According to Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un will join 25 other world leaders who are scheduled to celebrate the anniversary of the Allies’ 1945 victory over Hitler’s Germany on May 9. The celebrations will include the annual military parade in the Red Square in Moscow, traditionally followed by the […]
Brazilians Protest Against President Dilma Rousseff After Petrobras High-Level Corruption Was Unveiled
The Petrobras (Petroleo Brasileiro SA) corruption scandal caused the outrage of the Brazilian public opinion, determining tens of thousands of Brazilians to get out on the streets and ask for their president’s impeachment. Protests have sprouted in 22 Brazilian states, as well as in Brasilia, the federal capital. Sao Paulo, the most populous city in […]
Loneliness Can Shorten Your Life, Experts Proved
Researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah have conducted a meta-study to observe the effects of long-term loneliness upon people’s health. They analyzed the results of 35 years of research in the field and came to the conclusion that isolation is at least as harmful to one’s physical condition as obesity, inactivity or smoking are. […]
Boko Haram Bomb Factory Discovered by Nigerian Troops in Buni Yadi (Yobe state)
A factory of explosive devices was hidden by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram on the premises of a fertilizer company in the town of Buni Yadi, Yobe state. Officials report that soldiers found suicide bomber vests, improvised explosives and other ammunition, in large quantities. The materials are still being evacuated. The town of Buni […]
New Class of Drugs Called Senolytics Dramatically Slows Down the Aging Process
It was revealed by a recent study that a new class of drugs, called senolytics dramatically slows down the aging process in mice and scientists believe that the results could very well be applicable to humans. The research was conducted by scientists from the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida and the Mayo Clinic in […]
Marriott, Kickstarter and Etsy Now Support Apple Pay
It was just announced that Marriott, Kickstarter and Etsy now support Apple Pay. It seems that more and more retailers are moving towards Apple Pay’s digital payment service. Kickstarter’s iOS application now allows you to crowfund any project based in the United States with Apple Pay. Whatever project you want to back up, you now […]
UK Parliament Refuses to Ban Anonymity Network Tor
A report delivered by the UK Parliament deems the banning of anonymity platforms like Tor an unacceptable option. The paper, called “The dark net and online anonymity”, was published by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. It stated both the inappropriateness and the technical difficulty of battling anonymity networks. This decision comes as a […]
New Study Reveals that Mars Had a Large Ocean Covering One Fifth of Its Surface
A new study suggests that Mars had a large ocean covering one fifth of its surface. The Mars ocean hypothesis isn’t new, but this new study has new data to support it. The research was published in the online journal of Science. It appears that large portions of the Red Planet were covered by a […]
Ceres, a Dwarf Planet in the Asteroid Belt, Was Reached by a NASA Spacecraft
Although it is almost ten times smaller than the Earth’s Moon, Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt (the cluster of asteroids and minor planets between Mars and Jupiter). It is the only celestial body of this cluster which is unambiguously rounded by its own gravity. The only Dwarf planet in the Inner […]
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