Monthly Archive: September 2020
Shutterstock – By Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN Updated 2020 Sep 24 – It’s hard to exercise restraint when eating candy. For licorice lovers, indulging sparingly could actually be lifesaving. – A study published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine says a 54-year-old …
Dirty money pours into the world’s most powerful banks. Money from drug cartels, organized crime rings, corrupt leaders. Money that funds terror networks, bloody wars, and human trafficking. All laundered clean. The banks don’t stop the money. And the government doesn’t stop the …
Threats to global biodiversity are also threats to humans, experts warn. Smoke rises from a fire in the Amazon rainforest, south of Novo Progresso in the Para state, Brazil. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP / Getty Images) – By Nora McGreevy, …
People who miss flying are rushing to buy tickets for flights that land in the same place they depart from. On an in-flight screen, a map of a recent flight-to-nowhere trip on Royal Brunei Airlines.Credit…Nadzri Harif – By Tariro Mzezewa 2020 Sep 19 …
How do bees, birds, whales and eels have the ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field? New research article lays out the latest evidence. zizar/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2020 Sep 20 – One of the most persistent scientific mysteries over the past century …
Heard about the “waiting package” phishing scam? – By Ari Lazarus Consumer Education Specialist, FTC – Phishing scams can be hard to spot. For example, we’ve been hearing about one where people get a text message saying that there’s a package waiting for …
If confirmed, the footfalls would represent the oldest evidence of Homo sapiens’ presence on the Arabian Peninsula – Researchers identified seven prehistoric human footprints at Alathar, a dried-up lake bed in Saudi Arabia. (Palaeodeserts Project) – By Alex Fox, SmithsonianMag.Com 2020 Sep 21 …
What happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste? Source: yaroslavartist /Adobe Stock – By dhwty 2020 Sep 10 – On December 4, 1872, a ship now known as the Mary Celeste was found adrift in the choppy seas of the Atlantic. The …
A potential biosignature for life has been detected in the atmosphere of Venus. NASA/JPL-Caltech – By Michael Irving 2020 Sep 14 – While most eyes are on Mars as the most likely place we might find life beyond Earth, perhaps we should be looking …
The subject of the portrait is Devajammani, says historian Nigel Chancellor – Courtesy: Sotheby’s – By Aparna Alluri BBC News, Delhi 2020 Sep 20 – When Devajammani arrived at the royal court of Mysore in 1805, it was to marry Krishnaraja Wadiyar III. …
