For most aerospace engineers, an explosion in a rocket engine is a disaster. But for Kareem Ahmed, it’s the entire point. As the director of the Propulsion and Energy Research Laboratory at the University of Central Florida, Ahmed has spent the past few years developing a next-generation rocket engine that […]
Is There a Constitutional Right to Make Robocalls?
The Supreme Court has produced many memorable moments in its 231-year history, but today was surely the first time a toilet audibly flushed in the background during oral arguments. Such is the reality of conducting Supreme Court business during the coronavirus pandemic. This week, for the first time ever, the […]
German parliament should legislate to get ECB information from Bundesbank: paper
Economic Indicators4 hours ago (May 06, 2020 03:55PM ET) BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s parliament should legally oblige the country’s central bank to inform it about its activities as a member of the system of euro zone central banks, a legal analysis by the parliament’s research service showed. The confidential analysis, […]
Fed lending program not for insolvent oil drillers, Kaplan says
(C) Reuters. Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Insolvent or overly leveraged firms, including oil drillers and oil services firms, won’t be able to tap the U.S. central bank’s “Main Street” emergency lending program, Dallas Federal Reserve […]
Facebook Names the 20 People Who Can Overrule Mark Zuckerberg
Working from a list of hundreds of names suggested by insiders, the public, or self-nominated, the co-chairs and Facebook vetted resumes and conducted interviews. They were looking for accomplished experts who could work collegially and represent the breadth of the company’s multi-billion global users. The prospective board members had one […]
Democrats want $25 billion for U.S. Postal Service in next coronavirus relief bill: Hoyer
Economic Indicators8 hours ago (May 06, 2020 12:26PM ET) (C) Reuters. File photo of U.S. postal service mail boxes at a post office in Encinitas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats would like to see $25 billion for the U.S. Postal Service in the next major coronavirus legislation before the House of […]
U.S. private payrolls dive by a record 20.2 million
(C) Reuters. People fill out application forms before a screening session for seasonal jobs at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. private employers laid off a record 20.236 million workers in April as mandatory business closures in response to the […]
U.S. Private Sector Sheds Record 20.2 Million Jobs in April: ADP
Economic Indicators12 hours ago (May 06, 2020 08:18AM ET) (C) Reuters. By Noreen Burke Investing.com – The U.S. private sector shed a record 20.23 million jobs in April, according to a report by payrolls processor ADP, as measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic continued to devastate the country’s economy. Analysts […]
China Is One Launch Closer to Building Its Own Space Station
On Tuesday China’s Long March 5B rocket successfully launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island, which extends into the South China Sea. The rocket carried an uncrewed trial version of its next-generation spacecraft–with a mass of nearly 22 tons–successfully into orbit. ARS TECHNICA This story originally appeared on […]
Covid-19 Forces Spring Science Field Work to Go Fallow
Emily Witt was set to begin a year-long research project as an observer on a swordfish boat trawling the East Coast. As a master’s student at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Witt was studying whether new fishing gear might prevent longline fishermen–who set lines of baited hooks that […]