SAINT GEORGE – July marks the beginning of a spectacular display in the skies over southern Utah, where clear skies and a waning gibbous moon set the stage for planetary encounters, astronomical flights into the gas giant, and the start of one of the year’s richest meteor showers. Stock photo of meteor shower for illustration … Read more
Prehistoric humans hunt a woolly mammoth. A growing body of research shows that this species—and at least 46 other megaherbivores—were driven to extinction by humans. (Source: Engraving by Ernest Grise, photographed by William Henry Jackson. Courtesy Getty’s Open Content Program) AARHUS, Denmark — Imagine a world where elephants roamed Europe, giant ground sloths lumbered across … Read more
Rolls-Royce shares hit a record high, pushing its value above £40 billion for the first time. In another bullish session for the tech giant, Goldman Sachs analysts raised their price target for the share from 524p to 545p. The upgrade saw Rolls-Royce shares rise 2.8 percent (or 13 cents) to 485.5 cents, valuing its value … Read more
Texas-based offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has taken steps to bring land-based drilling rig owner Diamond Offshore into its fold, which will result in a US-based offshore drilling heavyweight with a fleet of 41 rigs and a combined backlog of $6.5 billion. . Noble Interceptor installation; Source: Noble Corporation The rig owner duo has entered … Read more
An upstart challenger to cloud computing giants Amazon and Microsoft is using its alliance with Nvidia to turn artificial intelligence chips into a “new asset class” and raise billions of dollars. New Jersey-based CoreWeave, which was founded in 2017 by former energy traders as a cryptocurrency miner, raised $8.6 billion in debt and equity last … Read more