Tesla autopilot feature can be tricked into operating without a driver according to consumer reports engineers who looked into claims that Autopilot can operate without a driver present. On Saturday two men were killed after a Tesla car crashed into a tree and caught fire in Texas. The victims found in the front passenger seat…
Twenty two Covid patients have died at Zakir Hussain hospital in Nasik, India after they lost oxygen supply due to a leak on Wednesday while an oxygen tanker was refilling a storage tank. According to officials there was no oxygen flowing to ventilators for about 30 minutes resulting in fatalities. India is in the middle…
Alec MacGillis’s Fulfillment: Winning and losing in one-click America, highlights with empathy and breadth, what drives economic populism and the division between a sliver of the professional-managerial elite in winner-takes-all cities and everyone else, also the hidden human costs of other inequality not the growing gap between the rich and poor, but the gap between…
Countries with the most recorded Coronavirus deaths No. Country Deaths Deaths per 100k population 1 US 555,000 170 2 Brazil 332,000 159 3 Mexico 204,000 162 4 India 165,000 12 5 UK 126,000 190 6 Italy 111,000 184 7 Russia 99,000 69 8 France 97,000 145 9 Germany 77,000 93 Source: John Hopkins University, Gov.Uk…
Astra Zeneca has sent a legal notice to Serum Institute of India, which is manufacturing its vaccine, over vaccine supply delays, according to its CEO Adar Poonawalla, who said “ We are examining all avenues to resolve legal disputes over contractual obligations that Serum Institute is not able to fulfill due to its prioritisation of …
During pandemic doctors and nurses have been applauded as saviors by the grateful public, even though they have been flying blind lacking the knowledge or resources to tackle Covid-19. Jim Down, a critical care consultant at University College London Hospitals, tells the story of one intensive care team struggling to fend off the first wave,…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Serial Number 10 (SN10) 50m-tall has managed to land one of its Starship prototypes at the end of a high-altitude test flight, in Boca Chica, Texas, but fire developed around its base and eight minutes later SN10 blew itself apart on the landing pad. Elon Musk says the new Starship will do…
United Airlines flight 328, Boeing 777, plane bound for Honolulu, suffered an engine failure but returned safely to Denver airport. The jet carrying 231 passengers and 19 crew on board, was able to do an emergency landing at Denver airport, without any injuries. Police in the town of Broomfield posted pictures of front of an…
Walter Isaacson’s famous biographer of Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Ben Franklin discusses the life, career, and ethical implications of scientist Jennifer Doudna, cocreator or CRISPR and the 2020 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. New technology has the power to optimise our DNA, transform medicine, and allow us to cure…
Dr Ollie Hart, of Sloan Medical Centre in Sheffield, is on a bike to administer Covid-19 vaccine to his patients. Our centre may be closed this week but we’ve been catching up on people who can’t get in. Here’s the impact of one vail of Astazenecavaccine. He is a clinical lead our local GP Neighbourhood…