Taiwan’s leaders are working on an ambitious new satellite system to keep the island online in the event of a disaster as it faces the ongoing threat of hostilities with China. Wu Jong-shinn, director general of the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA), told CNN in an exclusive interview that Taiwan is in an “experimental development phase” … Read more
When my husband Pete suggested a few years ago that we move to Washington DC, where he had started spending a long time working, the first thing I felt when I thought about leaving our cluttered, colorful kitchen in Oxfordshire was acute. homesickness. My safety, my identity, and my heart were built into the walls … Read more
Taiwan’s leaders are working on an ambitious new satellite system to keep the island online in the event of a disaster as it faces the ongoing threat of hostilities with China. Wu Jong-shinn, director general of the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA), told CNN in an exclusive interview that Taiwan is in an “experimental development phase” … Read more
The chicken or the egg? Sometimes, as a zoology author, I am asked this question by the little boy in the front with the raised hand and big questioning eyes. Sometimes it’s the older man in the back with a glint in his eye. Sometimes it is a student who comes to the lectern at … Read more
A thug stabbed a defenseless cyclist in the back during a row over a stolen bike, a court heard. The victim was rammed off the bike by a BMW before Reece Lowndes jumped out of the passenger seat and delivered a flying kick that knocked him to the ground. Lowndes then stabbed a knife into … Read more
Assos, Kefalonia, Greece There’s something very special about small but perfectly formed Assos: butter-colored and pink houses line a horseshoe-shaped bay, with Venetian ruins scattered among the narrow alleys. There are two small beaches, but the real fun is to rent a motorboat and discover the small bays and coves that surround this part of … Read more
The escalating rivalry between the world’s two most powerful countries, which has spread across the globe in recent years, has now expanded beyond the earthly, into the realms of the heavenly. As China has become deeply embroiled in strategic competition with the US – while heading towards outright hostilities with other regional neighbors – Washington’s … Read more
Boeing executive Mark Nappi has a spacecraft checklist with nearly 90 items on it. Nappi is working with NASA to pave the way for the Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, the first mission with astronauts on board, now set to launch on May 6. Starliner has been to space twice in unmanned … Read more
For the Japanese poet Basho, Mount Fuji was a muse like no other. He returned to it numerous times during his lifetime and described “through clouds and mist, a hundred views” of the volcano. The 17th century writer might have been alarmed to learn that there is now one fewer viewing point. This week, officials … Read more
As the early morning sun rises over the Great Barrier Reef, light permeates the turquoise waters of a shallow lagoon, bringing more than a dozen turtles to life. These waters around Lady Elliot Island, off the east coast of Australia, offer some of the most spectacular snorkeling in the world – but they are also … Read more