given how poorly these aquatic birds are doing just 100 miles […]
Georgia punishes Delta for crossing the NRA; airline insists it’s ‘not taking sides’
Delta Air Lines Inc. showed no signs Friday of backing away from a decision to cancel fare discounts for the National Rifle Assn., despite a retaliatory move by Georgia state leaders that deprived the airline of a significant tax break. Atlanta-based Delta released an internal memo that Chief Executive Ed Bastian sent to employees that […]
E.U. Leader Threatens to Retaliate With Tariffs on Bourbon and Bluejeans
BERLIN — The European Union will hit back at the heart of the United States, slapping tariffs on products like Harley-Davidsons, Kentucky bourbon and bluejeans, if President Trump goes ahead with a plan to place tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the president of the bloc’s executive arm vowed on Friday. Jean-Claude Juncker, president of […]
Nuts, Especially Tree Nuts, and Improved CRC Survival
The finding that eating nuts is associated with improved survival in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) is making headlines again. The finding comes from an observational study of patients with stage III colon cancer who were treated with surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. For those patients who recalled eating two servings of nuts per week, disease-free […]