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Try Harder! director on Asian American identity and race

Digital Trends talks with Debbie Lum, director of the documentary Try Harder!, on identity and race in the Asian American community......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsMay 3rd, 2022

NASA faces $80,000 claim after space debris hit family home

An American family is claiming more than $80,000 from NASA after a small piece of debris fell from space and smashed through the roof of their Florida home, a law firm said Friday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 7 min. ago

China, France to launch satellite to better understand the universe

A French-Chinese satellite will blast off Saturday on a hunt for the mightiest explosions in the universe, in a notable example of cooperation between a Western power and the Asian giant......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News18 hr. 7 min. ago

Top FDA official overrules staff to approve gene therapy that failed trial

Peter Marks overruled three teams and two top directors. Enlarge / Dr. Peter Marks, Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration on March 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. (credi.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated News20 hr. 7 min. ago

Latin American cattle block road to Paris goals

Dense forest and patchy regulations mean Latin America is struggling to shake off its mantle as the world's leading emitter of greenhouse gas from livestock production......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 21st, 2024

5 things the American-Made Index says about a supply chain in flux

Changes in the annual survey's results show how automakers are quickly rethinking where they source their parts from......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 21st, 2024

Amazon is swapping plastic pillows for paper in its packaging

Plans to transition to paper packaging will see Amazon remove at least 95% of plastic air pillows from North American packages......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJun 21st, 2024

Climate change makes it harder for women to collect water in South American and Southeast Asian regions, study shows

Climate change could increase the amount of time women spend collecting water by up to 30% globally by 2050, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change. In regions of South America and Southeast Asia, the time spent collecting water.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 21st, 2024

GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro just got beat in the AI race

Anthropic's new Claude 3.5 Sonnet model is a little better than ChatGPT-4o and a huge improvement over Claude Opus 3.0......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 20th, 2024

Longtime Bosch North America president Mike Mansuetti to retire, succeeded by regional mobility chief

Mike Mansuetti, the longtime head of Bosch's North American business, will retire this year and will be succeeded by Paul Thomas, the company's head of mobility in the Americas, the world's largest auto parts supplier said......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 20th, 2024

First conclusive video evidence that a terrestrial leech species can jump

A new study presents video evidence that at least one species of terrestrial leech can jump, behavior that scientists have debated for more than a century. Researchers from the American Museum of Natural History, Fordham University, and City Universi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 20th, 2024

Change threatening coastal Native American sites cut from NC bill

A controversial bill that would have allowed developers to build on archaeological sites in some environmentally sensitive coastal areas was overhauled on June 19......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 20th, 2024

Hope from an unexpected source in the global race to stop wheat blast

An important breakthrough in efforts to halt the advance of wheat blast, an emerging threat to international food security, has come from a surprising source......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 19th, 2024

Men plead guilty to aggravated ID theft after pilfering police database

Members of group called ViLE face a minimum of two years in prison. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Two men have pleaded guilty to charges of computer intrusion and aggravated identity theft tied to their theft of records.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 18th, 2024

Sometimes your Apple Watch fails, and per Steven Spielberg’s example you just have to throw it

We have all experienced those moments when our tech fails us, and we just want to throw it. It turns out that Steven Spielberg, the prestigious director behind Jurassic Park, Jaws, and West Side Story, is just like the rest of us, as that’s exactly.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 18th, 2024

Ars Live Recap: Is SpaceX a launch company or a satellite communications company?

"They're the largest satellite operator in the world." Produced by Michael Toriello and Billy Keenly. Click here for transcript. Last week, during our inaugural Ars Live event, Quilty Space director of research Caleb Henry joined Ar.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 18th, 2024

Tesla defends its lead in American-Made Index; Honda and VW models close in

The Tesla Model Y was the top vehicle in the American-Made Index 2024 survey, but Tesla did not take all four top spots as in 2023......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsJun 18th, 2024

Nations realize they need to take risks or lose the race to the moon

The NASA-led Artemis-3 mission will place the first human boots on the surface of the moon since Apollo 17's Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the lunar surface in December 1972......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 18th, 2024

Anti-Asian rhetoric during the pandemic negatively impacted employment and earnings, new research finds

A first-of-its-kind study, led by a Northeastern University researcher, examined how racial bias and political rhetoric against Asians and other underrepresented groups in the United States impacted their employment status in the wake of the COVID-19.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 18th, 2024

Researchers identify potential caterpillar fungus for the production of bioactive compounds

Ophiocordyceps sinensis, known for its extensive use in traditional Asian medicine, grows in high-altitude regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This rare and expensive fungus has generated increasing global demand, leading to the need for artificial.....»»

Category: securitySource:  hakiriRelated NewsJun 18th, 2024

Don"t toss your Apple Watch away if you hard fall warning, like Steven Spielberg did

Director Steven Spielberg was giving a talk when his Apple Watch suddenly said he'd taken a hard fall. His reaction to the false alarm ended up making matters worse.Pressing the onscreen "X" will cancel any sort of false alarm on the Apple Watch.Alth.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 17th, 2024