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We’ve long bemoaned the death of the manual transmission. But with few practical advantages other than being more enjoyable to a limited subset of the population, it’s quickly (and understandably) slipping into obscurity. It’s not alone. Based on research conducted by online automotive marketplace CarGurus, the good ol’ handbrake is also rapidly losing relevance as […]
China Manned Space Agency The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 came crashing back into Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 8:16 p.m. ET, over the southern Pacific ocean. Tiangong-1, which translates as “Heavenly Palace” in English, was China’s first station launched into space. Tiangong-1 was used to practice docking maneuvers and was visited by two crews of taikonauts, […]
A falling Chinese space station dubbed Tiangong-1 will soon break up into chunks in the atmosphere and crash to Earth. It will likely go down on Sunday. Scientists say it is nearly impossible to determine the exact time and location of the station’s crash. But you can follow along as it descends using sites from SatView, the European […]
Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Skeleton is a Winter Olympics sport that dates back to the 1880s. Events take place on a track made of ice. In Pyeongchang, the skeleton track is 1,376 meters long. Skeleton athletes push sleds as fast as they can, then jump on and speed head first down the track, using minor shifts […]
The Republican tax bill is being ironed out by a conference committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the plan. The members of the conference committee have not come to a solution on major discrepancies between the two plans. Despite the issues, GOP leaders are still targeting a deadline of December […]
Published time: 27 Nov, 2017 16:32 Some thought it was a meteorite, and others a UFO, but we now know that a fireball spotted over Canada on Friday night was neither. US Strategic Command confirmed it was, in fact, the body of the Antares rocket burning as it returned to Earth’s atmosphere. The ball of […]
Published time: 17 Nov, 2017 13:48 Astronauts at the International Space Station captured a rare moment when a fireball whizzed to Earth. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it footage was shared by astronaut Paolo Nespoli. It was captured on November 5 as part of a series of night-time photographs taken as the Space Station was flying over the southern […]
Markets Insider What could be more all-American than the newest — and largest, by market capitalization — American car company busting through a fresh barrier for its surging stock price? Tesla has gone from trading at about $ 250 per share last year to, as of Friday, trading at $ 375. The 13-year-old company is […]
