On Friday (March 19), the Soyuz MS-17 crew spacecraft, which brought three Expedition 64 crewmembers to the International Space Station in October 2020, will be relocated from the Russian Rassvet module to the Poisk module.
OnePlus CEO announces there will be a third, less-expensive phone called the OnePlus 9R
A third phone in the upcoming OnePlus 9 series has been confirmed by the company’s CEO, in an interview with News18 (via Android Police). The announcement, which is coming just five days before the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro are set to be fully revealed, confirms rumors that OnePlus would […]
Facebook is working on a version of Instagram for kids under 13
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri confirms that a version of the popular photo sharing app for children under 13 is in the works, BuzzFeed News reports. The Facebook-owned company knows a lot of kids want to use Instagram, Mosseri said, but there isn’t a “detailed plan yet,” according to BuzzFeed […]
NASA’s future Moon rocket completes critical hot-fire test
NASA test-fired the core stage of its massive Space Launch System rocket on Thursday, rattling its south Mississippi test facilities for a duration well beyond what engineers needed for a clean demonstration. The team carried out its second attempt for the hot-fire run after cutting short an initial firing in […]
2021 Kia Carnival Platinum petrol review
While Australians have historically preferred diesel over petrol, the cheaper and more powerful option shouldn’t be discounted.
Bugatti Moves to Porsche Control, and Joint Venture with Rimac in the Works
A future Rimac hyper-EV may be the joint product of Porsche and Bugatti, a tantalizing prospect.
Perseverance’s Landing Seen in Full Color, Thanks to Citizen Science
A month on, we’re all still buzzing about the Perseverance rover’s perfect landing in Jezero Crater on Mars, back on February 18, 2021. Over the past few weeks, NASA has released more stunning imagery and footage of the landing, and since then the world-wide cadre of citizen scientists and image […]
Some dead stars may harbor enough uranium to set off a thermonuclear bomb
A thermonuclear bomb might be ticking deep in the cores of some dead stars. A new theoretical study traces out how certain stellar corpses known as white dwarfs could accumulate a critical mass of uranium that would trigger a massive supernova explosion.
European countries resume use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, hoping pause has not dented confidence
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