Former BP boss calls for a halt to new drilling permits in the North Sea

Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Oil and gas industry myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. Lord John Browne, the former chief executive of BP, has called for a halt to new drilling permits in the North Sea, implicitly endorsing the Labor Party’s position on fossil fuels. Writing in … Read more

Rare juvenile T. rex fossil found by children in North Dakota and on display at Denver museum

A rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex fossil found nearly two years ago by three children during a family hike in the North Dakota Badlands will soon be on display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, the museum said Tuesday. The unlikely discovery was made in July 2022 by brothers Jessin and Liam Fisher, their … Read more

Three boys found a T. rex fossil in North Dakota. Now a museum in Denver is working to reveal it in full

Associated Press

Two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of North Dakota’s badlands when they made a discovery that left them “completely speechless”: a T. rex bone sticking out of the ground. The trio publicly announced their discovery Monday during a Zoom news conference, as workers at the Denver Museum of Nature … Read more

The number of foldable phones is increasing, but North America’s biggest brands are lagging behind

OnePlus Open vs. Pixel Fold

What you need to know Huawei led the global shipment of foldable phones for the first time in the first quarter of 2024. The company overtook Samsung, the previous shipping leader, because it was concerned that Samsung is becoming complacent with its Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip brands. Honor and Motorola found success outside … Read more

Space debris from the SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed in the mountains of North Carolina. I had to go see it (video)

a large black piece of fiberglass covered in metal bolts and plates lies on the ground beside a trail leading into a forest. mountains can be seen rolling in the distance

Space flight doesn’t usually come to mind when you think of the serene, green mountains of North Carolina. It’s true that NASA built the (now defunct) Rosman Satellite Tracking and Data Acquisition Facility among the rolling hills of Appalachia in the early 1960s to track Soviet satellites and relay communications for the Gemini and Apollo … Read more

North Carolina gardener discovers mysterious space debris along hiking trail: ‘It didn’t come from here’

American news By means of Richard Pollina Published May 25, 2024, 5:48 am ET A glamping groundskeeper came across a bizarre space object along a remote trail in the mountains of North Carolina. Justin Clontz and a colleague were doing maintenance around the Glamping Collective, a luxury campground in Haywood County, when he was “shocked” … Read more

‘If we hadn’t moved back north, my husband would still be alive’

As Wayne Parrott and his wife Catherine looked ahead to retirement, they wanted nothing more than to return to their native Northwest. As Catherine’s family lived in Lancashire, the couple decided to move from Surrey to Goosnargh. But within a few months, disaster struck. Wayne had died – and today Catherine has no doubt that … Read more