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Blue whale diving near Sri Lanka with a cargo ship in the background. Sbedaux/Getty Images Mediterranean Shipping Company rerouted its vessels to help protect blue whales near Sri Lanka. Conservation groups recommended the move after research showed it could help avoid whale collisions. Blue whales, which are endangered, grow to be 80 feet long and […]
With the Sydney to Hobart race set to dominate our conversations, here are a few facts to get you up to speed for your next barbecue. 1. Winning the Sydney to Hobart is about going as fast as possible at all times, right? Wrong. Today’s competitors sail so fast that for many crews slowing the […]
The commander of US naval forces in the Middle East, Vice Adm. Scott Stearney, has been found dead at his residence in Bahrain. The US Navy investigating the Fifth Fleet chief’s death said no foul play is suspected at this point. Stearney, who had taken over the command of the Fifth Fleet only in May, […]
The UK’s Zipcar club is going green. This summer, the car-sharing company will begin adding Volkswagen e-Golfs to its London fleet, starting with 100 in July and totalling 325 by the end of the year. Other car clubs already have EVs on the roads in the capital, but the move will make Zipcar the biggest […]
The US Air Force may be forced to dramatically cut its fleet of F-35 multirole stealth fighters if it doesn’t dramatically reduce operations and maintenance costs for the flagship fighter, according to an internal report. At present, costs over the next decade are running at almost 38 percent over budget, according to analysis by the […]
Russia’s Northern Fleet pilots braved chilling Arctic weather while honing their skills in their fighter jets, the Russian Defense Ministry has shown in newly released footage. Some eight MiG-29K aircrafts took to the skies above Murmansk Region to practice maneuvers amid difficult weather conditions. The crews have been working on their skills at taking off […]
Now he returns to Fleet Street to look at the lives and careers of Fleet Street’s crime reporters from the 1930s until the 1960s – known as the Murder Gang. They drank in the same pubs on the Street of Shame, knew the same paid-up villains and paid-up coppers and ruthlessly pursued the same stories. […]
General Motors’ Zipcar-style service Maven is expanding into Austin, Texas with its first all-electric fleet. From today, Austinites who want to get their side hustle on will have access to one of 20 Chevrolet Bolt EVs, which they can use to provide rideshares or package and food deliveries, as a freelancer in the ever-growing gig […]
The RTS has waged war in all manner of battlefields, from conflicts throughout history to the void of space, but the upcoming Ardent Seas places its battles instead on the rough surface of an alien ocean, pitting destroyers and the rest of your fleets against an extraterrestrial threat. Upon these oceans, you construct fleets of […]
Earlier this week, the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky told reporters that he wants the city to field a fleet of drones that automatically survey areas after guns are fired. The city would detect firearm discharges using its existing ShotSpotter system, WDRB reported, and immediately send the UAVs to the scene, potentially before emergency responders are […]
