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First ever human test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule could take off as soon as May SpaceX will conduct a test of Crew Dragon’s in-flight abort system this weekend The test will be the final one before the capsule is cleared for human launch Last year, Crew Dragon exploded during a test and badly … Read more
The end of daily finger-prick tests for diabetics? AI heart monitor ‘can detect dangerously low blood sugar levels’ Scientists used artificial intelligence to detect low blood sugar levels Patients wore electrocardiogram (ECG) monitors 24 hours a day for two weeks Researchers trained a computer system to spot normal and low sugar levels By Harry Howard … Read more
Should former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn ever seek to recreate his great escape from Japan to Beirut, I can report that — with the rear seats down at least — his former firm’s funky new British-built Juke SUV has more than enough room in its flexible boot to accommodate a large trunk. I’d been driving … Read more
Want to know which new car is best in class for crash protection? Euro NCAP, the body that assesses the safety credentials of the latest mainstream models, has named the top choice vehicles in each category from last year’s test results. Some 55 new cars were reviewed in 2019, of which 41 scored maximum five-star … Read more
The vaunted iPhone 11 Pro has a ‘night mode’ – and where better to test it than in Arctic Murmansk during December, when the sun never rises? That was the thinking behind Radio Free Europe photographer Amos Chapple’s odyssey to the Russian city. And the results are mesmerising. Radio Free Europe photographer Amos Chapple visited … Read more
The Bank of England started conducting stress tests in the wake of the 2008 financial crash, when the banking system came close to collapse.