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When massive stars run out of fuel and are unable to support their own weight, their husks collapse inwards, compressing their mass into an infinitely small region of space, thus giving birth to what is called a “black hole”. Black…
Britain has yet to make up its mind about whether to let Huawei supply equipment for the next-generation mobile broadband, and a decision could come as early as next month. British security chiefs have given their consent to plans to…
A research team led by University of Konstanz scientists has demonstrated that light waves can be used to transport electrons at sub-femtosecond speeds – close to the speed of light. A European team composed of researchers from the University of…
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Your data, whether it’s your name, your location, or your shopping habits, has been a commodity for…
Following the surrounding of the US Embassy in Baghdad by protesters on Tuesday, US Central Command buttressed the embassy by sending 100 US Marines and several AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to patrol the Iraqi capital. “The Department of Defense is…
The former chief of Boris Yeltsin’s Protocol Service, Vladimir Shevchenko, told Russian media about the events on the morning of 31 December 1999. Shevchenko revealed the details of the day that shocked the nation 20 years ago, as the Russian…
