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US missile defence system now ready to defend South Korea

Published May 5, 2017

The US military says its missile defence system -known as THAAD – has reached initial operational capacity in South Korea. It won’t be fully functioning for some months but a South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed the system has early capability to respond to the nuclear and missile threat from the North. Not everyone feels […]

Man Runs Retirement Home For Birds Who Outlive Their Owners

Published May 5, 2017

It’s heartbreaking for a parent to outlive their child – and it’s no less sad for these birds who have carried on after their owners’ deaths. But luckily, they will always have a loving home with Ken Banks. Ken, who lives near Rockhampton, Queensland, runs a retirement home for birds whose owners have passed away. […]

Used Car Advert Helps Unemployed Man Land His Dream Job #TBT

Published May 5, 2017

Even the most accomplished car salesman might have some trouble selling a dingy 1985 Subaru model – but for this unemployed man, the old car became the stepping stone to his dream job. When 28-year-old Nils Jangen and his girlfriend moved to Sundsvall in 2014, the Swedish man began the process of applying for a […]

Watch amazing footage of Cassini diving towards Saturn

Published May 5, 2017

Last week, NASA’s Cassini probe performed the first dive around Saturn’s rings as part of its Grand Finale – a series of hula hoop jumps through the gaps of Saturn’s rings before the spacecraft is scheduled to crash in the planet’s atmosphere. We learned quite a lot from this episode, such as that the gap […]

NASA Rover Samples Active Linear Dune on Mars

Published May 5, 2017

This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows two scales of ripples, plus other textures, in an area where the mission examined a linear-shaped dune in the Bagnold dune field on lower Mount Sharp in March and April 2017. Image Credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS › Full image and caption › Full image and […]

AIRS: 15 Years of Seeing What’s in the Air

Published May 5, 2017

A visualization of AIRS measurements of water vapor in a storm near Southern California. AIRS’ 3D maps of the atmosphere improve weather forecasts worldwide. Credit: NASA › Larger view › Larger view”/> Accurate weather forecasts save lives. NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, launched on this date 15 years ago on NASA’s Aqua satellite, significantly […]

Nigeria Values Safety for Gorillas Over New Superhighway

Published May 5, 2017

Thanks to intensive pressure from conservation groups, Nigerian officials have agreed to reroute the construction of a superhighway to spare the habitat of the highly endangered Cross River gorilla. The originally proposed route for the 160-mile highway included a 6-mile wide buffer on each side of the road, which would have destroyed thousands of acres […]

Alanis Morissette’s ex-manager jailed for stealing millions from singer

Published May 5, 2017

A former business manager for Alanis Morissette who stole over seven million dollars (6.4 million euros) from the Canadian singer and others has been jailed for six years. Morissette was in court in Los Angeles to hear the sentence handed down – longer than prosecutors had asked for. The singer said she placed her fortune […]

Swamp people: 47 — Trump: 0

Published May 4, 2017

If this is the budget deal we get when Republicans control the House, the Senate and the presidency, there’s no point in ever voting for a Republican again. Not only is there no funding for a wall, but – thanks to the deft negotiating skills of House Speaker Paul Ryan – the bill actually prohibits […]

House approves $1 trillion bipartisan spending bill

Published May 4, 2017

WASHINGTON — Congress pushed forward a sweeping spending bill Wednesday, a rare bipartisan accord that will keep the government running for the remainder of the 2017 fiscal year, but that President Donald Trump initially criticized for failing to include his administration’s priorities. The House easily approved the measure, 309-118, and the Senate was expected to […]

Left-wing campus bias: Worse than you thought

Published May 4, 2017

Do college students – and their parents – truly understand how thoroughly left-wing professors dominate the humanities side of academia? Many people know that most professors are liberal, but the degree to which the left wing rules is jaw-dropping. A study published last September in Econ Journal Watch, “Faculty Voter Registration in Economics, History, Journalism, […]

When Art Studio For Mentally Ill Loses Funding, Money Flows in From Strangers

Published May 4, 2017

This art studio has worked wonders on the health of those suffering from mental illness – so when they lost federal funding in 2015, things looked grim. Artbeat Studios is an art studio based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The founder himself, Nigel Bart, was first diagnosed with schizophrenia 12 years ago. As he struggled to […]

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