"Babylon 5" Actress Mira Furlan Dies At 65
Slashdot reader The Grim Reefer shares a report from the BBC: Babylon 5 and Lost actress Mira Furlan has died at the age of 65, her family and management have confirmed. Furlan played Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the 1990s sci-fi TV drama, Babylon.....»»
Zoo Miami: Orangutan dies following dental surgery
An orangutan has died at Zoo Miami following a dental surgery, officials said......»»
Sir Clive Sinclair: Computing pioneer dies aged 81
The inventor, entrepreneur and ZX Spectrum creator died at his London home following a long illness......»»
RIP Clive Sinclair: British home computer pioneer, creator of the ZX Spectrum dies aged 81
Inventor Sir Clive Sinclair was a home computer pioneer. Read our homage to Sinclair Computers, one of his most prominent ventures. Later, he was involved with electric vehicle and personal transportation projects......»»
Clive Sinclair, an inventor who helped popularize personal computers, dies at 81
Sinclair created affordable computers including the ZX Spectrum, which prompted a generations of coders to create computer games, as well as famous flops like the C5 electric vehicle......»»
Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94
Willis S. "Pete" White Jr.Former CEO of American Electric PowerLife senior member, 94; died 4 July White served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. Except.....»»
Whale dies 3 months after move from Canada to Connecticut
One of five beluga whales acquired from an aquarium in Canada after a legal fight with animal rights activists has died at its new home in Connecticut......»»
Post Mortem is the Norwegian vampire procedural dramedy we need right now
No one dies in the town of Skarnes. Could a hungry vampire save the local funeral home? The seemingly idyllic Norwegian town of Skarnes. [credit: Yo.....»»
Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg dies at 88
Physicist Steven Weinberg, who won the Nobel prize in 1979 with two other scientists for their separate contributions unlocking mysteries of tiny particles and their electromagnetic interaction, has died at 88, the University of Texas at Austin said.....»»
Baby orca dies in New Zealand after fruitless search for mother
Toa, the baby orca who captured hearts after he was found stranded in New Zealand waters, has lost his fight for survival, conservationists confirmed Saturday......»»
AMD"s next compute GPU could have two dies and 128 GB of memory
Aldebaran, the computer part, has appeared a few times in Linux patch notes. Its two-die design was half-implied in February and confirmed last month: "on Aldebaran, only primary die fetches valid power data. Show power/energy values as 0 on secondar.....»»
Solving a murder case with physics
In 2009, famed music producer Phil Spector was found guilty of the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, who was found dead from a single gunshot to her mouth at close range in Spector's California mansion......»»
Reform your startup’s meeting culture
Every time a recurring meeting is added to a calendar, a kitten dies. Chuck Phillips Contributor Share on Twitter Chuck Phillips is the co-founder of MeetWell, an application th.....»»
Tradition of keeping mementos in memory of loved ones dates back at least 2,000 years
Holding onto everyday items as keepsakes when a loved one dies was as commonplace in prehistory as it is today, a new study suggests......»»
Babylon’s Fall is a multiplayer, live service hack n’ slash game
More Babylon's Fall gameplay was revealed at Square Enix's E3, along with multiplayer gameplay and its live-service model......»»
Nobel-winning Japanese chemist dies at 85
Japanese chemist Ei-ichi Negishi who won the Nobel prize for developing a method for creating complex chemicals necessary for manufacturing drugs and electronics has died aged 85, his US university said......»»
Star"s death will play a mean pinball with rhythmic planets
Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a new study that peers into its future......»»
Woman in Motion tells story of how Star Trek’s Uhura changed NASA forever
"If they let me in the door, I will open it so wide that they will see the world." Actress Nichelle Nichols' role as a NASA ambassador to bring diversity to the space program is the subject of the documentary Woman in Motion, now streaming.....»»
Harvey Schlossberg, Cop With a PhD in Defusing a Crisis, Dies at 85
Harvey Schlossberg, a former New York City traffic cop with a doctorate in psychology who choreographed what became a model law enforcement strategy for safely ending standoffs with hostage takers, died on May 21 in Brooklyn. He was 85. From a report.....»»
Man Dies Inside Spanish Dinosaur Statue After Trying To Retrieve His Phone
According to The Guardian, a man in Catalonia died after becoming trapped inside a large dinosaur statue while trying to retrieve his smartphone. From the report: Officers were called to the statue in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a satellite town of Bar.....»»
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha dies at 92
Highly decorated Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and RIBA Gold Medal, has passed away at the age of 92. Read more Highly decorated Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, winner of the.....»»