Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
China surges ahead in Space Race with new tech capable of providing unlimited energy
dailystar.co.ukChinese scientists have claimed they are one step ahead of the world when it comes to harvesting solar energy directly from the sun in space.
Once this technology is fully evolved it could aid humanity in the climate crisis by theoretically providing the earth with unlimited clean energy directly from the sun.Researchers at Xidian University in North China now claim they have successfully completed a test which is 'the world’s first full-link and full-system ground test system for space-based solar power.'According to the scientists, the test was carried out via the construction of a 246ft high steel structure which contained subsystems for testing the space-based solar power concept.SpaceNews reports that the apparatus was designed to collect solar energy and convert it into direct current electricity.This electricity is then transmitted via microwaves up to a distance of 55 meters.But although this test represents a pioneering world's first effort with such technology, experts have stressed the range the device can transmit means full use in space is a while off yet.Indeed, the leader of the tests Chinese expert Duan Baoyan stressed that although their research was currently a 'hot spot in the world', rolling out workable space-based solar power would take 'generations.'To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.He said: "The research on space solar power is currently a hot spot in the world.“To use an analogy, heaven and earth transmission is like common prosperity."That is the ultimate goal and must take many years and many people to achieve it, but we can start working on it now and start from where it is most likely to be achieved.”.
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