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Next week& 39;s planned SN8 flight will be the Starship prototype& 39;s first high-altitude test.September 15, 2020SpaceX is nearing the end of its short-hop Starship test flights. Elon Musk has tweeted that the company& 39;s SN8 Starship prototype & 34;should be done in about a week.& 34;The test will see SpaceX conduct Starship& 39;s first high-altitude test flight, with the spacecraft set to attempt a 60,000 feet (18,300 meters) flight before performing a controlled landing.

Apple Store is down, which means it& 39;s time for another round of product launches. The company hosted a virtual launch event today and while we didn& 39;t see an iPhone 12 debut, we still caught the Apple Watch Series 6, in addition to other newcomers to the iPad tablet family, according to a blog post on the company& 39;s official website.

Will we ever have a day go by with some good news this year?September 14, 2020In times like these where everyone needs to hear good news, more saddening news is revealed each day. The dark expectation has just been unveiled by WHO this time, that the upcoming two months would have higher death rates related to COVID-19.

The coffin, by Loop, is made of mycelium, the natural underground fungal network of mushrooms.September 16, 2020Dutch startup Loop has claimed a world first by providing a coffin for a funeral that was filled with moss and was grown, rather than built, out of mycelium, the fungal roots that form a vast underground network that is vital for the health of ecosystems worldwide.

Diamonds aren& 39;t just forever, they& 39;re everywhere on the Arizona State and University of Chicago& 39;s hypothetical exoplanet.September 14, 2020In a news development that would get the fictional CEO of a future space mining company watering at the mouth, a group of astronomers has revealed that they believe entire planets might be made of diamonds.

The findings might alter expectations for what is to be found by NASA& 39;s Mars Perseverance rover.September 16, 2020In just over a decade, samples of Martian soil scooped up by the Mars Perseverance rover are set to return to Earth after being retrieved by the first humans to set foot on Mars.While scientists are excited to see what scientific discoveries await, they may have to temper their expectations.

We won& 39;t have a viable coronavirus vaccine until 2024, according to a major pharma CEO.September 14, 2020A viable vaccine to the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 illness won& 39;t be available to immunize the general public until the end of 2024, said the chief executive of the world& 39;s largest vaccine manufacturer in an exclusive interview with the Financial Times.

It seems that Walmart is willing to add to its selected grocery and household essentials delivery pilot program.September 15, 2020As technology moves forward, it is no surprise that innovations come up with new requirements. One of the modern-times musts is to simply meet the needs in the fastest way.

There may be life on Venus.Researchers detected spots of phosphine in the atmosphere of the planet Venus — telltale signs of alien life — in quantities high enough to stretch non-biological explanations, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy.In other words, we may have just found alien life in our solar system.

Migratory birds and sea creatures have long impressed us due to their ability to navigate the Earth.September 15, 2020A new paper has just been released that might finally give us an answer as to why some animals have a magnetic & 34;sixth sense,& 34; such as sea turtles that are able to return to the beach where they were born.

The Microsoft founder continues to be outspoken on issues surrounding the management of the global pandemic.September 15, 2020Bill Gates& 39;s feud with the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has reached new levels after he questioned whether they can be trusted to develop and produce the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.

The Model-T, by Telexistence, will help tackle Japan& 39;s convenience store labor shortage problem.September 15, 2020Japan& 39;s convenience stores are facing somewhat of a labor shortage. In a bid to make it easier for these stores to stack their shelves, Japanese robotics firm Telexistence (TX) has developed a remote-controlled robot, the Model-T.

After two years, Project Natick is revealing many advantages to underwater data centers.September 15, 2020Back in 2018, Microsoft leveraged technology from submarines to sink a data center off the coast of Orkney that they said could provide internet connectivity for years. Now, it has been retrieved and the firm& 39;s researchers are testing it to see how well it performed.