Few people think twice about the barcodes on their shopping, but in the 75 years since they were first dreamed up, they have helped save lives, gone into space and stoked fears of the Antichrist. Lasers. That’s what supermarket staff need, insisted Paul McEnroe. Scanners in the checkout and little pistol-shaped laser guns, too. Point, […]
Elon Musk’s Starship makes historic launch pad return When the flight director gave the go-ahead, cheers went up from SpaceX employees at mission control.The company had said that thousands of criteria had to be met for the attempt to be made.As the Super Heavy booster re-entered the atmosphere it slowed down from speeds in excess
The old cliché says it’s good to stop and smell the roses. If you believe a series of viral videos, you may appreciate them more if you grew up in the US. It started with an offhand comment about the weather from a friend of Harrison Szep, a 23-year-old UK migrant living in Florida. “He
Flying into Antarctica is an enormous challenge for both pilots and aircraft. A 60-year-old Canadian plane turns out to be perfect for the job. Deputy chief pilot for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Auld is preparing for the organisation’s annual autumn ferry flight from Canada to Antarctica. Months in the planning, this will be an
Chery has set up brands, including the Omoda, focused entirely on international markets Chinese car giant Chery is weighing up the possibility of building cars in the UK, according to a senior executive.Its UK head Victor Zhang told the BBC it was a “matter of time” before the company made a final decision.He said Chery,
A mysterious virus once confined to the Amazon is now spreading more widely around the Americas, after undergoing genetic changes that may make it more potent. Until recently, Oropouche virus was a relatively-unknown disease largely confined to within the Amazon basin in South America. But since late-2023, the virus has been spreading beyond its usual
Behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts they live
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