President Trump is expected to announce further tariffs this week, probably including levies on semiconductors, as he moves forward with a trade investigation related to national security. The move would raise the cost of importing chips, which are a vital component in electronics, cars, toys and other goods. The United States is heavily dependent on […]
US stock markets opened higher on Monday after the White House announced that imports of Chinese-made smartphones and some other electronics devices would be exempted from tariffs. The rollback, issued early on Saturday, may end up being short-lived after President Donald Trump said these goods were simply being moved into a different tariff group or […]
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science reporter Blue Origin Six women, including Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’s fiancée Lauren Sanchez, are due to launch into space for an 11-minute flight. Pop star Katy Perry and five other women are set to blast into space aboard Jeff Bezos’ space tourism rocket. The singer will be joined […]
During a 24-hour swing through Copenhagen last month, Eric Slesinger met with engineers making maritime drones, developers of war-planning software and an adviser to NATO. He had recently visited London for a dinner with a senior British intelligence official and would soon head to the Arctic to learn about the technologies that could handle extreme […]
On the last day of March, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital began an operation that they hoped might lead to a permanent change in how kidneys are transplanted in people. That morning’s patient was not a person. It was a pig, lying anesthetized on a table. The pig was missing one kidney and needed an […]
The NHL regular season is almost in the books, and every team had an MVP performance worth highlighting. But on the other side of the spectrum, some players have failed to impress. Before we turn the page to the playoffs for some teams and the offseason for others at the end of next week, The […]
The Federal Aviation Agency said late Sunday that a sightseeing helicopter company was shutting down its operations immediately after a deadly crash last week on the Hudson River. The helicopter, operated by New York Helicopter Tours, was carrying six people when it crashed into the river on Thursday. None survived. The F.A.A. said in statement […]
BBC There is no shortage of teeth to admire at the King’s College Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences While many species can regenerate their teeth, human beings only get one chance at growing a healthy set of adult pearly whites. That is, until now. Scientists from King’s College London have managed to grow […]
In a career spanning more than 30 years, John Pettigrew has seen big changes in the electricity industry. He started out in 1991, working to introduce natural gas-fired power plants to the grid, gradually replacing polluting coal plants. . Now, once again, he is managing a tectonic shift to an electrified economy that runs on […]
Households in Medway struggling to meet the cost of living can claim a share of £4m. The cash is from the Household Support Fund, introduced in October 2021, which the government has decided to extend for another year. The money is shared out to local authorities to allocate, with Medway having £3,987,524 for the coming […]