Posts Tagged ‘satellite’

‘3D’ zebra crossings are tricking Indian drivers to stop them speeding – and the idea is catching on

Images and videos of the original traffic control began to appear online, quickly garnering attention of the rest of the world. It all began with India’s Minister of Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari, tweeting a picture of the optical illusion that showed a zebra crossing apparently popping out of the flat surface of the road. “We […]

Siri Now Responds To Rape Claims

Siri, the iPhone’s built-in digital “assistant” has been criticized for not understanding the full meaning behind a victim telling the artificial intelligence that they were a victim of sexual assault.  However, the tech giant has now updated the software so that Siri is better equipped to deal with sensitive queries. According to IBNLive: In the past, […]

Israeli medic: "He’s not dead, shoot him in the head"

     After Thursday’s execution of a wounded young Palestinian man and his friend (who bled to death), was captured on tape, many details started emerging, including the involvement of an Israeli military medic in the crime. In one of the videos that captured this extrajudicial assassination of the already seriously wounded, completely incapacitated Palestinian, the […]

Russia says Iran missile tests ‘don’t violate’ UN resolution

“We do not think these launches violate Resolution 2231, because the resolution does not ban the tests,” the head of the ministry’s Department for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Weapons Control, Mikhail Ulyanov, told the Interfax. A Security Council resolution, adopted after the Iran nuclear deal was signed last year, calls for Iran not to launch any […]

Brazil latest target of U.S. exceptionalism’s hybrid war

     Color revolutions would never be enough; Exceptionalistan is always on the lookout for major strategic upgrades capable of ensuring perpetual Empire of Chaos hegemony The ideological matrix and the modus operandi of color revolutions by now are a matter of public domain. Not so much the concept of Unconventional War (UW). UW was spelled […]

Fukushima Five Years Later: ‘The Fuel Rods Melted Through Containment And Nobody Knows Where They Are Now’

On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan, killing 20,000 people. by Tyler Durden Another 160,000 then fled the radiation in Fukushima. It was the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, and according to some it would be far worse, if the Japanese government did not cover up […]

Top German court considers bid to outlaw far-right party

From: hosted.ap.org Germany’s highest court opened hearings Tuesday on a bid to outlaw the country’s biggest far-right party, which officials accuse of promoting a racist and anti-Semitic agenda. It’s the second attempt to secure the ban, which would be the first of its kind in 60 years. The German parliament’s […]

China Warns U.S. Not To Adopt Donald Trump Policies

China warned the U.S. on Wednesday not to adopt punitive currency policies after Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump nudged up another victory in Nevada. Free Bacon reports: Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing that “we are following with interest the U.S. presidential election.” Hua was asked about China’s response to a possible […]

UN nuclear agency suggests using radiation to fight Zika mosquitos

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the so-called Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) can help tackle the outbreak which has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). IAEA experts are set to meet with Brazilian officials on February, 16, Reuters reported. WHO declares Zika virus global health emergency Mexico, Guatemala and […]

Cold feet & hands? How to slove the problem of poor blood circulation

     People from all ages can experience circulation problems, and although poor circulation affects the entire blood flow, it usually first manifests in the extremities. In most cases, poor circulation comes as a result of weakened blood vessels and too much sitting. It may not signify that you are having some serious health issues, but […]

Norway wants to give neighbouring Finns a mountain to climb

At the moment Hálditšohkka is the highest point in Finland standing at 1,324m (4,340ft). A taller peak, some 42m (139ft) above this rocky patch, belongs to Halti mountain but sadly it’s on the Norwegian side of the border. In a bid to give their vertically challenged neighbors a boost, retired surveyor Bjorn Geirr Harsson is […]

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 14

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 26 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Tehran playing host to a 12th edition of Iran Petrochemical Forum and the wide-ranging comments of the Judiciary spokesman dominated the front […]

How Synchronicity Signals Our Bigger Purpose

“In shamanic cultures, synchronicities are recognized as signs that you are on the right path.” – Daniel Pinchbeck We are all familiar with the phrase, time is money – but what if we changed our perspective and shifted to the idea of time being art, and creativity being the new currency? The film Time is […]

According to new study: American hunger-related healthcare costs exceeded $160 billion in 2014

     Food insecurity, especially for children, remains near record high despite the Great Recession’s official end. While the official end of the Great Recession is a full five years behind us, there are now nearly 12 million more Americans who lack enough resources to access adequate food than there were in 2007, a number that […]

FBI: Terrifying Holiday Terrorist Attacks Coming, Millions At Risk

Senior FBI officials are worried that they aren’t equipped to deal with an impending onslaught of holiday terrorist attacks across America, particularly around Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas and New Years’s Eve.  Anonymous officials at the agency say millions of Americans are vulnerable to the attacks, and that despite the “significant risk” that attacks are about to […]

Smart camera tech that could automate cars, home, security settings

A startup that licenses Purdue University technology has created a deep-learning camera and hardware package that can be taught to recognize objects or perform tasks that could be used in security, automotive, industrial and defense applications. Eugenio Culurciello, associate professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and co-founder of TeraDeep, said deep-learning technology is […]

Tribes want protections to remain for sacred grizzly bears

American Indians across the Western U.S. are challenging moves by federal wildlife officials to lift protections for grizzly bears that roam a vast wilderness centered on Yellowstone National Park, citing worries over potential trophy hunting of a species many tribes consider sacred. The tribes’ opposition marks the latest turn in the saga of a massive, […]

Thousands Ride For Survival In Firefly Brigade

“We urge them to Integrate Non Motorized Transportation (NMT) in Effective and Sustainable Transportation (SusTran) Plans. The ToF B.I.G. Ride emphasizes that Biking is Good,” he added. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the century, affecting vulnerable nations such as the Philippines. With impacts such as extreme weather events and rising sea levels, […]

Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes on anniversary of Arafat’s death (VIDEO)

At least four people were wounded by live ammunition near Ramallah, in Al-Bireh, the Palestinian health ministry said. Another person reportedly remains in a critical condition and is undergoing surgery after being shot in the heart. Clashes in Al-Bireh erupted after a few hundred Palestinians marched towards Israeli forces, as part of a rally to […]

Indonesia volcano erupts forcing Bali flight cancellations

     Disaster mitigation authorities in West Nusa Tenggara have raised the status of Indonesia’s second highest active volcano to “alert” as it continues to spew ash, prompting an Australian airline to cancel all flights to and from Denpasar airport today. Mount Barujari, Mount Rinjani’s cone and a result of eruptions of the main volcano in […]

RT EXCLUSIVE: Crew joins poignant Russian search at Sinai plane crash site

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RT EXCLUSIVE: Crew joins poignant Russian search at Sinai plane crash site

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Why Is There A Prolific Jewish Presence In The American Feminist Movement?

By Harlan Blackwood | returnofkings.com In the 1970’s, a movement known as “Jewish feminism” started in the American Jewish community. It was a movement that originally sought to make Jewish woman superior to equal to Jewish men. One of the first major issues tackled by these feminists was the power to optimize […]

Spirals in dust around young stars may betray presence of massive planets

A computer model reproduces the two-spiral-arm structure; the “x” is the location of a putative planet. The planet, which cannot be seen directly, probably excites the two spiral arms. Credit: NASA, ESA, ESO, M. Benisty et al. (University of Grenoble), R. Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Z. Zhu (Princeton University) A team of astronomers […]

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Field widens for environments, microbes that produce toxic form of mercury

Coastal wetlands are just one of dozens of environments where scientists found genes that transform mercury into the neurotoxin methylmercury. Credit: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center/Grace Schwartz Thawing permafrost and contaminated sediment in marine coastal areas pose some of the greatest risks for the production of highly toxic methylmercury, according to findings published in the journal […]

Russia probes space failures after rocket carrying satellite falls to Earth

Russia on Saturday lost a Mexican satellite on launch just hours after a glitch with a manoeuvre involving the International Space Station, the latest in a string of embarrassing failures for its troubled … Source Article from http://phys.org/news351061725.html

NASA satellite breaks up in plunge to Earth

Reuters Sept 24, 2011 A six-tones NASA science satellite plunged through the atmosphere early on Saturday, breaking up and possibly scattering debris in Canada, NASA said. There were reports on Twitter of debris falling over Okotoks, a town south of Calgary in western Canada, most likely the remains of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or […]

Huge Tumbling Satellite Could Fall to Earth Over US Tonight or Saturday, NASA Says

  Tariq MalikFoxNews.com September 23, 2011 A huge, dead satellite tumbling to Earth is falling slower than expected, and may now plummet down somewhere over the United States tonight or early Saturday, despite forecasts that it would miss North America entirely, NASA officials now say. The 6 1/2-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was expected […]

NASA satellite may crash into USA

The dozens of pieces of heavy debris plunging from space are throwing off scientists, and now NASA isn’t quite sure when or where bits and pieces will collide with Earth. Scientists have been expecting remnants of an antiquated satellite to approach Earth this weekend, but NASA officials say they are seeing an unexpected change in […]

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