t and important public service.” EAS test will not impact landline or mobile phones, power grids, or internet connectivity. What will happen during the EAS test: * The test will be approximately 30 seconds long and will look and sound very similar to the frequent local tests of the Emergency Alert System * It will be transmitted via television and radio stations within the U.S., including Al…
A new NASA-funded university study based on satellite data has found that Earth’s clouds got a little lower by around 1% cent a year on average during the first decade of this century. The results have potential implications for future global climate. Scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand analyzed the first 10 years of global cloud-top height measurements (from March 2000…
as already experience global warming without the aid of human CO2 emissions The scientists were particularly interested in crystals found in layers deposited during the “Little Ice Age”, approximately 300 to 500 years ago, and during the Medieval Warm Period before it. Both climate events have been documented in Northern Europe, but studies have been inconclusive as to whether the conditions in No…
…lies – Disinfectant* – Household chlorine bleach* – You can use bleach as a disinfectant (diluted nine parts water to one part bleach), or in an emergency you can also use it to treat water. Use 16 drops of regular household liquid bleach per gallon of water. Do not use scented, color safe or bleaches with added cleaners. – Medicine dropper – Important Family Documents such as copies of insu…
National Memorial postponed it indefinitely because of the Hurricane Irene. More than 50 million people live in the projected path of the storm. Irene has an outside chance of growing into a Category 4 storm, with sustained winds topping 130 mph. But current forecasts predict it will diminish to Category 2 after pummeling North Carolina, with sustained winds up to 110 mph as it plows into Virgini…
Australian scientists, who have made an overall study of temperature and pressure conditions of Mars, say that a greater percentage of the Red Planet is habitable than Earth. Scientists from the Australian National University say that 3% of Mars could sustain life, while just one per cent of Earth’s volume contains life – from the core to upper atmosphere. However, the researchers say that most E…
…nd on failure to cut its emissions more aggressively. The EU has also been under fire for failing to raise its promised cuts from 20%, which it is reaching easily, to 30%. (Scientists say it should be 40%.) The EU has been held back by Poland, which insists on its right to burn its huge reserves of coal. Warsaw was refusing to sign the extension to the Kyoto climate protocol until it had a reassur…
…an emergency landing on water>>. “We looked at each other and figured we were both about to die. Families with children were distraught and people were in tears. It was very distressing. “About 30 seconds later one of the cabin crew told us to ignore the announcement and accept their apologies but the tone of suggested they had not grasped how seriously we had taken it. “Imagining yourself…
e given shape to the universe after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago – was proposed some four decades ago. Two separate LHC teams – using the ATLAS and CMS detectors – have smashed protons in 350 trillion collisions this year, hoping to see the Higgs in the debris. The CERN scientists are now reporting that “significant progress” has been made in tracking it down with a big press conferen…
…e ideas being tossed around at the moment include repelling asteroids with projectiles or explosives or using gravity to change its course. NEOShield project though is a little late as a chunk of rock 400 times the City of London is set to hurtle closer than a rock of its size has in a very long time. The asteroid labelled “(433) Eros” measures 19 by 8 by 8 miles and is set to pass by next week. D…
…by up to 60%. “We would gain a tremendous amount in terms of resources,” Prof. Mark Post said. His group at Maastricht University in the Netherlands has grown small pieces of muscle about 2 cm long, 1cm wide and about 1 mm thick. They are off-white and resemble strips of calamari in appearance. These strips will be mixed with blood and artificially grown fat to produce a hamburger by…
…nd markets treat the bank as a junk-rated company, and the higher borrowing costs could already be putting it at a disadvantage even before an expected ratings downgrade. The bank’s stock is off 40 percent since late March. “We may well have a snap back rally on the equity side but I don’t think it will be a big one, there is still a lot of caution out there,” said Frank L…
…at meaningful progress had been made on just four – making petrol lead-free, tackling ozone layer depletion, increasing access to clean water and boosting research on marine pollution. A further 40 showed some progress, including the establishment of protected habitat for plants and animals on land and slowing the rate of deforestation. Little or no progress was noted for 24, including tackl…
clear it may not be fully capturing changes in the Arctic because we have had so little data from the area,” he said. “For the latest version, we have included observations from more than 400 (observation) stations across the Arctic, Russia and Canada.” Prof. Phil Jones added: “This has led to better representation of what’s going on in the large geographical region….
…e states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Goodluck Jonathan also ordered more troops to be sent to the north-eastern states. Islamist group Boko Haram has been blamed for most of the violence, killing some 2,000 people since 2010. Nigeria is also affected by a spate of conflicts over land, religion and oil. In the latest violence, 53 people were killed and 13 villages burnt in central Nigeria’s B…
Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so plan how you will contact one another. Think about how you will communicate in different situations. Complete a contact card for each adult family member. Have them keep these cards handy in a wallet, purse or briefcase, etc. Additionally, complete contact cards for each child in your family. Put the cards in their backpacks or book bags….
Bastrop Texas: Major wildfire Tropical Storm Lee is hitting Louisiana as it hurls rain at the US Gulf coast, bringing back memories of the Katrina flood disaster. US National Hurricane Center traced storm centre on Saturday afternoon to 45 miles (75km) south-west of Morgan City, with maximum winds of 60mph (95km/h). Louisiana declared state of emergency and an emergency has also been decla…
ind evidence of extraterrestrial microbes in soil samples from Mars The reassessment was prompted by the discovery of “perchlorates” in the soil at the landing site of another Mars lander, Phoenix, in 2008. The presence of the chemicals in Viking’s samples had led scientists to conclude the samples were contaminated. The scientists behind the experiment remain divided over how conclusive the…
CERN scientists reporting at conferences in the UK and Geneva, Switzerland, claim the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson. The particle has been the subject of a 45-year hunt to explain how matter attains its mass. Both of the two Higgs-hunting experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have reached a level of certainty worthy of a “discovery”. More work will be…
…gutans are already published. The research team hopes their work will help to uncover genetic mutations that led to language, culture and science. “I’d like to think that in the next 20 or 30 years we will get a deeper understanding of what happened genetically in our evolutionary history, and of how those genes affect the brain and other properties that make us modern humans,” s…
Physicists from CERN, Swiss, ran again the test that had proved the theory of relativity was wrong – and broke the speed of light for a second time. Scientists of the Large Hadron Collider sent another beam of subatomic particles over 450 miles to a laboratory in Gran Sasso in the Italian Alps. And after running the modified follow-up test 20 times, the scientists recorded exactly the same result…
ed to the 11th hurricane in the 2011 season. Irene 2005 never hit ashore and only reached Category 2, according to Saffir/Simpson Hurricane scale. In 2011 Hurricane Irene is expected to reach Category 4 by the time it comes ashore. Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale CAT Winds & Effects Surge 1 74-95 mph (64-82 kt) 4-5 ft No real damage to building structures. D…
said the defendants gave a falsely reassuring statement before the quake, while the defence maintained there was no way to predict major quakes. The 6.3 magnitude quake devastated the city and killed 309 people. Many smaller tremors had rattled the area in the months before the quake that destroyed much of the historic centre. It took Judge Marco Billi slightly more than four hours to reach the v…
…ge Hadron Collider are expected to say they are 99.99% certain it has been found – which is known as “four sigma” level. Physicists first predicted that the Higgs Boson subatomic particle exists 48 years ago. Peter Higgs, the Edinburgh University emeritus professor of physics that the particle is named after, is among those who have been called to the press conference in Switzerland. Scient…
Japanese women have fallen behind Hong Kong in terms of global life expectancy rankings for the first time in 25 years. This was partly due to the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in March 2011, said an annual report by Japan’s health ministry. The expected lifespan for Japanese women dropped from 86.30 years in 2010 to 85.90 years in 2011. The official life expectanc…
Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billionYahoo's board has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion, US media reports say. The acquisition is expected to be announced as early…
Google told to clean up auto-complete results in GermanyGoogle has been ordered by a German federal court to clean up the auto-complete results its search engine suggests. The court said Google must ensure terms generated by…
Google Glass: Ten features and ways to use itGoogle has revealed for the first time what view users will get through its “Project Glass” wearable computer. 1. Google Glass responds to voice commandsGoogle Glass…
Samsung announces 5G mobile network technology developmentSamsung announces it has developed technology that could sit "at the core of 5G" - the successor to the 4G mobile-communications standard. The Korean company says its…
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere pass symbolic mark of 400 ppmCarbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark reaching its highest throughout human history, recent figures from a US monitoring station…
Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn perform emergency spacewalk to fix ammonia leakUS astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are carrying out an emergency spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station's cooling system. Live…
2013 Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift picks up 8 statues including Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist
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