Only days after the spectacular liftoff of what is currently the heaviest space rocket, the privately-built Falcon Heavy, NASA announced the next launch will carry a specially built atomic clock.
Read MoreThe iconic and romantic symbol of Venice, Italy – the gondola – ferries tourists along the city’s scenic waterways. But for how long? The traditional workmanship that have made these
Read MoreWhen Angela was born without lower legs, her father believed she was an evil spirit and should be taken to a “concoction man” — a traditional herbalist who would kill
Read MoreThe most comprehensive elephant genome study ever conducted, covering seven living and extinct species, is offering some surprises about the family tree of the world’s largest land animal while also
Read MoreBritish singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was named the world’s best-selling artist of 2017 on Monday, thanks to his album “Divide” and singles “Shape of You” and “Perfect.” The International Federation of
Read MoreУ столиці Білорусі Мінську 26 лютого відбувся вечір підтримки українського режисера, політв’язня Олега Сенцова, засудженого в Росії. Як передає кореспондент Радіо Свобода, акцію влаштували білоруський ПЕН-центр, мінський культурний центр «Корпус»
Read MoreЗагальноосвітні й дошкільні навчальні заклади Одеси скасовують заняття 27 лютого через очікуваний снігопад й істотне зниження температури, повідомляє міська рада. За повідомленням, таке рішення ухвалили на засіданні комісії з питань
Read MoreDubai police said Monday that drowning was the cause of death for famed Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor, correcting earlier reports that she had died of a heart attack. “Following the
Read MoreRussia’s imminent return from a doping suspension won’t be derailed because its hockey players sang their national anthem, the International Olympic Committee said Monday. The Russian men’s team defied IOC
Read MoreSteve Emt was rolling himself up a hill to a pie shop in Falmouth, Massachusetts, when the coach of a wheelchair curling team noticed the former UConn basketball player. The
Read MoreA new super-material — stronger, lighter and cheaper than steel — has emerged from scientists’ labs. It’s not a high-tech nano-polymer or some new alloy. It’s wood. VOA’s Steve Baragona
Read MoreAround the world, one in three people suffer from something known as “hidden hunger.” Their bellies may be full, but the food they are eating is not nutritious. A San
Read MoreIt’s not easy to be a spy. The job requires a unique set of skills, including mastery of a wide range of gadgets and devices. Visitors to the new Spyscape
Read MoreSouth Korea brought the curtain down on its “Peace Games” on Sunday, with winter sports athletes dancing and singing together at a vibrant closing ceremony. …
Read MoreHailing the Pyeongchang Olympics as “the games of new horizons”, the International Olympics Committee declared the 2018 winter games closed Sunday. In his speech at the Games’ closing ceremony, IOC
Read MoreДержавна служба з надзвичайних ситуацій обіцяє завершити ремонтні роботи та відновити теплопостачання Харкова до шостої години вечора 25 лютого. Поки що, за інформацією рятувальників, вони вживають тимчасові заходи для обігріву
Read MoreThe majority of people believe cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is successful more often than it tends to be in reality, according to a small U.S. study. This overly optimistic view, which
Read MoreOnly days after the spectacular liftoff of what is currently the heaviest space rocket, the privately built Falcon Heavy, NASA announced the next launch will carry a specially built atomic
Read MoreOpioid addiction is a crisis in the United States, with more than 2 million Americans dependent on the pain-killing drugs, experts say. Now, the ancient Chinese needle form of acupuncture
Read MoreTouch Me Not, a film about intimacy and sex that shocked some viewers with explicit scenes, won the Golden Bear prize for best film at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on
Read MoreFamed Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor, best known as Sridevi, died of a heart attack Saturday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a family member said. Sridevi was 54. She was known for her
Read MoreДержавна служба з надзвичайних ситуацій попереджає про значне зниження нічної температури найближчими днями, посилаючись на дані Українського гідрометцентру. Зокрема, за даними ДСНС, у неділю температура опуститься до 17-22 градусів морозу
Read MoreThere is no clear and easy way to tell when a person’s thinking process has peaked, but most scientists agree that intelligence starts slowly deteriorating somewhere around age 70. However,
Read MoreNanette Fabray, the vivacious, award-winning star of the stage, film and television, has died at 97. Fabray’s son, Dr. Jamie MacDougall, told The Associated Press his mother died Thursday at
Read MoreMikaela Shiffrin is not quite convinced Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic career is done. “Whenever I hear anybody say something about this,” Shiffrin said Friday, “it’s like, ‘most likely,’ ]’probably,’ ‘maybe,’ ‘we’ll
Read MoreSome diabetics with plaque buildup in their arteries might have less debris in these blood vessels after adding wine to their diets, a recent study suggests. For the study, researchers
Read MoreThey were little girls with dreams of Olympic gold when they started in gymnastics. Now they’re women with lifelong injuries, suffocating anxiety and debilitating eating disorders. They are the other
Read MoreНезаконні МАФи «вбивають» малий бізнес у Києві, бо їхні власники не дотримуються принципів чесної конкуренції, заявив мер столиці Віталій Кличко на своєму сайті. «Якщо ти хочеш працювати офіційно, ти повинен
Read More«Консультації, доволі конструктивні, відбулися з представниками усіх меншин, окрім угорської, що відмовилась приїхати» – міністр …
Read MoreForget Lindsey Vonn and Adam Rippon. The real rock stars of the Pyeongchang Olympics are a humble group of Korean curlers who have no idea they’ve become a global sensation.
Read MoreУкраїнський олімпійський чемпіон з фристайлу Олександр Абраменко на прохання Олімпійського музею в Лозанні передав до його експозиції «золоту» лижу виробництва мукачівської фірми TISA зі своїм автографом. Про це повідомив Національний
Read MoreAustralian scientists, inspired by NASA space experiments, have pioneered a new method of growing crops, known as “speed breeding,” which has the potential to help feed the world’s growing population.
Read MoreAmerican cities are becoming safer as violent crime decreases nationwide. But the city of Baltimore is an exception. Amy Berbert, a local artist whose photography project “Remembering the Stains on
Read MoreRetired Marine Corps Sgt. John Peck lost all four of his limbs in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2010, but unlike many people who suffer such losses, Peck does not
Read MoreКиївське «Динамо», яке 22 лютого вийшло до 1/8 фіналу футбольної Ліги Європи, дізнається 23 лютого про свого майбутнього суперника. На відміну від попередніх раундів змагання, 16 учасників цієї стадії не
Read MoreMalaysian police said a popular ethnic Chinese rapper has been detained over complaints that his latest music video featuring dancers wearing dog masks and performing “obscene” moves insulted Islam and
Read MoreМіжфракційне об’єднання депутатів з питань гендерної рівності «Рівні можливості» засудило лайливі висловлювання голови Закарпатської облдержадміністрації Генадія Москаля на адресу очільниці Міністерства охорони здоров’я Уляни Супрун під час сесії обласної ради.
Read MoreДніпровська міськрада перейменувала проспект Калініна на проспект Сергія Нігояна. Відповідне рішення ухвалили на черговій, 30-й сесії міськради. Рішення ухвалили, зокрема, «враховуючи результати проведення громадського обговорення питання перейменування» у Чечелівському та
Read MoreDirector Steven Soderbergh said on Wednesday he so enjoyed making his psychological thriller “Unsane” on an iPhone, he would find it hard to go back to conventional filmmaking. “Unsane”, which
Read MoreThousands of South Koreans are calling for two speedskaters to be expelled from the Olympics after they left their slower teammate behind in a race defined by teamwork and walked
Read MoreIt’s pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and now scientists are peeking into the brains of
Read MoreTwenty years after winning the first Olympic gold medal in women’s ice hockey in Nagano, Japan, the United States defeated its archnemesis, Canada, in a 3-2 shootout Thursday in the
Read MoreКиївське «Динамо» 22 лютого проведе матч-відповідь 1/16 фіналу футбольної Ліги Європи. За вихід до наступної стадії підопічні Олександра Хацкевича позмагаються з грецьким клубом АЕК. Тиждень тому поєдинок цих команд у
Read MoreUnder the bright sun of a remote desert in Oman, a group of astronauts and scientists is simulating Life on Mars. They hope their experiments today will pave the way
Read MoreCigarettes are not the only type of tobacco products that can lead to premature death or fatalities from smoking-related cancers, a U.S. study confirms. While people who exclusively smoke cigarettes have twice
Read MoreJennifer Lawrence on Wednesday blasted a controversy over a photo of her wearing a plunging black dress outside on a cold London day as sexist, ridiculous and “not feminism.” The
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