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                                                                      EM DRIVE Imagine a rocket that works without fuel. You pump energy into it and away you go, but there’s no thrust coming out the other side, no exhaust, no waste product and no consumable fuel. It’s the ultimate defiance of Isaac Newton: claiming to have an action without an equal and opposite reaction. And yet, inventor of the EMdrive, Roger Shawyer, claims to do exactly that. Not only does he say that his device works, he claims that anyone can build one and verify it for themselves. At Eagleworks laboratory, NASA scientists attempted to do exactly that, and just published their findings in a peer-reviewed journal. The results?   They verify that the EMdrive works as advertised . If the EMdrive truly is a space engine that has an action with no reaction – you pump power into it and get thrust with no discernible exhaust — then this is the largest revolution in physics since Isaac Newton. Newton’s three

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) has supported Prime Minister   Narendra   Modi's efforts to fight corruption by demonetizing 500 and 1000 rupees notes but cautioned that the move has to be managed prudently. IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters in   Washington   that the global body supports Modi government's measures to fight corruption and illicit financial flows in India. He, however, said that the move has to be managed prudently to minimize possible disruptions keeping in mind the large role of cash in everyday transactions in Indian economy. Yesterday, Prime Minister   Narendra   Modi expressed happiness at the patient and orderly manner in which the citizens are getting the notes exchanged in banks following the cancellation of the legal tender character of the high denomination bank notes of Rs.500 and Rs.1000. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister also said that it is heartening to see such warmth, enthusiasm and patience of the citizens t

Several businesses and shops were vandalised and looted in Pretoria today during an Economic Freedom Fighters march. Looters raided a Pep Cell store, a KFC, broke a display window at Spitz and at an Absa branch. Capital Inn was also looted and vandalised. Marchers had taken to the streets of Pretoria today calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down following Zuma’s interdict of the Public Protector state capture report. EFF member Ntswaki Nzuza, a former ANC supporter, said she supported the call for Zuma to resign because he has abused his power. “I’m here today because I don’t think Zuma should be president of this country. It’s time for him to go; he has abused his power. This is not how a president behaves,” she said. Another supporter, Jonas Mulamuleli, echoed her sentiments saying Zuma “is too corrupt and must go!” “People need to be honest with themselves and come join us to remove Zuma,” he added. Supporters descended in their numbers with many

On Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover zapped a globular, golf-ball-size object with a laser, and the signal it got back confirmed it was an iron-nickel meteorite fallen from the Red Planet's sky. From the   NASA announcement : Iron-nickel meteorites are a common class of space rocks found on Earth, and previous examples have been seen on Mars, but this one, called "Egg Rock," is the first on Mars examined with a laser-firing spectrometer. To do so, the rover team used Curiosity's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument. Scientists of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) project, which operates the rover, first noticed the odd-looking rock in images taken by Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam) at at a site the rover reached by an Oct. 27 drive. "The dark, smooth and lustrous aspect of this target, and its sort of spherical shape attracted the attention of some MSL scientists when we received the Mastcam images at the new location," said C

After two years studying the topic, UC Berkeley researchers and others have published a review on how thoughts flow when the mind is idle — calling into question the stigma surrounding mind-wandering. Since the 13th century, mind-wandering has been historically defined by both philosophers and neuroscientists as “task-unrelated thought,” where one’s cognitive subconscious is on an unproductive, auto-pilot mode,   according to   Zachary Irving, a co-author of the review and UC Berkeley postdoctoral scholar. Irving said the review showed that contrary to popular belief,   mind-wandering   actually poses multiple benefits to the human mind, such as fostering creativity   and a llowing humans to better understand their waking thoughts. The   review , which was also conducted by researchers at University of British Columbia, Cornell University  and the  University of Colorado Boulder, included theoretical synthesis and analysis as well as empirical review of evidence from neuroi