Enlarge / SpaceX’s Starship tower (left) at Launch Complex 39A dwarfs the launch pad for the Falcon 9 rocket (right). There are a number of ways to read the Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement that it is kicking off a new environmental review of SpaceX’s plan to launch the world’s most powerful rocket from Florida. The … Read more
New ‘constellations’ above Earth, made from defunct satellites and old rocket parts, have been identified to draw attention to the ever-growing problem of space debris. The project is called Space Trash Signs and is the result of a collaboration between space sustainability company Privateer, German design agency Moby Digg, visual artist Frank Gräfe and communications … Read more
The beginning of May was a very stormy period for our sun. A powerful solar storm lit up the skies worldwide with mesmerizing and intense aurora images. Surprisingly, its effects were felt far beyond our planet’s atmosphere, even at the bottom of the ocean. Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, Ocean Networks Canada’s instruments detected major … Read more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a record recipient of Alphaville’s ire, proposed a rule change earlier this month that could ban event contracts from the U.S. derivatives market — potentially ending the yearslong push for options trading on sports games, awards shows and perhaps most crucial: elections. The CFTC’s amendment would expand the types of … Read more
The former chancellor is among those being probed by Shein as it progresses plans for a more than £50 billion London stock market listing, Sky News has learned. By means of Mark Kleinman, city editor @MarkKleinmanSky Monday May 20, 2024 12:44 PM, UK Sajid Javid, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, has been approached for … Read more
Architecture studio OMA has collaborated with DJ Harvey on a nightclub at the Potato Head resort in Seminyak, Bali, where optimized acoustics and a sprung dance floor take the experience for partygoers to the next level. Following the completion of the resort itself in 2020, OMA went back to work with the Potato Head Design … Read more
Topline ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Monday it’s working to drop a voice that sounds like actress Scarlett Johansson, days after the company debuted its new AI voice assistant as part of a major upgrade to its flagship chatbot that rivals for example, Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa. One of OpenAI’s voices for ChatGPT was widely … Read more
A sea otter in Monterey Bay with a rock anvil on its belly and a scallop in its front legs. Jessica Fujii hide caption change caption Jessica Fujii A sea otter in Monterey Bay with a rock anvil on its belly and a scallop in its front legs. Jessica Fujii In parts of the ocean … Read more
Anyone who has ever attended an air show has witnessed the death-defying acrobatics of pilots. But one maneuver stands out as a crowd favorite: the “barrel roll,” in which an aircraft makes a full 360-degree rotation in mid-air. It should come as no surprise that performing this exercise is no easy feat – even in … Read more
High-end brands should ‘lean in’ and embrace the #dupe subculture that feeds on recommending duplicates or cheaper alternatives to luxury products, social media experts advise. Dupes, counterfeits and brand imitators are not new: the first wave of beauty YouTubers highlighted cheaper products as early as 2010. But in the past, buying imitation items was mainly … Read more