Source: BBC By Paul Rincon; Science editor, BBC News website The world’s biggest nuclear fusion project has entered its five-year assembly phase. After this is finished, the facility will be […]
Source: BBC Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing says it plans to operate more than a million self-driving vehicles by 2030. The robotaxis are to be deployed in places where ride-hailing drivers are less available, according to Meng Xing, Didi’s chief operating officer. Mr Meng was speaking at an online conference […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Yahoo Finance Canadian Prime Minister Justin […]
Source: Bloomberg The Chinese behemoth that makes electric-car batteries for Tesla Inc. and Volkswagen AG developed a power pack that lasts more than a million miles — an industry landmark and a potential boon […]
Source: Al Hakam By Asif M Basit In the last few weeks – now slowly turning into months – everyone around the world has had a set of words and […]
Source: Aeon Social scientists predicted that belief in the supernatural would drift away as modern science advanced. They were wrong. By Peter Harrison, who is an Australian Laureate Fellow and […]
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, political commentator, social justice activist, and anarcho-syndicalist advocate. Sometimes described as the “father of modern linguistics”, Chomsky is also a major […]
Source: Time By Corinne Purtill It’s karaoke-rehearsal time at Knollwood Military Retirement Community, a 300-bed facility tucked away in a leafy corner of northwest Washington, D.C. Knollwood resident and retired U.S. […]
Source: Time BY JAMIE DUCHARME In 1993, researchers discovered a stretch of DNA on the X chromosome they believed to be linked to male homosexuality. In the years since, the concept of a […]
The quantum revolution is coming, and Chinese scientists are at the forefront Source: The Washington Post China’s formidable investment in quantum technology, which could transform information processing and confer big […]
BEIJING — Buses circling a 1.53 km route in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou are offering a sneak peek at what the combination of 5G telecommunications and self-driving technology is […]
CNN — Japan has started testing its fastest-ever bullet train — capable of reaching 400 kilometers per hour (249 mph) — as it continues to develop the revolutionary mode of […]
Source:CT The Royal College of Physicians has abandoned its historic opposition to assisted suicide despite over half of its members saying they would refuse to participate in the practice if it was made legal. The RCP said it had been moved to change its position after a survey of its […]
Source: BBC News By Tim McDonald As artificial intelligence becomes both more useful and more widespread, workers everywhere are becoming anxious about how a new age of automation might affect […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In a few weeks, every one at least in the Western world, Muslim or non-Muslim, will be […]
Source: CNN Two days after landing on Mars, the NASA InSight lander is powered up, its solar arrays are working and it’s already sending back selfies. NASA pulled off its eighth landing of a […]
Source: BBC News We stand on the edge of a crucial moment in the history of our species – a time when a creation of our own inventiveness has the […]
Source: Time By PATRICK LUCAS AUSTIN As usual, Apple is planning a big event for September, during which it’ll likely present the world with a new iPhone. While the company has yet to […]
Source: BBC News By Leo Kelion Image copyrightFACEBOOKImage captionFacebook hopes Watch will encourage users to spend longer within its app Facebook’s Watch video-streaming service is rolling out worldwide, just over […]
