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These 26 Misleading Photos Will Make You Look Twice
People often say a picture is worth a thousand words. I believe it is wrong because these images are worth ten thousand words each. You will have to look twice to understand what’s going on in there. These misleading photos will make you say WTF because all of them taken at hilariously perfect timing that misleads...
Pluto can regain the status of a planet
NASA scientists have published the first scientific data on the results of a study of the dwarf planet Pluto mission with the help of New Horizons. One of the discoveries was the thin atmosphere, which manifests itself by scattering sunlight on tiny particles Tolya, organic matter suspended in it,...
Another Russian «aid» convoy crosses Ukrainian border
Another convoy of trucks that Moscow says is carrying humanitarian aid to Ukrainians in Donbas has crossed the border of Ukraine, the National Center for Crisis Management of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported on Thursday. The convoy was divided into two parts en route: some trucks went to the Donetsk border...
Drought uncovers 400-year-old church in Mexican reservoir (VIDEO)
The relics of a 400-year-old church built by Spanish colonizers have been discovered at the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir in southern Mexico as water levels in the Grijalba River, in the state of Chiapas, dropped by almost 25 meters due to a lack of rain. The building, which is known as the Temple of Santiago, as well as the...
Google glass to help kids with autism ‘see’ emotions
Researchers are developing a special technology based on the Google glass device that could help children born with autism recognize, classify, and basically “see” the emotions of other people. Google glass, a wearable device thought to be so useless by even its manufacturer that it was taken off the market just a...
Ukraine’s Game of Thrones: Starks battle Lannisters in Kiev’s election campaign billboards
The Great Houses of Westeros appear to have spread their might and ambition to Ukraine as, thanks to a Kiev designer, the Starks and Lannisters, among others, have now coined reverberating campaign slogans for the country. Dissatisfied with the current slate of candidates running for local offices in Ukraine, Denis Gritsfeldt...
Typhoon Koppu hits Philippines, kills at least 16, displaces 60,000 (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Some 60,000 have been displaced in Philippines by typhoon Koppu that has also killed at least 16 people. Although the typhoon has weakened, authorities warn it may cause heavy floods. Seven people died when their boat capsized, while a boy was killed after he was hit by a fallen tree in the capital Manila. Authorities in the...
U.S. general: Iraq will not seek Russia air strikes
The United States won assurances from Iraq on Tuesday that it would not seek Russian air strikes against Islamic State, U.S. Marine General Joseph Dunford said, adding he warned Baghdad that a Russian air role would impede the U.S.-led campaign, Reuters has reported. Dunford, on his first trip to Iraq since becoming chairman of...
BBC: Migrants ‘torch tents’ in Slovenia camp
Tents have been torched at a transit camp in Slovenia, allegedly by migrants angry at how they are being treated, according to the BBC. They torched the tents at the camp in Brezice to protest at the slow process of registering them and moving them to the Austrian border, witnesses said. They have also complained of a lack of...
Pullback of Ukrainian army’s small-caliber weapons under way
The situation was calm in the Donbas conflict zone overnight, which enabled the Ukrainian military to continue withdrawing small-caliber weapons from the demarcation line, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Thursday. "On Wednesday, the Ukrainian troops were pulling back...
Facebook’s ‘data transfers to US’ to be probed by Irish online security watchdog
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner has agreed to look into a complaint filed by an Austrian law student claiming that Facebook has made his personal data available to US intelligent services and doesn’t guarantee a sufficient level of security. The Data Protection Commissioner has been obliged by Dublin’s...
Man says his 3D-printed railgun can fire bullets at 900 km/h (VIDEO)
Just about anything can be 3D-printed nowadays, from skyscrapers to jet engines. Now one man may have copied the ultimate weapon: a full-sized railgun. He says it is capable of firing objects at over 900 km/h. The man, whose identity is unknown, built the railgun and posted an image on Imgur under the user NSA_Listbot. He says...