Grzegorz Czapski/Shutterstock Elon Musk thinks his company Tesla will have fully autonomous cars ready by the end of 2020. “There are no fundamental challenges remaining,” he said recently. “There are many small problems. And then there’s the challenge of solving all those small problems and putting the whole system together.”Continue Reading
Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Lockdowns are seemingly vital for controlling COVID-19. Early evidence suggests they have a big effect on preventing deaths. But if we’re to keep using them, we also need to know their broader impacts. Many people are worried about lockdowns also having a negative effect on mental health. Indeed,Continue Reading
Detachment ritual inside the U.S consulate in Chengdu. Screenshot from the U.S China Embassy’s video. The US abrupt decision to shut down the Chinese Consulate in Houston on July 22 shocked China, and in a tit-for-tat expected measure, Beijing announced the closure of the United States Consulate in Chengdu inContinue Reading
Illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech Next spring is going to be a busy time for Mars. In close succession, three spacecraft will arrive at the planet, joining the dozen or so craft already circling Mars. Two of the spacecraft were launched in the past couple of weeksContinue Reading
Whistleblowers, lawyers and journalists face prosecutions without proper public scrutiny Protesters in Brisbane protesting Australia’s claim on Timor Leste oil, May 2017- Photo by Andrew Mercer / Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) A government illegally bugs the office of a foreign country’s Prime Minister during treaty negotiations. The spy in chargeContinue Reading
The Crew Dragon spacecraft, produced by private company SpaceX, is scheduled to return from the International Space Station (ISS) and splash down in the Atlantic ocean on August 2. Contingent on a favourable weather forecast and a successful final week at the ISS, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas HurleyContinue Reading
The participants were able to eat almost 3000 calories worth of pizza on average in one sitting. Dean Drobot/ Shutterstock Whether it’s a summer barbecue with friends, your favourite fast food takeaway, or Christmas dinner, we can probably all recall times when we’ve eaten more food in one sitting thanContinue Reading
Evidence for the arrest was based on social media content Nineteen year-old Tony Chung, one of the four arrested. Photo taken by Kris Chung / HKFP. The original version of this post was published on the Hong Kong Free Press on July 29 2020. The following edited version is publishedContinue Reading
Peaceful protest in Belgrade, 10 July 2020. Photo by Wikipedia user OakMapping, CC BY-SA 4.0. Over the past several years, Belgrade has been the setting for mass protests demanding transparency and accountability from the government led by President Aleksander Vučić of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Protests against gentrification andContinue Reading
