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Israeli scientists develop bacteria which “eat” only carbon dioxide.

Israeli researchers have developed bacteria fed only with carbon dioxide (CO2), the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel reported Wednesday.

NASA Astronaut Nick Hague, Crewmates Return Safely from International Space Station

Elon Musk Unveils New Mars Rocket Prototype, Expects Missions in Months

Asteroid Terror: A 3,248-Feet Space Rock Dangerously Approaching Earth, Will It Collide With Earth?

Interstellar object entering the solar system

A second mysterious object from interstellar space may be about to fly through our solar system

This object was first spotted by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov in Ukraine on 30 August. The Minor Planet Centre that is part of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory released a statement where they said that the object, now called C/2019 Q4, has an orbit in the shape of a hyperbola. It is moving too fast to be pulled in by the sun’s gravity, which would mean that it hails from outside our solar system. However, more observations are needed to confirm this theory. If it turns out to be true, then the object will be given a name that starts with 2I (which denotes that it’s the second interstellar object detected)

IBM laid off as many as 1 lakh older employees to look ‘Cool’ in last few years, alleges lawsuit

IBM has fired as many as 100,000 employees in the last few years in an effort to boost its appeal to millennials and make it appear to be as “cool” and “trendy” like Amazon and Google, according to a deposition from a former vice president in an ongoing age discrimination lawsuit. The technology company is facing several lawsuits accusing it of firing older workers, including a class-action case in Manhattan and individual civil suits filed in California, Pennsylvania, and Texas last year.

Amazon’s Senior Vice President Jeff Blackburn to take some time off in 2020

Choosing a one-year sabbatical from work life, Amazon’s Senior Vice President Jeff Blackburn has decided to take some time off in 2020.

Capital One Says Woman Hacker Breach Hit 100 Million Individuals in U.S.

Capital One Financial Corp. said data from about 100 million people in the U.S. was illegally accessed after prosecutors accused a Seattle woman identified by Amazon.com Inc. as one of its former cloud service employees of breaking into the bank’s server.

NASA Flight Director Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr.

Chris Kraft, legendary NASA flight director, the man who created NASA’s Mission Control,has died at age 95

Former Johnson Space Center Director Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr., the man who created the iconic role of NASA flight director during the Mercury and Gemini programs and whose no-nonsense, uncompromising management style defined control room operations and discipline through the Apollo years and beyond, died Monday. He was 95.

Global device shipments set to decline 3% in 2019: Gartner Inc.

Global shipments of devices, including PCs, tablets and mobile phones, will total 2.2 billion units in 2019, a decline of 3.3 percent year-over-year (YoY), a report by Gartner Inc. said on Friday.