The 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 remains ones of the biggest mysteries in aviation. More than $150 million has been spent so far to identify where the plane carrying 239 passengers crashed into the ...
General Physics
Apr 30, 2019
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Think of reindeer on Norway's Svalbard archipelago as the arctic equivalent of sloths. It's not a perfect analogy, except that like tropical sloths, Svalbard reindeer move as little as possible to conserve energy.
Ecology
Apr 8, 2019
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President Donald Trump issued an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian airliner that killed 157 people, a reversal for the U.S. after federal aviation regulators ...
Business
Mar 13, 2019
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Artificial intelligence is helping improve safety along a stretch of Las Vegas' busiest highway.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 22, 2018
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Safety systems to prevent cars from drifting into another lane or that warn drivers of vehicles in their blind spots are beginning to live up to their potential to significantly reduce crashes, according to two studies released ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 23, 2017
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Oxford University researchers have tracked how recent aircraft incidents or accidents trigger past events and how some are consistently more memorable than others. Using the English version of Wikipedia, they analysed articles ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2017
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A crash that caused an Uber self-driving SUV to flip onto its side in a Phoenix suburb serves as a stark reminder of the challenges surrounding autonomous vehicles in Arizona, a state that has gone all-in to entice the company ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 28, 2017
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The government wants smartphone makers to lock out most apps when the phone is being used by someone driving a car.
Software
Nov 23, 2016
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Researchers have analysed data that reveals which plane crashes the public is interested in and why. They counted the number of page views and edits of Wikipedia articles about 1,500 plane crashes around the world to discover ...
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2016
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University of Adelaide physicists have discovered that the timing of electronic orders on the stock market can be mathematically described in the same way as the lifetime of a light bulb.
General Physics
Jul 21, 2016
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