Hurricane Laura smashed into Texas and Louisiana as a Category 4 with 150mph winds, bringing devastation and leaving 500,000 without power as people who did not evacuate are told to write their names on a piece of paper and ‘put it in a ziplock bag’ in their pockets. The Category 4 monster made landfall at … Read more
Hurricane Laura rapidly gained strength Wednesday, raising fears that it could come ashore as a catastrophic Category 4 storm with an ‘unsurvivable’ 20-foot storm surge that could sink entire communities in Texas and Louisiana. Laura grew nearly 70 per cent in power in just 24 hours to reach Category 3 status, and it showed no … Read more
The US Air Force tested a ‘flying car’ that could soon be part of its flying arsenal. Made by Texas-based LIFT Aircraft, Hexa is a the lightweight 432-pound craft that runs on 18 independent rotors and does the occupant is not required to have a pilot’s license. The vehicle is controlled by a joystick and … Read more
SpaceX is gearing up for the first 500-foot ‘hop’ of its SN6 Starship rocket, weeks after a successful lift-off of the SN5 craft. The company lit up the prototype’s Raptor Engine during a static fire trial, releasing bursts of fire and smoke from the base – it was, however, the third attempt of the test. … Read more
Russell Crowe’s Unhinged takes in $4 million in box office as theaters gradually reopen for first time since March By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 02:59 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 15:22 BST, 24 August 2020 Russell Crowe’s thriller Unhinged took in $4 million at the box office as theaters gradually reopened in … Read more
Earth’s solid inner core that strengthens its magnetic field formed about 1.3 billion years ago – more than 3.2 billion years AFTER the planet itself, study finds Researchers from Texas recreated Earth’s inner core conditions in a laboratory The aim was to find out just how conductive the iron core is to determine its age … Read more
Squirrels in the U.S. are ‘splooting’ in an attempt to stay cool and close to the ground as the heat blazes across the country The small mammals have been spotted across the southwest and even in New Jersey as areas continue to see record setting heat They sploot – lying flat and close to the ground … Read more
Squirrels in the U.S. are ‘splooting’ in an attempt to stay cool and close to the ground as the heat blazes across the country The small mammals have been spotted across the southwest and even in New Jersey as areas continue to see record setting heat They sploot – lying flat and close to the ground … Read more
Blue Origin, an aerospace firm owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, delivered a mockup crew lander vehicle that could take the first woman and next man to the moon. The full-sized structure, although not functional, includes both the ascent and descent elements, and stands 40 feet tall. The Bezo’s owned-company announced its ‘National Team ‘and … Read more
A poignant letter from the mother of John and Robert Kennedy to Wallis Simpson reflecting on the assassination both her sons has come to light 52 years later. Rose Kennedy penned the stoic correspondence in October 1968, four months after the murder of senator Robert Kennedy and five years after JFK was killed in Dallas, … Read more