Proxima Centauri b, a planet orbiting our nearest stellar neighbour, is being blasted with cosmic rays and solar flares – which could make it warm enough to host life
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The UK government has pledged to make smart motorways safer by rolling out a radar detection system within the next three years, but New Scientist can reveal that just 7 per cent of the roads are protected by the measure today
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Children don’t seem to get ill from the new coronavirus and understanding why could help us decide how to tackle the pandemic
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The email is from someone you think is a co-worker in another department at your company, who like you, has suddenly found herself teleworking from home without the usual group of colleagues to help review things. She’s asking your advice on a document attached to the email.
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It may look like an email from a supervisor with an attachment on the new “work from home policy.” But it could be a cleverly designed scheme to hack into your network.
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Gamers breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after the end of a network outage that affected Nintendo’s online games, with internet-based systems under increasing pressure from people staying home over coronavirus.
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So you’ve been told to work remotely because of the coronavirus. About the worst thing you could do right now is download a bunch of sketchy programs for video conferencing, mobile working and the like that might carry computer viruses and make it so you can’t do any work at all.
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PUTRAJAYA: There is no restriction on individuals going out to buy essential goods when the Movement Control Order comes into effect from March 18 to 31 throughout the country, but they are not allowed to bring their family members along.
National Security Council (NSC) Maritime Sovereignty Division director Roselin Rajab said the order was aimed at reducing the movement of people in public places in the effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 infection.
“There is no problem if you want to buy daily necessities but do not bring the entire family and children for the chore. Just go out alone,” he told reporters after a special Covid-19 meeting between Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah and media editors, here today.
In terms of surveillance, Roselin said the authorities would be monitoring to ensure there is no assembly or gathering at public places.
“If we come across people meeting in a place, they will be told to return home,” he said.
On transit flights at the country’s airports, Roselin said these passengers would not be allowed to come out of the terminal.
“As they are on transit, the passengers would not be allowed come out of the terminal. This is because, they have not entered the country so long as they do not pass the Immigration checkpoint,” he said.
The Movement Control Order was announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday to prevent the virus from infecting more people. – Bernama
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BANGKOK: Many Malaysians working or on holiday in Thailand scrambled to book the next flight to Malaysia after a two-week nationwide movement control order from March 18 was announced in the country due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Many Malaysians rushed to airports early morning to make sure they got back home by today to avoid being slapped with the 14 day self-quarantine under the order.
An employee based in Pattaya, Low Ban Ching, travelled about 150km to Bangkok today just to catch the next flight back to Malaysia.
“I read messages from friends and family members back home about the movement control order.
“I realised I need to be back in Malaysia by today, if not, I have to undergo health checks and self-quarantine for 14 days.
“Luckily, I managed to book a ticket from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur,” he told Bernama when met at the Suvarnabhumi Airport today.
Meanwhile, a project-based employee who only wanted to be known as Kah Yee, said she decided to fly home as the movement control order created uncertainty for travellers.
“I’m not sure whether there will be another extension after March 31. I made a quick decision to fly home today to beat the deadline,” she said.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had declared that Malaysia would be placed under nationwide movement control order from March 18-31 March due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Muhyiddin said it also involves a comprehensive restriction on all Malaysians travelling abroad with those returning from overseas required to undergo a health check and to self-quarantine for 14 days.
The restriction also covers the entry of all foreign tourists and visitors into the country and also bars Malaysians from leaving the country.
A businessman, who goes by the name of Thomas, 56, said he decided to bring forward his return ticket to get home before the deadline.
“I want to be home before the order goes into effect … I prefer to go back to Malaysia,” he said.
For Australian couple, Rosemary and David, who will transit in Kuala Lumpur before flying to Sydney said they decided to fly before March 18.
“We read about Malaysia’s movement control orders. We are not sure whether it will affect our flight.
“We do not want to take any risks so we are flying home early,” he said. – Bernama
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Doom Eternal does contain gratuitous violence, but the evidence suggests violence in video games doesn’t affect people’s behaviour in the real world, says Jacob Aron
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