Unlock Extraordinary Travel Opportunities with KrisFlyer RewardsTable of ContentsIn today’s travel landscape, organizing a trip extends beyond simply comparing air ticket prices. It’s about maximizing the value of your expenditures and transforming routi... More »
Submission historyReceived: January 24, 2024Accepted: August 1, 2024Published online: September 3, 2024Published in issue: September 10, 2024AcknowledgmentsWe are grateful to Dr. Robert B. Darnell, Dr. Manabu Abe, Dr. Atsushi Nakanishi, and all members of the ... More »
“We’re all waiting with bated breath. This is a fateful election,” a friend from Leipzig told me on Sunday. It was polling day in her state of Saxony and in neighbouring Thuringia. The atmosphere was tense, even fearful. Much more was at stake than just a resh... More »
Just weeks before a pregnant porbeagle shark was expected to give birth, one of the two tracker tags marine scientists had placed on the animal floated to the surface near Bermuda.The team hadn’t expected the tag to surface for months. They had attached it to ... More »
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 2nd, 2024. I think it’s a holiday today in the United States, but here in Japan it’s Monday as usual. That means I’ve got some goodies for you, and in our typical week-starting fashio... More »
A contract covering longshore workers on the East and Gulf Coasts will expire at the end of September, but talks have been stalled over the use of equipment that can function without human operators.When a dockworkers’ union broke off contract talks with manag... More »
Pandemic-era cuts to staffing and services like daily housekeeping and room service have persisted, which unions say has resulted in lower incomes and heavier workloads for remaining workers.Few industries were disrupted as drastically by the Covid pandemic as... More »
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that officials say was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States, citing violations of sanctions and export control laws. T... More »
Earlier today I set you the following counterintuitive puzzle, about a curious object that fits through a small hole, but not through a big one. Here it is again with solutions.Less is moreDesign an object that cannot pass through an open window, but can pass ... More »
Stem cells are produced by bone marrow and can turn into different types of blood cellsKATERYNA KON / SPL/ Alamy
Human blood stem cells have been made in a laboratory for the first time, which could significantly improve how we treat certain types of cancer.
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Boeing’s Starliner capsule carried astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to the International Space StationNASA/Johnson Space Center
UPDATE: In a statement sent to Jeff Foust at Space News, NASA said the sound has stopped, and gave an explanation. “The ... More »
Sep 2, 2024, 2:00PM UTC’d been promised the future of tennis was in the desert.
From the stands of the Next Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I watched as the eighth seed, Abdullah Shelbayh, was given the m... More »