17,000 Light-Years from Earth, a Ghostly Cosmic Hand is Hitting a Wall
Again, NASA’s Lunar X-ray Observatory has given us the most breathtaking picture known to mankind. The images are as beautiful as they are terrestrial: what…
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Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali
The Great Mosque of Djenné (French: Grande mosquée de Djenné, Arabic: الجامع الكبير في جينيه), in present-day Mali, is one of Africa’s wonders and one…
Cyclopropane (Structure, Synthesis, Uses)
Cyclopropane, also called trimethylene, has the chemical formula (CH2)3 and is made up of three methylene groups (CH2) joined together to create a ring. It…
Indian Healthcare Startup PharmEasy to Acquire Majority Stake in Listed Firm Thyrocare for over $600 Million
API Holdings, which operates the giant healthcare startup Pharmacy, said on Friday it had reached an agreement to acquire a 66.1% stake in Thyrocare, which…
FAA Clears Virgin Galactic for Commercial Astronaut Spaceflight
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given Virgin Galactic the green light to transport commercial passengers surrounding its VSS spacecraft. This is an extension…
Edge Delta Raises $15M Series a to Take on Splunk
Seattle-based Edge Delta, a startup that is building a modern distribution monitoring stack in direct competition with industry heavyweights such as Splank, New Relic and…
Luminous Blue Variables – Massive Evolved Stars
Massive evolved stars are luminous blue variables (LBVs). Their spectra and brightness vary in unpredictable and sometimes dramatic ways. These S Doradus variables are unstable…
History of Kolmanskop City, Namibia
Kolmanskop (Afrikaans for “Coleman’s head,” German: Kolmannskuppe) is a ghost town in southern Africa’s Namib Desert, in the center of a region known as “the…
How Humans Influenced a Tropical Paradise’s Evolution
In a new paper published in Molecular Ecology, researchers from Flinders University investigate the relationship between the spread of Homalictus fijiensis, a common bee in…
A visit to a historical place/building (Larabanga Mosque, Ghana)
The Larabanga Mosque is a mosque in Larabanga, Ghana, designed in the Sudanese architectural style. Larabanga is Ghana’s oldest mosque and one of the country’s…
Researchers Uncovered New Important Security Vulnerability Caused by Subdomains
The internet is fraught with dangers: sensitive data can be leaked, and malicious websites can grant hackers access to private computers. The Security & Privacy…
Diethylzinc (Structure, Uses)
Diethylzinc (C2H5)2Zn, or DEZ, is a pyrophoric liquid with a garlic-like odor. When transported in sealed tubes with carbon dioxide, it remains stable. It’s an…
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