Food delivery apps rack up $20 billion in losses in fierce battle for diners

The leading online food delivery groups in Europe and the US have racked up more than $20 billion in combined operating losses since going public after a fierce battle for market share. Shares in Deliveroo, Just Eat Takeaway, Delivery Hero and DoorDash — the four largest stand-alone, publicly listed food delivery companies in the U.S. … Read more

Why do stars mysteriously disappear from the night sky?

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Artist’s impression of the binary system VTFS 243. Credit: ESOL. Calçada CC BY 4.0 Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen are helping to explain a mysterious phenomenon in which stars suddenly disappear from the night sky. Their study of an unusual binary star system led to strong evidence that massive stars can completely collapse into … Read more

13 cool details we noticed in the Legend of Zelda Deku Tree LEGO set

On this page: Details on the Zelda Deku Tree LEGO set 1.Hestu 2.Corox 3.Riddles of Hyrule 4.Shining Master Sword 5.A sword in the stone 6.A tiny, tiny ocarina 7.Skulltula 8.Sheika Slate 9.Triforce Tunic 10.Deku Sprout 11.Gossip Stone 12.Cooking pot 13.Navi Details in the Zelda Deku Tree LEGO set Hestu Image: LEGO Shala lala! Yes, everyone’s … Read more

Earthcare cloud mission launched to solve unknown climate problems

Image caption, Artwork: It took a full 20 years to send Earthcare into space Article information It launched an advanced joint European-Japanese satellite to measure how clouds affect the climate. Some low level clouds are known to cool the planet, others at high altitude will act as a blanket. The Earthcare mission will use laser … Read more

Insulation scandal: “I have to scrape the mold off the walls”

Image caption, Single mum Zoe Godrich says ‘life just sucked me out’ as she tries to cope with isolation Article information author, Zoe Conway role BBC News Correspondent before 2 hours Every two weeks, Zoe Godrich scrapes the black mold off the walls of her children’s bedrooms. She says her house now looks like a … Read more

Insulation scandal: “I have to scrape the mold off the walls”

Image caption, Single mum Zoe Godrich says ‘life just sucked me out’ as she tries to cope with isolation Article information author, Zoe Conway role BBC News Correspondent 3 hours ago Every two weeks, Zoe Godrich scrapes the black mold off the walls of her children’s bedrooms. She says her house now looks like a … Read more

Bitcoin: Transfer of $2.9 Billion BTC to Mt. Gox Signaling Market Upheaval?

Mt. Gox transferred 42,830 BTC, valued at around $2.9 billion, to new addresses on May 28. The rising supply of Bitcoin and the potential large-scale sell-off by creditors of Mt. Gox could put pressure on prices. Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, once the Bitcoin giant [BTC] exchanges, handling 70% of all transactions by 2013, has re-entered the … Read more

Could a cannabis farm be an expensive whiff of trouble at the Sussex family’s $14.5 million Montecito estate?

He’s blessed with a $14.5 million Tuscan-style mansion with seven bedrooms, thirteen and a half bathrooms, a library, movie theater, gym, pool, and chicken coop—not to mention two adorable kids and a bewitching wife who’s dying to try hers. sweet. But Prince Harry, and indeed his entire neighborhood, may now be in dire need of … Read more

How scientists sent the largest camera in astronomy from California to Chile

a cross-bar crane hoist hanging from a support beam across the ceiling of a warehouse suspends a large black cylinder with two green straps, connected to the cylinder at four points. Four workers in orange highlighter apparel stand around the suspended cylinder, and another stands off to the left.

After two decades of work, the camera at the heart of the future Vera C. Rubin Observatory arrived home last week. It is now perched atop the Cerro Pachón mountain in Chile. This camera is the last major part of Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope, on which it will be installed after several months of … Read more