Twitter says working on edit button for tweets
[ad_1] Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it has been working on an edit button since last year and will test the feature with select Twitter Blue members in coming months. Twitter said in a tweet …
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Canadian joins private crew bound for International Space Station
[ad_1] A Montreal businessman will join the first fully private space crew set to launch in just a few days. Mark Pathy, entrepreneur and CEO of the investing and financing company MAVRIK, will serve as …
Alaska Airlines launches gender-neutral uniform policy for flight attendants and other staff
[ad_1] Alaska Airlines announced that it has launched new, gender-neutral uniform guidelines for flight attendants. “We have updated our uniform guidelines, effective today, to provide more freedom and flexibility in individual and gender expression,” the …
Dress rehearsal: NASA moon rocket’s last test before launch
[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA — NASA kicked off a critical countdown test Friday for its new moon rocket, a 30-story behemoth that could make its first lunar test flight by summer. The two-day demonstration — …
After killer asteroid, mammals got bigger before they got smarter
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that doomed the dinosaurs, it appears that brawn was more important than brains for the mammals that managed to survive the …
How women led a prehistoric Scottish settlement to a period of prosperity
[ad_1] New research has shed new light on the impact that female-dominated migration had on a Scottish village thousands of years ago. Published in the journal Antiquity, a recent study of a 4,000-year-old village in …
Hong Kong’s COVID-19 death toll leads to coffin shortage
[ad_1] HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak has cost about 6,000 lives this year – and the city is now running out of coffins. Authorities have scrambled to order more, with the government …
Elon Musk giving ‘serious thought’ to build a new social media platform
[ad_1] Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is giving “serious thought” to building a new social media platform, the billionaire said in a tweet on Saturday. Musk was responding to a Twitter user’s question …
Ukraine seeking peace ‘without delay’ in talks, Zelensky says
[ad_1] LVIV, UKRAINE — Ukraine could declare neutrality and offer security guarantees to Russia to secure peace “without delay,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said ahead of another expected round of talks between the two sides — …
How genetically modified lettuce could help Mars-bound astronauts avoid bone loss
[ad_1] As NASA prepares to send humans to Mars sometime in the 2030s, figuring out how to keep astronauts healthy during the three-year mission has been a challenge. But researchers from the University of California, …