European Space Agency (ESA) is focussing hard on building its own version of low-cost reusable rockets with their Prometheus and Phoebus demonstration projects. This week, the space agency signed two contracts worth a total value of EUR 149.5 million (roughly Rs. 1,333 crores) with ArianeGroup that it said will benefit Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher
In this article AMZN T Liberty Media’s John Malone Michael Kovac | Getty Images Long-time employees of WarnerMedia have been through so many spinoffs and mergers that Monday’s announcement of its impending separation from AT&T and combination with Discovery amounted to gallows humor. “You just have to laugh,” said one veteran employee. Given that context,
The view from the Qeeq family home is rubble. Next door is where the Hadidis once lived – a family now without a mother and four of her sons. The Qeeqs somehow survived. Three generations are holding together, just. Image: Susu says she felt ‘scared’ during the airstrikes Overhead, the dull buzz is the sound
For the first time scientists have been able to attribute a portion of the devastating cost of Hurricane Sandy to climate change, estimating the bill at $8.1bn. According to a study published in Nature Communications, sea level rise caused by carbon emissions accounted for approximately 13% ($8.1bn) of the $62.7bn in losses incurred by New
News Nile Rodgers, Peter Hook, Hole’s Patty Schemel, More Contribute to New Zine Sober 21 Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels, Interpol’s Brad Truax, LCD Soundsystem’s Tyler Pope, and others penned essays for a new free resource aimed at sober and sober-curious artists By Noah Yoo May 18, 2021 Facebook Twitter Sober 21, photo by Mikki Janower Facebook
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Jeremy Scott is fashion’s ultimate nostalgia merchant. Barbie, My Little Pony, SpongeBob SquarePants: He’s put them all on a runway at some point. A regressive mood has predominated during the pandemic—we’ve found ourselves swaddled in sweatsuits, tie-dyeing and coloring our way through quarantine as though we’re back in the recess yard. But the Moschino creative
After multiple delays, Fast & Furious 9 is already confirmed for its theatrical release in June 2021, but early reactions to the film have arrived. Two decades have passed since the original The Fast and the Furious film kicked off The Fast Saga and now, the car-centric franchise is entering its final trilogy with a brand new
Rising cases of the Indian COVID variant could delay the easing of restrictions and force the government to impose local lockdowns, a minister has warned. When asked if the proposed end of restrictions in England on 21 June may not go ahead as planned, Environment Secretary George Eustice told Sky News: “We cannot rule anything
Unemployment dropped slightly to 4.8% in the first quarter of the year as the jobs market showed “early signs of recovery”, official figures show. The jobless rate for the January-March period was down from 4.9% a month earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics. Separate figures from HM Revenue and Customs showed 97,000 people
A 16-year-old boy from Pune, Maharashtra, has created one of the most beautiful and detailed three-dimensional images of the Moon by compositing 50,000 images. Prathamesh Jaju, who describes himself as an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer, said the massive number of images (over 186GB data) he had to work with almost killed his laptop while processing.
A man riding a Lime e-scooter in Berlin, Germany on June 21, 2019. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images LONDON — Starting from June 7, Londoners will officially be allowed to whizz around on an electric kick scooter. City transport regulators said Tuesday that a handful of e-scooter rental firms had been selected to
The fighting between Israel and Hamas is showing few signs of slowing down following another night of bombardments. More strikes on Gaza have been reported this morning following with plumes of smoke rising from suspected Israeli missile strikes. And after more than a week of violence, the Israeli military said Hamas and other Palestinian groups
The US Supreme court will hear a major abortion case, which could overturn a historic ruling on women’s rights. The court has agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s ban on abortions at the 15th week of pregnancy, which could upend Roe v Wade, a 1973 ruling which laid out abortion rights for women in
Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues is now the fifth show set to begin performances on Sept. 14, the first day of Broadway’s post-shutdown reopening. The play – written, performed and directed by Santiago-Hudson (Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) – will be the season’s first Broadway production by a nonprofit theater company.
As it exists, the scene in Bridesmaids is perfect, and thankfully easy to enjoy over and over again. In addition to being available on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital (which is how you can find the aforementioned unrated cut), the comedy is also currently streaming on both Peacock and Hulu + Live TV. Technically the official