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'Never give up': Queen praises Britons on Victory in Europe Day

Britain's Queen Elizabeth honored those who died in World War Two on Friday, the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, and used the occasion to say she was proud of how people had responded to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Youth recreate Iraq's ancient Nineveh in VR technology

Stone by stone, digital artists and game developers from Mosul are rebuilding Nineveh's heritage sites in the digital world. Francis Maguire reports.




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Scientists hail 3D table top as "mist" opportunity

June 12 - Researchers in the UK have developed a prototype three dimensional screen made of mist, that will allow multiple participants to interact with shared images. The MisTable's inventors say their water-based technology could prove transformative in the business and education sectors. Jim Drury reports.




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Environmentalists shine World Cup spotlight on "vulnerable" mascot

June 16 - With attention focused on the world's greatest soccer stars in Brazil, conservationists are working hard to promote the plight of the animal being used as the official World Cup mascot. Known as Fuleco on posters and banners throughout the country, the three-banded armadillo is in decline, and conservation groups say FIFA and the Brazilian government should be doing more during the World Cup to ensure the animal's long term survival. Rob Muir reports.




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Mustard prices surge, squeezing producers

Mustard prices have jumped this fall to their highest level in seven years as growers in Western Canada, which supplies three-quarters of the world's traded mustard seed, turn in their smallest crop in nine years, threatening to drive up costs of the yellow condiment for producers.




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This desert ant can run at the equivalent of 600 kilometres per hour

Desert ants zigzag around the searing sand at high speed but they always manage to find their way home. A new book explains their amazing abilities




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Little green invaders: how parakeets conquered the world

Move over Martians, Earth has already been invaded by little green aliens, but how did parakeets become one of the most successful invasive species ever?




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Your remote work questions, answered

(This Apr 9 story corrects spelling and title of Joyce Maroney, founder and executive director of the Workforce Institute at Kronos, in paragraphs 16 and 23.)




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Your questions on the lockdown and U.S. small business, answered

After closing their doors to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, many small businesses face an uncertain future following government-ordered lockdowns.




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Your Money: Stimulus check confusion? Common questions, answered

In a little over a year, when Americans file their 2020 tax returns, much of what is going on with coronavirus-linked stimulus payments will finally add up.




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Scaramucci's SkyBridge hit with heavy redemption requests as fund fell: letter

Investors in SkyBridge Capital asked for hundreds of millions of dollars back after the fund suffered a 23% loss in March when investments made by its debt-focused hedge fund managers soured, Anthony...




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Your unemployment questions, answered

U.S. jobless claims have exceeded 30 million since the coronavirus outbreak hit the country, wiping out a decade of job gains and sending many Americans scrambling to find work and cash in on...




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'Never give up': Queen praises Britons on Victory in Europe Day

Britain's Queen Elizabeth honored those who died in World War Two on Friday, the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, and used the occasion to say she was proud of how people had responded to the coronavirus pandemic.




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NASA’s deep-space mission to a $10 quintillion all-metal world

The unique metal asteroid Psyche may be a space miner's fantasy – but there are better reasons to want to visit it, says mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tanton




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Quakes prompt UK fracking operations to pause several times

A rash of recent earthquakes in Lancashire, UK has prompted fracking operations to halt temporarily on six separate occasions




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Extreme flooding leads to deaths in Indonesia and Mozambique

Dozens of people have died in Indonesia and Mozambique as a result of storms and flooding, possibly driven by climate change




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Ancient Earth reveals terrifying consequences of future global warming

Lessons from the deep past reveal that human-induced warming could create more extreme conditions than Earth has ever experienced




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Earth's helium is running out and it has dire consequences for science

Helium's essential for party balloons, but also for MRI scanners, physics experiments and space rockets. But supplies on Earth are getting dangerously low, warns Chanda Prescod-Weinstein




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Underwater internet cables can detect offshore earthquakes

Undersea fibre-optic cables for transmitting data can also be used to detect earthquakes and find fault lines offshore




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FDA commissioner in self-quarantine after exposure to person with COVID-19

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn is in self-quarantine for a couple of weeks after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, an FDA spokesman told Reuters late on Friday.




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U.S. women's soccer team file to appeal equal pay ruling

The U.S. women's soccer team have filed to appeal a district court decision handed down last week that dismissed their claims for equal pay, a spokesperson for the team said on Friday.




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When Design Shapes Brand Identity: Q&A with Huemen’s Dario Distefano

Just like our individual identity makes us unique, brand identity helps a business set itself apart from its competitors in the market. An organization’s brand design shapes a company and its products. We recently caught up with one of our savvy lead...




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The Harman Kardon Aura Studio 3: Visually Stunning Speaker, Equally Beautiful Sound

CES 2020 – LAS VEGAS – JANUARY 6, 2020 – Today, Harman Kardon announced the latest speaker to join its sophisticated icons collection, the Harman Kardon Aura Studio 3. This dome-shaped home audio combines style and function, while delivering 360-degree...




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Great ape brains have a feature that we thought was unique to humans

Our ape cousins have asymmetrical brains just like we do, which might require us to rethink ideas on the evolution of brain specialism in our hominin ancestors




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TikTok: How did the video-sharing app get so big so quickly?

TikTok's rise has been meteoric. With more than 3 million people a day now downloading the app, its success is down to more than just luck




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Don’t Miss: US on coronavirus, quake escape and the upside of slowdown

This week, listen as the US debates covid-19, play a struggling survivor of an earthquake-torn city and discover how the planet gains from human progress slowing down




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Baking without eggs: How to use aquafaba to make meringues

You don't need eggs to make meringues, pancakes and a host of other baked goods. If you know the science behind it, there are ingredients such as aquafaba that can do the same job




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Locked down UK comedians aim for record with virtual pub quiz

Russell Howard, Nish Kumar, Jon Richardson and others help 'landlady' Kiri Pritchard-Mclean host 'The Big Comedy Quiz at The Covid Arms' and break a Guinness World Record.




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A Minute With: Tim Gunn on pajamas and post-quarantine fashion

Even Tim Gunn, the immaculately dressed fashion mentor from "Project Runway" and Amazon's new competition show "Making the Cut," is finding it hard to get out of his pajamas these days.




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"Bailing out the Titanic" - French arts struggle amid coronavirus

Dancer and choreographer Nicolas Maloufi has not worked since France went into lockdown in mid-March, and his daily yoga sessions in a borrowed Paris apartment are his only form of training.




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Youth recreate Iraq's ancient Nineveh in VR technology

Stone by stone, digital artists and game developers from Mosul are rebuilding Nineveh's heritage sites in the digital world. Francis Maguire reports.




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Engineering Leaders & Innovators at HARMAN’s Novi Headquarters

As a leading technology company with applications across a range of industries including automotive, audio and enterprise technology, HARMAN has a strong focus on recognizing our talented in-house engineers, developers and designers who help bring ...




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The Driving Forces for Increased Quality Assurance in the Automotive Industry

It’s evident that the automotive industry has come a long way since the creation of the first moving assembly line in 1913. In today’s age, the advent of connected and self-driven cars has unleashed unheard-of levels of autonomy. While the fast paced...




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Quality 2020: Problem Solving to Connect People, Processes, and Technology

In business and in life, measuring progress is a crucial step to staying on track and achieving your goals. After all, how can you determine how far you’ve come without looking back to where you began? As HARMAN continues to celebrate World Quality...




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In the quantum world, uncertainty reigns – or is it all in the mind?

Schrödinger's dead-and-alive cat embodies the uncertainty of the quantum world. But whether parallel realities truly exist is a question less of science than belief




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We're beginning to question the idea of species – including our own

Are you a human, or a human-Neanderthal hybrid? The concept of the species, one of the most basic in biology, may not be as well-defined as we think




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We tested the squatty potty to find the best toilet pose

Is toilet squatting really better than just sitting, or are the supposed benefits of a squatty potty just the fantasy of a rainbow-pooping unicorn?




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In the quantum realm, cause doesn’t necessarily come before effect

In everyday life, causes always precede effects. But new experiments suggests that no such restriction applies in the quantum world




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How a new twist on quantum theory could solve its biggest mystery

The "wave function collapse" transforms vague clouds of quantum possibilities into the physical reality we know – but no one knows how. New experiments are finally revealing reality in the making




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Little green invaders: how parakeets conquered the world

Move over Martians, Earth has already been invaded by little green aliens, but how did parakeets become one of the most successful invasive species ever?




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Potbelly postpones quarterly filing due to COVID-19 crisis

Potbelly Corp said on Friday it is unable to file its quarterly report with the U.S. SEC by the May 8 deadline due to the COVID-19 crisis, adding to the restaurant chain's pandemic-led woes.




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UPDATE 1-"Europe needs a break": EU plots to restart travel and tourism despite COVID

* Tourism, travel, hospitality business hit the hardest by COVID




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UPDATE 1-Britain to quarantine travellers for 14 days, UK airlines association says

* Airports say it could be devastating for aviation industry (Adds details, changes sourcing)




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U.S. FDA grants emergency use authorization to Quidel for first antigen test for COVID-19

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday approved emergency use authorization (EUA) to Quidel Corp for the first COVID-19 antigen test.




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Urban tennis conquers city squares in corona times

Tennis in the time of coronavirus serves up a new sort of court as World Club players take their game to Munich's now empty squares and boulevards.




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U.S. women's soccer team file to appeal equal pay ruling

The U.S. women's soccer team have filed to appeal a district court decision handed down last week that dismissed their claims for equal pay, a spokesperson for the team said on Friday.




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Queen say 'You Are The Champions' to health workers

Rock band Queen and singer Adam Lambert are raising money for health workers fighting COVID-19 with new single ''You Are The Champions." Ryan Brooks reports.




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Locked down UK comedians aim for record with virtual pub quiz

Russell Howard, Nish Kumar, Jon Richardson and others help 'landlady' Kiri Pritchard-Mclean host 'The Big Comedy Quiz at The Covid Arms' and break a Guinness World Record.




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Naomi Campbell - from catwalk queen to chat show host

Coronavirus quarantine has supermodel Naomi Campbell reinventing herself as a talk show host with the new series "No Filter with Naomi."




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A Minute With: Tim Gunn on pajamas and post-quarantine fashion

Even Tim Gunn, the immaculately dressed fashion mentor from "Project Runway" and Amazon's new competition show "Making the Cut," is finding it hard to get out of his pajamas these days.