Limits
Qantas completes record 19-hour flight to test limits of air travel
There are two more flights coming as part of Project Sunrise, Qantas’ larger effort to study health on long-haul trips. A London to Sydney flight is due in November, while a repeat New York to Sydney flight is coming in December. A decision on the initiative is expected before the end of 2019. Some of …
Europe’s Top Court Limits ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Privacy Rule
LONDON — Europe’s highest court limited the reach of the landmark online privacy law known as “right to be forgotten” on Tuesday, restricting people’s ability to control what information is available about them on the internet. In a decision with broad implications for the regulation of the internet, the European Court of Justice ruled that …
Most massive neutron star ever detected strains the limits of physics
This is an artist’s impression of a massive neutron star’s pulse being delayed by the passage of a white dwarf star between the neutron star and Earth. Astronomers have detected the most massive neutron star to date due to this delay. The European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope captured a stunning image of the Large Magellanic …
US moves to abolish child migrant custody limits
Image copyright Getty Images Migrant families who cross the southern border of the US illegally could be detained indefinitely under a new regulation announced by the Trump administration. It replaces an agreement that set a limit on how long the government could hold migrant children in custody. The move was announced by Acting Homeland Security …
Coalition’s voluntary salt limits have been ‘public health disaster’ | Politics
Nearly 10,000 cases of heart disease and stroke and 1,500 cases of cancer could have been avoided in England if the coalition government had not switched to a voluntary deal with the food industry to cut salt in food, say researchers. The Responsibility Deal was introduced in 2011 by Andrew Lansley, then health secretary. The …
Gov. Northam’s veto of three health insurance bills limits choices and increases costs
(Minerva Studio/iStock) Amir Bajoghli is president of the Medical Society of Northern Virginia. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) vetoed three health insurance bills that would have made it possible for small-business owners and independent contractors to band together and purchase group health insurance plans at competitive rates. These group health insurance plans sponsored by associations, …
Iran says will raise uranium enrichment, breaking nuclear deal limits
This handout image supplied by the IIPA (Iran International Photo Agency) shows a view of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on August 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran. Getty Images Iran announced Sunday it will raise its enrichment of uranium, breaking another limit of …
College students from across the country are in Austin to push the limits of solar technology – Story
AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) – Race teams from universities across North America are in Austin to help push the limits of solar technology. For the University of Florida crew, every second off the track counts. They’re one of the 20 college teams from across the globe competing in the ‘Formula Sun Grand Prix’. “Build it …