Samba Tech, a Latin American online video distributor, is opening a Seattle office and launched a new app this week.
The company is setting up shop in Seattle to be closer to Microsoft, a major partner, and to tap the region’s talent pool....
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Solar Impulse round-the-world plane heads for New York to finish its American flyover
The Solar Impulse 2 airplane is finishing...
First North American fossil monkey and early Miocene tropical biotic interchange
New World monkeys (platyrrhines) are a diverse part of modern tropical ecosystems in North and South America, yet their early evolutionary history in the tropics is largely unknown. Molecular divergence estimates suggest that primates arrived in tropical Central America, the southern-most extent of the North American landmass, with several dispersals from South America starting with the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama 3–4 million...
Porsche’s 911R makes its American debut in New York
We speak to Porsche's Andreas Preuninger about the new 911R—this year's must-have 911. Video shot and edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link)
Porsche's long-rumored new 911R broke cover at the Geneva International Motor Show earlier in the year. Happily for those of us on this side of the Atlantic, Porsche brought the 911R to New York for the auto show, even though the 911R's entire...Full text: Volkswagen CEO apologizes to the American people, promises big changes ahead
LAS VEGAS— Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess didn’t waste much time addressing the elephant in the room when he appeared at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday evenig, tackling the diesel emissions scandal that plagued the German car maker last year. Diess,...
American grins are just as bad as Britain’s—kind of
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The stereotype of yellow, slimy, crooked British smiles may not have teeth any more.
In a study comparing American and English dental health surveys, researchers found that American grins tended to have slightly fewer teeth, and those in lower socioeconomic positions had significantly worse oral health than their British counterparts. And researchers found...
Space station gets its first ‘official’ British astronaut (plus an American and Russian)
Today the International Space Station’s crew welcomed aboard its first “official” British astronaut, Tim Peake, just hours after he blasted off in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft alongside U.S. and Russian spacefliers. Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian cosmonaut Yuri...
American, United, Delta, British Airways all ban “hoverboards”
(credit: Ben Larcey)
On Friday, three major US airlines’ ban against so-called "hoverboards" goes into effect.
American, United, and Delta banned the devices on Thursday out of concern that their lithium ion batteries could be a fire hazard on a flight. According to the Los Angeles Times, British Airways will also reject the self-balancing devices.
In a statement, Delta...