Legolas! What do your elf-eyes see? M87 black hole
An international scientific team announced in simultaneous news conferences in Washington, Brussels, Santiago, Shanghai, Taipei and Tokyo – the first-ever photo of a black hole. […]
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Welcome to the next generation of science, induced pluripotent stem
In Japan it is now allowed to create a pig embryo with a human pancreas and transplant it into the womb of an adult pig, […]
We gotta mark the Kashmir region
It is the first time in history that two nuclear-armed powers (India and Pakistan) have launched air strikes against each other, while ground forces have […]
The world debts are too damn high
Global debts are at a new record high of $244 trillion (3Q/2018). Debts are rising particularly sharply in China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey. […]
Forget the moon, Jack! It’s Chinatown
China landed a vehicle (Chang’e-4) on the moon for the second time, joining the United States and Russia as the only nations to have carried […]
Look, Doc, my economy isn’t depressed
In 2018 global markets have lost $16.7 trillion in market value – almost equivalent to the European Union’s GDP. The world stock markets have been […]
The Arctic is gettin so hot, I wanna take my clothes off
The Arctic air temperatures for the past five years (2014-18) have exceeded all previous records since 1900. In 2018 Arctic sea ice remained younger, thinner, […]
The universe is an ocean, that’s inside a bigger ocean
For the second time in history, a human-made object has exited the heliosphere – the bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun. […]
I don’t remember when the USA were a net oil exporter
Last week the USA turned into a net oil exporter for the first time since the mid-1940s, when Harry Truman was in the White House. […]
Japan’s central bank is bigger than Japan. Is such a thing even possible? Yes it is!
Japan’s central bank (BOJ) has become the world’s second central bank after the Swiss National Bank and the first among G7 countries to own assets […]