Tech
NASA picks Alabama's 'Rocket City' for lunar lander job
Cape Canaveral, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — NASA picked Alabama's "Rocket City" on Friday to lead development of the next moon lander for astronauts.
How modern life is transforming the human
Dhaka, Aug 16 (UNB) - It all started with a goat. The unfortunate animal was born in the Netherlands in the spring of 1939 – and his prospects did not look good. On the left side of his body, a bare patch of fur marked the spot where his front leg should have been. On the right, his front leg was so deformed, it was more of a stump with a hoof. Walking on all fours was going to be, let’s say, problematic, reports BBC.
NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice
Aboard A Nasa Research Plane Over Greenland, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — The fields of rippling ice 500 feet below the NASA plane give way to the blue-green of water dotted with irregular chunks of bleached-white ice, some the size of battleships, some as tall as 15-story buildings.
Top NASA official gets look at next moon rocket
New Orleans, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — NASA's top official says the rocket expected to power the next mission to the moon is about 90 percent complete.
Google employees call for pledge not to work with ICE
San Francisco, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won't work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It's the latest in a year full of political and social pushback from the tech giant's workforce.
'It is raining plastic': Scientists find colorful microplastic in rain
Dhaka, Aug 15 (UNB) - It's raining plastic -- that's what a survey of rainfall in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, concluded recently, reports CNN.
Some Apple laptops banned from airline flights for fire risk
Dhaka, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) - Federal safety officials have banned some Apple laptops from airline flights after Apple recalled the batteries because they could catch fire.
Privacy questions as humans reviewed user audio at Facebook
New York, Aug 15 (AP/UNB) — Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service, raising privacy concerns for a company with a history of privacy lapses.
Farmers use tech to squeeze every drop from Colorado River
Greeley, Aug 14 (AP/UNB) — A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day.
US scientists find how brain cells regulate memories in mice study
Washington, Aug 13 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The US scientists have mapped a part of the molecular machinery that helps the brain maintain long-term memories, providing new targets against Alzheimer's disease characterized by memory loss.