John Warnock, who helped invent the PDF and co-founded Adobe Systems, dies at age 82
John Warnock, who helped invent the PDF and co-founded Adobe Systems, has died
2023-08-22 01:17
Boehringer latest to sue US over drug price negotiation plan
By Brendan Pierson Boehringer Ingelheim sued the U.S. government in an attempt to block a program that gives
2023-08-22 00:47
Catalonia media guide
Notes on the media in Catalonia, as well as links to newspapers and broadcasters.
2023-08-22 00:45
As Temperatures Climb, Millions More People Face Food Insecurity
As summer heat waves grow more frequent and extreme because of climate change, so do the risks to
2023-08-21 23:21
Tenor Freddie de Tommaso, a young British sensation, makes US opera debut
Tenor Freddie de Tommaso, who at 28 became an overnight sensation nearly two years ago after stepping in for a star who had taken ill, is so in demand that he sometimes has to turn down roles
2023-08-21 22:58
Exclusive-Walmart, Centric probe suppliers for potential links to Cambodia women's prison
By Clare Baldwin and Katherine Masters PHNOM PENH/NEW YORK Walmart and Centric Brands are investigating their supply chains
2023-08-21 22:20
Bill Belichick a Great Admirer of Taylor Swift's Grit
Nothing he appreciates more than a great performance in suboptimal conditions.
2023-08-21 21:54
Eisai Azheimer’s Drug Set to Win Japanese Approval, Following US
Eisai Co.’s breakthrough Alzheimer’s disease drug is poised to gain the backing of Japanese regulators after the medicine
2023-08-21 21:25
'Barbie' for $4? National Cinema Day is coming, with discounted tickets nationwide
Still haven’t seen “Barbie” or “Oppenheimer”
2023-08-21 21:23
How the Hawaii wildfires spread so quickly
By Gloria Dickie, Clare Trainor, Daisy Chung and Travis Hartman LONDON The wildfire that ripped through Lahaina on
2023-08-21 21:18
Luna-25 crash: Russian scientist who worked on Putin’s failed moon mission rushed to hospital
A leading physicist and astronomer who served as a key consultant in Vladimir Putin’s moon mission was hospitalised in Moscow after Russia’s first lunar expedition in 47 years failed. Mikhail Marov, 90, was rushed to hospital following a “sharp deterioration” in his health after Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the moon. "It is so sad that it was not possible to land the apparatus," he said after the failure of Luna-25 was announced. Russia’s state space corporation Roskosmos said it lost contact with the craft at 11.57am (GMT) on Saturday after a problem as the craft was shunted into pre-landing orbit. A soft landing had been planned for Monday. "The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon," Roskosmos said in a statement. It said a special inter-departmental commission had been formed to investigate the reasons behind the loss of the Luna-25 craft, whose mission had raised hopes in Moscow that Russia was returning to the big power moon race. Mr Marov told the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper that he hoped the reasons behind the crash would be discussed and examined rigorously. "This was perhaps the last hope for me to see a revival of our lunar programme," he said, according to Reuters. “There was a mistake in the algorithms for launching into near-lunar orbit,’ he was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail. “It must be found.” “For the specialists who will be involved in the work of the commission, this will not be a big problem. I think the answer will be found in the foreseeable future.” Sharing details on his medical condition, he told the outlet that he is currently “under observation” as he shared his exasperation over the failure of the mission. “How can I not worry? This has been very much a matter of my life. It’s all very hard.” The failure of Luna-25 underscored the decline of Russia’s space power since the glory days of Cold War competition when Moscow was the first to launch a satellite to orbit the Earth – Sputnik 1, in 1957 – and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space in 1961. It also comes as Russia’s $2 trillion economy faces its biggest external challenge for decades: the pressure of both Western sanctions and fighting the biggest land war in Europe since World War Two. Though moon missions are fiendishly difficult, and many US and Soviet attempts have failed, Russia had not attempted a moon mission since Luna-24 in 1976, when Communist leader Leonid Brezhnev ruled the Kremlin. Russia has been racing against India, whose Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to land on the moon’s south pole this week, and more broadly against China and the United States which both have advanced lunar ambitions. Russian officials had hoped that the Luna-25 mission would show Russia can compete with the superpowers in space despite its post-Soviet decline and the vast cost of the Ukraine war. Additional reporting by agencies Read More Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into moon in failed mission The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon. Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft suffers technical glitch in pre-landing maneuver The Body in the Woods | An Independent TV Original Documentary The harrowing discovery at centre of The Independent’s new documentary
2023-08-21 20:57
US FDA puts Gilead Sciences blood cancer drug studies on hold
(Reuters) -Gilead Sciences said on Monday the U.S. health regulator placed a clinical hold on studies of its blood cancer
2023-08-21 20:56