A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that ...

The boxes are due to be assembled into one giant mirror approximately 1-1/2 times the size of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The telescope's primary mirror will measure about 39.3 meters (130 feet ...

The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to search for evidence of potential life on planets beyond our solar system - called exoplanets - and peer back in time to look for the ...

A water main break has flooded the intersection at Hillsborough Street and W. Morgan Street in Raleigh Wednesday morning.

In particular, we’re going to be studying the atmospheres of worlds around other stars to see if there are signs of life,” de Gregorio added. The boxes are due to be assembled into one giant mirror ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...

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A large sinkhole near Tokyo has swallowed a truck with a man inside. Just before 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 28, police responded to an emergency call that a sinkhole had opened up at an ...

Dozens of farmers in Warwickshire have held a tractor protest against the ... a national "day of unity" by farmers across the country. Working farms are currently exempt from inheritance tax ...

A leading Chinese contracting player has emerged as the preferred contractor for work on a large gas processing ... with partner Basra Oil Company at 30% and state giant QatarEnergy holding ...

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Neighbors said a leak in a drain pipe caused water to flood the slope, causing giant holes ... He said that work was done by the property owners, Palomar Estates Mobile Home Park.