Counting the cost: Water vapour rises from cooling towers for the ATLAS detector – part of the energy bill for CERN outlined in the lab’s first environmental report (Courtesy: CERN/Maximilien Brice) Greenhouse-gas emissions emitted by the CERN particle-physics lab near Geneva in 2018 were 223 800 tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent – similar to the emissions
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2020. Erin Scott | POOL | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reversed controversial coronavirus testing guidance, which previously said that people who
EXCLUSIVE: Break, which is one of Rutger Hauer’s finals movies, will be getting a multiplatform release via Conduit Presents, the distribution division of Conduit Now. Conduit Presents acquired the Michael Elkin-directed crime sports drama and has set a release for Jan. 5, 2021. Break follows a young inner city kid who is wasting his talents on petty crime.
VALLETTA, Malta — Launch startup PLD Space of Spain raised 7 million euros ($8.2 million) this week from Madrid-based investment bankers Arcano Partners to continue development of its Miura family of partially reusable rockets. PLD Space spokeswoman Lorena Santos said Sept. 17 the new investment will allow the Elche, Spain-based company to add at least
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the pioneering Supreme Court justice who became the second female on the nation’s highest court, the leader of its liberal wing and a pop culture icon known as Notorious R.B.G., has died. She was 87. The vacancy enables President Donald Trump to nominate his third justice to swing the bench further to
Lykke Li has released a new cover of Gloria Gaynor’s legendary 1978 disco hit “I Will Survive.” Li offers a stripped-down, voice-and-piano rendition of the track. Listen below. Lykke Li’s last full-length, so sad so sexy, arrived in June 2018. The following year, Li released the still sad still sexy EP. Check out Pitchfork’s “The
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dedication to the law was perhaps best illustrated by the fact that she always kept a “pocket Constitution” in her handbag. Ginsburg died Friday, at the age of 87. Her notable rulings as a Supreme Court justice included: The 1996 landmark United States v. Virginia, in which she wrote the majority opinion
Des Willie/BBCAmerica/Sid Gentle The murderous dynamic between Villanelle (Jodie Comer) and Eve (Sandra Oh) is getting another season. BBC America renewed Killing Eve for a fourth season ahead of the show’s season 3 premiere this spring. The award-winning thriller was created by Fleabag‘s Phoebe Waller-Bridge. News of the return isn’t nearly as shocking as some
Andrew Lincoln has provided an update on The Rick Grimes movie. The whole franchise is going through some major changes at the moment and a lot of people are turning to Lincoln for answers. The hit AMC show just announced that it will be coming to an end when season 11 wraps up. From there,
If you were worried about the hospital becoming a drag, then Ratched Season 1 Episode 2 presented a nice change of pace. The deep dive into Gwendolyn was needed, but I didn’t expect it to happen so soon. She felt a connection with Mildred, and that explains why she urged her to join her on the awe-inspiring
At sports venues designed to maximize crowd atmosphere, beware of hearing loss. Originally published: Apr 14 2014 – 2:45pm, Inside Science News Service By: Brian Owens, ISNS Contributor (ISNS) — The roar of the crowd is a major part of the excitement of attending a sporting event. A noisy, engaged crowd makes for a better experience for fans,
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Apple AirPower Mini Wireless charger has allegedly been leaked in a video for the first time. It could be the same charging mat that noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo talked about in an investor note earlier this year. Apple’s earlier AirPower wireless charging pad was cancelled because according to the company, the device would not
Well, that was fast. It took just 12 trading sessions for Apple to plunge more than 20% from its all-time high, shedding over half a trillion in market capitalization. The tech giant has lost 22.5% from its intraday record high of $137.98 from Sept. 2, losing around $536 billion in market value. Apple’s fast and
In a house in the woods about 40 miles west of Cleveland, Hooked Like Helen began as the musical brainstorms of husband-and-wife, Jon and Nikki Stipp. Experimental home recordings quickly developed into an alt-pop vision; within a year of the project’s inception, Nikki and Jon had shaped a new sound that reflected their truth and
Global cases of the coronavirus have now crossed 30 million, as new infection rates remain stubbornly high in some countries and show early signs of resurgence in others. The U.S., India and Brazil hold the highest national case tallies — together the three countries account for over half of all reported global infections. The dramatic benchmark
Universal is moving up The Croods: A New Age from its Dec. 23 release date to Wednesday, Nov. 25. This move indicates the studio’s confidence that Disney will move Pixar’s Soul out of the Thanksgiving stretch according to recent reports, that movie still scheduled to debut on Nov. 20 on the same weekend of MGM’s No Time to Die.
WASHINGTON — As a new venture proposes to send the winner of a reality show to the International Space Station, some investors see a stronger business case for a future commercial space station. A television production company, Space Hero LLC, announced Sept. 17 that it was planning a “global, unscripted casting show” called “Space Hero”