Wednesday, 20 February, 2019

Day: June 27, 2017

An Atlas For The End Of The World

An Atlas For The End Of The World

Posted on Tuesday, 27 June, 2017Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

An Atlas For The End Of The World. In a forum on global urbanisation, biodiversity and policy held at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Richard Weller, Martin and Margy Meyerson, Chair of Urbanism and Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture, presented the results of a 3-year research project

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Lyon To Nice Road Trip

Lyon To Nice Road Trip

Posted on Tuesday, 27 June, 2017Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Lyon To Nice Road Trip. Planned as a two weeks’ drive from Lyon to Nice, through one of France’s most scenic regions, with contrasts in geographical contours, and a variety of cuisine and picturesque towns and cities. Lyon, the second largest city in France after Paris, is a city in

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The Everyday Habits That Reveal Our Personalities.

The Everyday Habits That Reveal Our Personalities

Posted on Tuesday, 27 June, 2017Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

The Everyday Habits That Reveal Our Personalities. The traditional focus of work on personality and behaviour has tended toward “major outcomes” such as health or antisocial behaviour, or small sets of behaviours observable over short periods in laboratories or in convenience samples. In a community sample, this study examined a

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Watch - Lassa Fever in Nigeria Thursday, 7 February, 2019
Nigerian health officials have declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria. Travelers to Nigeria should avoid contact with rats, especially rat urine and feces, and keep their accommodations or campsites clean.
Alert - Yellow Fever in Nigeria Monday, 28 January, 2019
A large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria began in September 2017. The outbreak is now spread throughout the country. Travelers going to Nigeria should receive vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days before travel and should take steps to prevent mosquito bites while there.

ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY: Dragon Aurora over Iceland. Image Credit & Copyright: Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng. A huge dragon-shaped aurora developed in the sky over Iceland earlier this month. The aurora was caused by a hole in the Sun’s corona that expelled charged particles into a solar wind that followed a changing interplanetary magnetic field to Earth’s magnetosphere. As some of those particles then struck Earth’s atmosphere, they excited atoms which subsequently emitted light: aurora. No sunspots have appeared on the Sun so far in February, making the multiple days of picturesque auroral activity this month somewhat surprising.

NASA Tests Urban Drone Traffic Management in Nevada, Texas Tuesday, 19 February, 2019
NASA has selected two organizations to host the final phase of its four-year series of increasingly complicated technical demonstrations involving small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as drones.
Florida Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard International Space Station Friday, 15 February, 2019
University and high school students from Florida will have an opportunity to talk with a NASA astronaut on the International Space Station next week.

IMAGO DEI: The Ndebele tribe or amaNdebele, one of the smaller ones of the Nguni speaking tribes that migrated to South Africa, were the first Nguni speaking people to move into the interior of the country instead of the coastal areas. The Nguni tribes represent nearly two thirds of South Africa’s Black population and can be divided into four distinct groups; the Central Nguni (the Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the Xhosa-speaking peoples), the Swazi people from Swaziland and adjacent areas and the Ndebele people of the Northern Province and Mpumalanga.

Rwanda - Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions Tuesday, 19 February, 2019
Exercise normal precautions in Rwanda. If you plan to enter the Democratic Republic of the Congo, read the Democratic Republic of the Congo Travel Advisory. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page. If you decide to travel to Rwanda: Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive security messages and make it easier […]
Turkey - Level 3: Reconsider Travel Thursday, 14 February, 2019
Reconsider travel to Turkey due to terrorism and arbitrary detentions. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do not travel to: Areas near the Syria and Iraq borders due to terrorism. Terrorist groups continue plotting possible attacks in Turkey. Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets/shopping […]

WORK OF ART: Studies of the Foetus in the Womb are two-coloured annotated sketches by Leonardo da Vinci made in around 1511. Da Vinci studied human embryology with the help of anatomist Marcantonio della Torre and saw the foetus within a cadaver. The studies were initially bequeathed to Francesco Melzi. In c. 1582–90 they were bought from his heirs by Pompeo Leoni, and by 1630 they belonged to Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel. Since 1690 the studies have been housed in the Royal Collection, United Kingdom.