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Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone while his two crewmates drove around in the first lunar rover, has died at age 88 By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer March 18, 2020, 8:28 PM 5 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone in […]

Some cancer surgeries are being delayed, many stent procedures for clogged arteries have been pushed back and infertility specialists were asked to postpone helping patients get pregnant. Doctors in virtually every field are scrambling to alter care as the new coronavirus spreads. Medical groups issued advice this week on how hospitals and doctors should adapt

This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series, which examines technological, economic, social and cultural shifts that happen as businesses evolve. At a production plant in western Tennessee, about 100 3-D printers, arranged in pods for different tasks and parts, spit out hundreds of pairs of individually fitted insoles and sandals a day.

Apple’s new iPad brings PC-like trackpad capabilities for the first time, as the company seeks to make its tablet even more like a laptop computer March 18, 2020, 4:12 PM 1 min read NEW YORK — Apple’s new iPad brings PC-like trackpad capabilities for the first time, as the company seeks to make its tablet

Working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic may sound like a luxury. Freedom to cook lunch. Time to do laundry between tasks. Respite from that loquacious co-worker. Then reality sets in. Your Wi-Fi slows down to a crawl, the new software tools you work with are confusing and your computer mouse is a piece

A group of artists called the Dazzle Club paint their faces for monthly walks to protest against surveillance in London. Facial recognition cameras were rolled out by the Metropolitan Police for the first time in early 2020 and have been trialled in other places around the UK. The Met said it would not comment on

But Dr. Szemerédi’s proof was long and complicated. “Furstenberg gave this beautiful, short proof,” said Terence Tao, a mathematician at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2004, Dr. Tao and Ben Green, a mathematician at the University of Oxford, cited Dr. Furstenberg and used ergodic theory arguments to prove a major result — that

SAN FRANCISCO — Pat Hanrahan was a young biophysics student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1980s when he decided to give up his work with microscopic insects and join a small group of computer scientists in their quest to make a movie. The group was led by Ed Catmull, a computer graphics pioneer

Facebook says a bug in its anti-spam system is blocking the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus March 18, 2020, 1:24 AM 1 min read Facebook says a bug in its anti-spam system is blocking the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus. Guy Rosen, Facebook‘s vice president of integrity,

The cost to build a giant telescope that’s unpopular among many Native Hawaiians is now estimated to have increased to $2.4 billion By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press March 17, 2020, 11:43 PM 2 min read HONOLULU — The cost to build a giant telescope that’s unpopular among many Native Hawaiians is now estimated to