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One of the largest genetic investigations into the microbe which causes TB shows the germ followed early humans out of Africa at least 70,000 years ago, say scientists.In a parallel probe, investigators also say they had identified 39 new genes that drive dangerous drug resistance in this germ, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
With the greatest number of Unesco world heritage sites, and state coffers that do not have much to spare for the culture sector, Italy has long worried how to protect its heritage.from ruin Now it is resorting to overseas help to find a solution for Pompeii.In recent years Italy has experimented with private sponsors for various projects, with shoe company Tod's funding a revamp of the Colosseum and Fendi sprucing up the Trevi fountain.
May 9, 1871 after a one year long search, the German geologist Karl Mauch finally spotted was he had hoped for: the ruins of gigantic buildings of stone
Archaeologists announced a discovery that has broad implications for the history of the Amazon: evidence of human settlements in Bolivia dating back at least 10,000 years.International researchers came to this conclusion after discovering remnants of human activity in three mounds examined out of the hundreds that scatter the the Llanos de Moxos region in present-day Bolivia, according to the paper published this week in peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE.
In a remote corner of the Brazilian Amazon, farmer Lacir Soares is promoting sustainable cattle rearing that shuns deforestation and meets the environmental requirements of a new forestry law.His venture, supported by the cattle industry and environmentalists, illustrates how things are changing in the Amazon region.
A microbe in the gut of a stick insect could help scientists to unravel the puzzle of antibiotic resistance.The giant lime green stick insect, which feeds mainly on eucalyptus leaves, is being studied at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich.In the laboratory it has shown resistance to toxins and infections it could never have encountered before.
A new study has revealed that global warming is resulting in the spread of crop pests towards the North and South Poles at a rate of nearly 3 km a year.The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change and carried out by researchers at the University of Exeter and the University of Oxford, shows a strong relationship between increased global temperatures over the past 50 years and expansion in the range of crop pests.
Goldfish not only listen to music, but they also can distinguish one composer from another, a new study finds.The paper adds to the growing body of evidence that many different animals understand music.Lead author Kazutaka Shinozuka of Keio University
For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an enormous AT&T database that contains the records of decades of Americans
Microsoft says that a battle to shed light on secret US government requests for Internet user data will play out in court after failed peace talks.Microsoft and Google filed suits in federal court in June, arguing a right to make public more information about user data requests made under the auspices of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Drones are for spying, right? Right. But if Jasper van Loenen's idea works, drones will also become private moving vans. Crows won't like this. Trees won't like this. I'm not sure I like this. But you've got to see Jasper's instant-drone deliver a bicycle wheel across campus ....
When it comes to media, the line between truth and fiction is sometimes hazier than the Milky Way. Just ask Star 94.9, the Alabama radio station that aired a mock warning of an extra-terrestrial invasion on Aug. 27 and subsequently sent the town of Tuscumbia into a spiral of panic about an impending bomb attack.
There's a $100 million project underway to bring a telescope that will search for extraterrestrial communications to the far side of the moon.The International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) is spearheading the plan to build a lunar base and research facility on the dark side of the moon, and has teamed up with the commercial space startup Moon Express on the project. Moon Express CEO Bob Richards believes the mission can land a radio telescope on the moon no later than 2018.
There's a "blue marble" alien planet just 63 light-years from Earth, but the world is anything but friendly to life. Researchers say the blue color in the atmosphere likely comes from a rain of molten glass.This super-hot glass rain is just one consequence of the close proximity between the gas giant alien planet HD189733b and its sun. which causes daytime temperatures to soar as high as 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit (930 degrees Celsius), scientists said.
Astronomers have discovered an unexpected, novel kind of triangle in the sky
Martian minerals dissolved in groundwater are much more likely to yield a key building block for life
There are a lot of features on Mars that look similar to those on Earth. It has mountains, volcanoes, ice caps, sand dunes, and more.What could have caused it? This part surprised me: It may have been due to rain, water rain, that could occur after an asteroid or comet impact. For example, ice under the surface could be melted by the impact, which would then rain down over a large area.
Our well-worn textbooks might have us believe that the rise of atmospheric oxygen some 2.45 billion years ago
One of the largest genetic investigations into the microbe which causes TB shows the germ followed early humans out of Africa at least 70,000 years ago, say scientists.In a parallel probe, investigators also say they had identified 39 new genes that drive dangerous drug resistance in this germ, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
With the greatest number of Unesco world heritage sites, and state coffers that do not have much to spare for the culture sector, Italy has long worried how to protect its heritage.from ruin Now it is resorting to overseas help to find a solution for Pompeii.In recent years Italy has experimented with private sponsors for various projects, with shoe company Tod's funding a revamp of the Colosseum and Fendi sprucing up the Trevi fountain.
May 9, 1871 after a one year long search, the German geologist Karl Mauch finally spotted was he had hoped for: the ruins of gigantic buildings of stone
Archaeologists announced a discovery that has broad implications for the history of the Amazon: evidence of human settlements in Bolivia dating back at least 10,000 years.International researchers came to this conclusion after discovering remnants of human activity in three mounds examined out of the hundreds that scatter the the Llanos de Moxos region in present-day Bolivia, according to the paper published this week in peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE.
In a remote corner of the Brazilian Amazon, farmer Lacir Soares is promoting sustainable cattle rearing that shuns deforestation and meets the environmental requirements of a new forestry law.His venture, supported by the cattle industry and environmentalists, illustrates how things are changing in the Amazon region.
A microbe in the gut of a stick insect could help scientists to unravel the puzzle of antibiotic resistance.The giant lime green stick insect, which feeds mainly on eucalyptus leaves, is being studied at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich.In the laboratory it has shown resistance to toxins and infections it could never have encountered before.
A new study has revealed that global warming is resulting in the spread of crop pests towards the North and South Poles at a rate of nearly 3 km a year.The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change and carried out by researchers at the University of Exeter and the University of Oxford, shows a strong relationship between increased global temperatures over the past 50 years and expansion in the range of crop pests.
Goldfish not only listen to music, but they also can distinguish one composer from another, a new study finds.The paper adds to the growing body of evidence that many different animals understand music.Lead author Kazutaka Shinozuka of Keio University
Microsoft says that a battle to shed light on secret US government requests for Internet user data will play out in court after failed peace talks.Microsoft and Google filed suits in federal court in June, arguing a right to make public more information about user data requests made under the auspices of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Drones are for spying, right? Right. But if Jasper van Loenen's idea works, drones will also become private moving vans. Crows won't like this. Trees won't like this. I'm not sure I like this. But you've got to see Jasper's instant-drone deliver a bicycle wheel across campus ....
When it comes to media, the line between truth and fiction is sometimes hazier than the Milky Way. Just ask Star 94.9, the Alabama radio station that aired a mock warning of an extra-terrestrial invasion on Aug. 27 and subsequently sent the town of Tuscumbia into a spiral of panic about an impending bomb attack.
There's a $100 million project underway to bring a telescope that will search for extraterrestrial communications to the far side of the moon.The International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) is spearheading the plan to build a lunar base and research facility on the dark side of the moon, and has teamed up with the commercial space startup Moon Express on the project. Moon Express CEO Bob Richards believes the mission can land a radio telescope on the moon no later than 2018.
There's a "blue marble" alien planet just 63 light-years from Earth, but the world is anything but friendly to life. Researchers say the blue color in the atmosphere likely comes from a rain of molten glass.This super-hot glass rain is just one consequence of the close proximity between the gas giant alien planet HD189733b and its sun. which causes daytime temperatures to soar as high as 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit (930 degrees Celsius), scientists said.
There are a lot of features on Mars that look similar to those on Earth. It has mountains, volcanoes, ice caps, sand dunes, and more.What could have caused it? This part surprised me: It may have been due to rain, water rain, that could occur after an asteroid or comet impact. For example, ice under the surface could be melted by the impact, which would then rain down over a large area.
One of the largest genetic investigations into the microbe which causes TB shows the germ followed early humans out of Africa at least 70,000 years ago, say scientists.In a parallel probe, investigators also say they had identified 39 new genes that drive dangerous drug resistance in this germ, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
With the greatest number of Unesco world heritage sites, and state coffers that do not have much to spare for the culture sector, Italy has long worried how to protect its heritage.from ruin Now it is resorting to overseas help to find a solution for Pompeii.In recent years Italy has experimented with private sponsors for various projects, with shoe company Tod's funding a revamp of the Colosseum and Fendi sprucing up the Trevi fountain.
Archaeologists announced a discovery that has broad implications for the history of the Amazon: evidence of human settlements in Bolivia dating back at least 10,000 years.International researchers came to this conclusion after discovering remnants of human activity in three mounds examined out of the hundreds that scatter the the Llanos de Moxos region in present-day Bolivia, according to the paper published this week in peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE.
In a remote corner of the Brazilian Amazon, farmer Lacir Soares is promoting sustainable cattle rearing that shuns deforestation and meets the environmental requirements of a new forestry law.His venture, supported by the cattle industry and environmentalists, illustrates how things are changing in the Amazon region.
A microbe in the gut of a stick insect could help scientists to unravel the puzzle of antibiotic resistance.The giant lime green stick insect, which feeds mainly on eucalyptus leaves, is being studied at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich.In the laboratory it has shown resistance to toxins and infections it could never have encountered before.
A new study has revealed that global warming is resulting in the spread of crop pests towards the North and South Poles at a rate of nearly 3 km a year.The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change and carried out by researchers at the University of Exeter and the University of Oxford, shows a strong relationship between increased global temperatures over the past 50 years and expansion in the range of crop pests.
A boat neck sweater made of warm wool and woven in diamond twill was a dominating fashion trend among reindeer hunters 1,700 years ago, according to researchers who have investigated an extremely well preserved Iron Age tunic found two years ago under melting snow in Norway.Announced last March, the finding has been detailed in the current issue of the journal Antiquity.See photos here
A GIANT "terror bird" deemed to have been one of Earth's top predators after the demise of the dinosaurs was in fact probably a plant-loving herbivore, German scientists say.Palaeontologists have wrangled for years about Gastornis, a huge flightless bird that lived between 40 million and 55 million years ago.Images on the wiki page
A study of whooping cranes has shed new light on how much of a bird's migration route is learnt, and how much is innate in its genetics.Scientists found that learning from older, more experienced birds was a crucial factor in the migratory habits of this long-lived, social species.
Just watching a shark that uses its fins to walk across the ocean floor is cool enough, but the fact that one more "walking" species has been discovered is even cooler for conservationists."This is the third walking shark species to be described from eastern Indonesia in the past six years, which highlights our tremendous shark and ray biodiversity," Indonesia's foremost shark expert, known by the single name Fahmi, said in a news release from Conservation International.
Contrary to conventional wisdom that humans are essentially selfish, scientists are finding that the brain is built for generosityThe Darwinian principle of "survival of the fittest" echoes what many people believe about life: To get ahead, you need to look out for No. 1. A cursory read of evolutionary doctrine suggests that the selfish individuals able to outcompete others for the best mates and the most resources are most likely to pass their genes on to the next generation.
Alcohol intoxication reduces communication between two areas of the brain that work together to properly interpret and respond to social signals, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.Their results were published in the September issue of Psychopharmacology.Previous research has shown that alcohol suppresses activity in the amygdala, the area of the brain responsible for perceiving social cues such as facial expressions.
This year, we
Art and music are less vulnerable to cognitive decline, a new Canadian study suggests.Neurologists at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto found that artists suffering from vascular dementia may still be able to draw spontaneously and from memory, despite being unable to complete simple, everyday tasks.
Getting a tattoo hurts, but if you follow artist Anthony Antonellis
After being ignored by a company owned by the world's richest man Carlos Slim, a tiny Mexican village has developed its own mobile network with international connections. The local service costs 15 pesos ($1.2) per month-13 times cheaper than a big firm's basic plan in Mexico City, AFP reports.
A team of researchers claims to have created the world's fastest spinning man-made object.They were able to levitate and spin a microscopic sphere at speeds of up to 600 million revolutions per minute.This spin speed is half a million times faster than a domestic washing machine and more than a thousand times faster than a dental drill.
The origin of cosmic rays in the universe has confounded scientists for decades. But a study by researchers using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole reveals new information that may help unravel the longstanding mystery of exactly how and where these "rays" (they are actually high-energy particles) are produced.Cosmic rays can damage electronics on Earth, as well as human DNA, putting astronauts in space especially at risk.
The sun is about to undergo what sounds like a massive upheaval. In the next few months, scientists say, our star will experience a complete reversal of its magnetic field. The sun's north magnetic pole will become its south pole, and vice versa, in an event that will reverberate throughout the entire solar system.Although this kind of solar about-face can't help but have a certain apocalyptic, cats-and-dogs-living-together aspect to it, the phenomenon is perfectly normal
During the summer of 1963, Earth looked a tiny bit like Saturn.The same year that Martin Luther King, Jr. marched on Washington and Beatlemania was born, the United States launched half a billion whisker-thin copper wires into orbit in an attempt to install a ring around the Earth. It was called Project West Ford, and it
Crews battling the enormous wildfire in California are getting help from a National Guard Predator drone. The unmanned aircraft gives ground commanders a better handle on what
Researchers from MIT
The center of this town still bears the signs of the angry mob that ransacked it two weeks ago. A burned-out car sits in front of the torched local council building. Sandbags are piled next to the entrance of an officers' club next door. Rocks and and a makeshift barricade of paving stones litter a street. Black heaps of wire and ash mark the place tires were burned.Next to the council building is the Mallawi museum, built to resemble an ancient Egyptian temple and now in ruin.
A boat neck sweater made of warm wool and woven in diamond twill was a dominating fashion trend among reindeer hunters 1,700 years ago, according to researchers who have investigated an extremely well preserved Iron Age tunic found two years ago under melting snow in Norway.Announced last March, the finding has been detailed in the current issue of the journal Antiquity.See photos here
A GIANT "terror bird" deemed to have been one of Earth's top predators after the demise of the dinosaurs was in fact probably a plant-loving herbivore, German scientists say.Palaeontologists have wrangled for years about Gastornis, a huge flightless bird that lived between 40 million and 55 million years ago.Images on the wiki page
A study of whooping cranes has shed new light on how much of a bird's migration route is learnt, and how much is innate in its genetics.Scientists found that learning from older, more experienced birds was a crucial factor in the migratory habits of this long-lived, social species.
Just watching a shark that uses its fins to walk across the ocean floor is cool enough, but the fact that one more "walking" species has been discovered is even cooler for conservationists."This is the third walking shark species to be described from eastern Indonesia in the past six years, which highlights our tremendous shark and ray biodiversity," Indonesia's foremost shark expert, known by the single name Fahmi, said in a news release from Conservation International.
Contrary to conventional wisdom that humans are essentially selfish, scientists are finding that the brain is built for generosityThe Darwinian principle of "survival of the fittest" echoes what many people believe about life: To get ahead, you need to look out for No. 1. A cursory read of evolutionary doctrine suggests that the selfish individuals able to outcompete others for the best mates and the most resources are most likely to pass their genes on to the next generation.
Alcohol intoxication reduces communication between two areas of the brain that work together to properly interpret and respond to social signals, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.Their results were published in the September issue of Psychopharmacology.Previous research has shown that alcohol suppresses activity in the amygdala, the area of the brain responsible for perceiving social cues such as facial expressions.
This year, we
Art and music are less vulnerable to cognitive decline, a new Canadian study suggests.Neurologists at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto found that artists suffering from vascular dementia may still be able to draw spontaneously and from memory, despite being unable to complete simple, everyday tasks.
Getting a tattoo hurts, but if you follow artist Anthony Antonellis
After being ignored by a company owned by the world's richest man Carlos Slim, a tiny Mexican village has developed its own mobile network with international connections. The local service costs 15 pesos ($1.2) per month-13 times cheaper than a big firm's basic plan in Mexico City, AFP reports.
A team of researchers claims to have created the world's fastest spinning man-made object.They were able to levitate and spin a microscopic sphere at speeds of up to 600 million revolutions per minute.This spin speed is half a million times faster than a domestic washing machine and more than a thousand times faster than a dental drill.
The origin of cosmic rays in the universe has confounded scientists for decades. But a study by researchers using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole reveals new information that may help unravel the longstanding mystery of exactly how and where these "rays" (they are actually high-energy particles) are produced.Cosmic rays can damage electronics on Earth, as well as human DNA, putting astronauts in space especially at risk.
The sun is about to undergo what sounds like a massive upheaval. In the next few months, scientists say, our star will experience a complete reversal of its magnetic field. The sun's north magnetic pole will become its south pole, and vice versa, in an event that will reverberate throughout the entire solar system.Although this kind of solar about-face can't help but have a certain apocalyptic, cats-and-dogs-living-together aspect to it, the phenomenon is perfectly normal
During the summer of 1963, Earth looked a tiny bit like Saturn.The same year that Martin Luther King, Jr. marched on Washington and Beatlemania was born, the United States launched half a billion whisker-thin copper wires into orbit in an attempt to install a ring around the Earth. It was called Project West Ford, and it
Crews battling the enormous wildfire in California are getting help from a National Guard Predator drone. The unmanned aircraft gives ground commanders a better handle on what
Researchers from MIT
The center of this town still bears the signs of the angry mob that ransacked it two weeks ago. A burned-out car sits in front of the torched local council building. Sandbags are piled next to the entrance of an officers' club next door. Rocks and and a makeshift barricade of paving stones litter a street. Black heaps of wire and ash mark the place tires were burned.Next to the council building is the Mallawi museum, built to resemble an ancient Egyptian temple and now in ruin.
A boat neck sweater made of warm wool and woven in diamond twill was a dominating fashion trend among reindeer hunters 1,700 years ago, according to researchers who have investigated an extremely well preserved Iron Age tunic found two years ago under melting snow in Norway.Announced last March, the finding has been detailed in the current issue of the journal Antiquity.See photos here
A GIANT "terror bird" deemed to have been one of Earth's top predators after the demise of the dinosaurs was in fact probably a plant-loving herbivore, German scientists say.Palaeontologists have wrangled for years about Gastornis, a huge flightless bird that lived between 40 million and 55 million years ago.Images on the wiki page
A study of whooping cranes has shed new light on how much of a bird's migration route is learnt, and how much is innate in its genetics.Scientists found that learning from older, more experienced birds was a crucial factor in the migratory habits of this long-lived, social species.
Just watching a shark that uses its fins to walk across the ocean floor is cool enough, but the fact that one more "walking" species has been discovered is even cooler for conservationists."This is the third walking shark species to be described from eastern Indonesia in the past six years, which highlights our tremendous shark and ray biodiversity," Indonesia's foremost shark expert, known by the single name Fahmi, said in a news release from Conservation International.
Contrary to conventional wisdom that humans are essentially selfish, scientists are finding that the brain is built for generosityThe Darwinian principle of "survival of the fittest" echoes what many people believe about life: To get ahead, you need to look out for No. 1. A cursory read of evolutionary doctrine suggests that the selfish individuals able to outcompete others for the best mates and the most resources are most likely to pass their genes on to the next generation.
Alcohol intoxication reduces communication between two areas of the brain that work together to properly interpret and respond to social signals, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.Their results were published in the September issue of Psychopharmacology.Previous research has shown that alcohol suppresses activity in the amygdala, the area of the brain responsible for perceiving social cues such as facial expressions.
This year, we
Art and music are less vulnerable to cognitive decline, a new Canadian study suggests.Neurologists at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto found that artists suffering from vascular dementia may still be able to draw spontaneously and from memory, despite being unable to complete simple, everyday tasks.
Getting a tattoo hurts, but if you follow artist Anthony Antonellis
After being ignored by a company owned by the world's richest man Carlos Slim, a tiny Mexican village has developed its own mobile network with international connections. The local service costs 15 pesos ($1.2) per month-13 times cheaper than a big firm's basic plan in Mexico City, AFP reports.
A team of researchers claims to have created the world's fastest spinning man-made object.They were able to levitate and spin a microscopic sphere at speeds of up to 600 million revolutions per minute.This spin speed is half a million times faster than a domestic washing machine and more than a thousand times faster than a dental drill.
The origin of cosmic rays in the universe has confounded scientists for decades. But a study by researchers using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole reveals new information that may help unravel the longstanding mystery of exactly how and where these "rays" (they are actually high-energy particles) are produced.Cosmic rays can damage electronics on Earth, as well as human DNA, putting astronauts in space especially at risk.
The sun is about to undergo what sounds like a massive upheaval. In the next few months, scientists say, our star will experience a complete reversal of its magnetic field. The sun's north magnetic pole will become its south pole, and vice versa, in an event that will reverberate throughout the entire solar system.Although this kind of solar about-face can't help but have a certain apocalyptic, cats-and-dogs-living-together aspect to it, the phenomenon is perfectly normal
During the summer of 1963, Earth looked a tiny bit like Saturn.The same year that Martin Luther King, Jr. marched on Washington and Beatlemania was born, the United States launched half a billion whisker-thin copper wires into orbit in an attempt to install a ring around the Earth. It was called Project West Ford, and it
Crews battling the enormous wildfire in California are getting help from a National Guard Predator drone. The unmanned aircraft gives ground commanders a better handle on what
Researchers from MIT
The center of this town still bears the signs of the angry mob that ransacked it two weeks ago. A burned-out car sits in front of the torched local council building. Sandbags are piled next to the entrance of an officers' club next door. Rocks and and a makeshift barricade of paving stones litter a street. Black heaps of wire and ash mark the place tires were burned.Next to the council building is the Mallawi museum, built to resemble an ancient Egyptian temple and now in ruin.
A boat neck sweater made of warm wool and woven in diamond twill was a dominating fashion trend among reindeer hunters 1,700 years ago, according to researchers who have investigated an extremely well preserved Iron Age tunic found two years ago under melting snow in Norway.Announced last March, the finding has been detailed in the current issue of the journal Antiquity.See photos here
A GIANT "terror bird" deemed to have been one of Earth's top predators after the demise of the dinosaurs was in fact probably a plant-loving herbivore, German scientists say.Palaeontologists have wrangled for years about Gastornis, a huge flightless bird that lived between 40 million and 55 million years ago.Images on the wiki page
A study of whooping cranes has shed new light on how much of a bird's migration route is learnt, and how much is innate in its genetics.Scientists found that learning from older, more experienced birds was a crucial factor in the migratory habits of this long-lived, social species.
Just watching a shark that uses its fins to walk across the ocean floor is cool enough, but the fact that one more "walking" species has been discovered is even cooler for conservationists."This is the third walking shark species to be described from eastern Indonesia in the past six years, which highlights our tremendous shark and ray biodiversity," Indonesia's foremost shark expert, known by the single name Fahmi, said in a news release from Conservation International.
Contrary to conventional wisdom that humans are essentially selfish, scientists are finding that the brain is built for generosityThe Darwinian principle of "survival of the fittest" echoes what many people believe about life: To get ahead, you need to look out for No. 1. A cursory read of evolutionary doctrine suggests that the selfish individuals able to outcompete others for the best mates and the most resources are most likely to pass their genes on to the next generation.
Alcohol intoxication reduces communication between two areas of the brain that work together to properly interpret and respond to social signals, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.Their results were published in the September issue of Psychopharmacology.Previous research has shown that alcohol suppresses activity in the amygdala, the area of the brain responsible for perceiving social cues such as facial expressions.
Art and music are less vulnerable to cognitive decline, a new Canadian study suggests.Neurologists at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto found that artists suffering from vascular dementia may still be able to draw spontaneously and from memory, despite being unable to complete simple, everyday tasks.
After being ignored by a company owned by the world's richest man Carlos Slim, a tiny Mexican village has developed its own mobile network with international connections. The local service costs 15 pesos ($1.2) per month-13 times cheaper than a big firm's basic plan in Mexico City, AFP reports.
A team of researchers claims to have created the world's fastest spinning man-made object.They were able to levitate and spin a microscopic sphere at speeds of up to 600 million revolutions per minute.This spin speed is half a million times faster than a domestic washing machine and more than a thousand times faster than a dental drill.
The origin of cosmic rays in the universe has confounded scientists for decades. But a study by researchers using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole reveals new information that may help unravel the longstanding mystery of exactly how and where these "rays" (they are actually high-energy particles) are produced.Cosmic rays can damage electronics on Earth, as well as human DNA, putting astronauts in space especially at risk.
The center of this town still bears the signs of the angry mob that ransacked it two weeks ago. A burned-out car sits in front of the torched local council building. Sandbags are piled next to the entrance of an officers' club next door. Rocks and and a makeshift barricade of paving stones litter a street. Black heaps of wire and ash mark the place tires were burned.Next to the council building is the Mallawi museum, built to resemble an ancient Egyptian temple and now in ruin.