Kentucky freshman shooting guard Terrence Clarke died Thursday following a car accident in Los Angeles. He was 19. The university announced Clarke’s death in a release Thursday night, but did…
Month: May 2021
Repair or replace? An expert guide to fixing or ditching eight essential household items
My kettle’s broken. It still boils water, but it doesn’t switch off – just boils on, converting the kitchen to a sauna, wastefully, expensively. Put another way, the Polly component…
Australia’s Orocobre buying Galaxy for $1.4 bln to create world No.5 lithium miner
Australian lithium miner Orocobre Ltd is buying smaller domestic peer Galaxy Resources for $1.4 billion to create the world's fifth most valuable producer of the key raw material for electric…
Consumer Reports drives a Tesla with nobody in the driver’s seat
Consumer Reports (CR) in the wake of a recent fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S said they have successfully demonstrated the ease in which the vehicle’s Autopilot safeguards can…
Scientists Make Microplastics Breakthrough, Devising Method to Trap And Remove Them
Microbiologists have found a way to use bacteria to trap microplastics, removing them from the environment and making them easier to recycle. The new technique, developed by scientists at Hong…
Former NRL gender adviser Catharine Lumby expresses concern over league leadership
The NRL’s longtime gender adviser, Prof Catharine Lumby, has expressed her disappointment at finding out she no longer has a role to play with the league – and concern that…
The Dress 2: what summer’s hottest item tells us about the eerie fashion standstill
Name: The Dress 2. Age: New. Appearance: Remember the Dress? Which dress? The dress. Remember the Dress? Why are you talking like this? Is it some sort of code? No.…
ESR, GIC to buy Australian logistics property portfolio from Blackstone for $2.9 bln
Logistics real estate manager ESR Cayman Limited said it will join with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC to buy an Australian portfolio from Blackstone for A$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion). The…
Epic Games Store introduces new PC apps for its users
Following the launch of Spotify, Epic Game Store's first app, users can now download the Itch-io indie game store, the Brave web browser, the iHeartRadio streaming radio app, the model…
Tick-Borne Infection Immune to Most Antibiotics May Be Blocked Using Special ‘Nanobodies’
Tiny molecules called nanobodies, which can be designed to mimic antibody structures and functions, may be the key to blocking a tick-borne bacterial infection that remains out of reach of…