Wednesday, 15 August, 2018

Day: March 26, 2018

Photographs March 2018 4

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

Credits: The Guardian, International Business Times, Reuters, The Sony Photography Exhibition, The Sunday Times.

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Man Living With Alzheimer's Climbs Mountain Everyday

Man Living With Alzheimer’s Climbs Mountain Everyday

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

The night before we are due to climb the Old Man of Coniston, Sion Jair calls to warn that, chances are, we won’t be able to go up the 803m Lake District fell in the morning. I look out the window of my hotel. There’s little wind; the temperature is

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Fake News And Online Disinformation

Fake News And Online Disinformation

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

In January 2018, the European Commission set up a high-level group of experts (“the HLEG”) to advise on policy initiatives to counter fake news and disinformation spread online. The main deliverable of the HLEG was a report designed to review best practices in the light of fundamental principles, and suitable

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Facts About Time Zones

Facts About Time Zones

Posted on Monday, 26 March, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

Telegraph Travel has uncovered a few oddities on the subject of time zones. Greenland is in the same time zone as Britain Despite its location in the middle of the North Atlantic, between Iceland and Canada, a narrow slither of eastern Greenland – the weather station of Danmarkshavn and a

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IC 59 and IC 63 in Cassiopeia.
Image Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford (Rancho Del Sol Obs). Looking toward the constellation Cassiopeia, the colourful skyscape features the swept back, comet-shaped clouds IC 59 (left) and IC 63. About 600 light-years distant, but they are slowly dissipating under the influence of ionizing ultraviolet radiation from hot, luminous star gamma Cas. Gamma Cas is physically located only 3 to 4 light-years from the nebulae, off the upper right edge of the frame. Slightly closer to gamma Cas, IC 63 is dominated by red H-alpha light emitted as the ionized hydrogen atoms with electrons. Farther from the star, IC 59 shows proportionally less H-alpha emission but more of the characteristic blue tint of dust reflected starlight.

NASA Awards Contract for Construction of New Research Support Building Monday, 13 August, 2018
NASA has selected Walsh Construction Company II, LLC of Chicago to build a new Research Support Building (RSB) at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
NASA, ULA Launch Parker Solar Probe on Historic Journey to Touch Sun Sunday, 12 August, 2018
Hours before the rise of the very star it will study, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched from Florida Sunday to begin its journey to the Sun, where it will undertake a landmark mission. The spacecraft will transmit its first science observations in December, beginning a revolution in our understanding of the star that makes life […]

Preventing malaria amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in northeastern Nigeria Tuesday, 14 August, 2018
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: Nigeria A preventive malaria treatment program for children under five was launched by the Borno State government in collaboration with several humanitarian organizations, including MSF.Kerri Ann Kelly is the head of mission for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Nigeria. She explains how the complex humanitarian situation in Borno […]
Cash continues to support conflict-affected Iraqis to recover post ISIL Tuesday, 14 August, 2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Iraq FAO's cash-for-work programme aims to ensure conflict-affected households are able to meet their food requirements, and the cash earned also supports the local economy.FAO’s cash-based programmes support smallholder farmers and other vulnerable men and women who are particularly exposed to the impacts of conflict, […]

Mali - Level 4: Do Not Travel Monday, 13 August, 2018
Do not travel to Mali due to crime and terrorism. Violent crime, such as kidnapping and armed robbery, is common in the regions of northern and central Mali. Violent crime is a particular concern during local holidays and seasonal events in Bamako, its suburbs, and Mali’s southern regions. Roadblocks and random police checkpoints are commonplace […]
Bolivia - Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions Thursday, 9 August, 2018
Exercise normal precautions in Bolivia. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page. If you decide to travel to Bolivia: Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive Alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency. Follow the Department of State on Facebook and Twitter. Review the […]

Known as “the prehistoric Sistine Chapel,” the Lascaux Caves, a cave complex in southwestern France, contain some of the most remarkable palaeolithic cave paintings in the world, from at least 15,000 years ago. The cave was discovered on 12 September 1940 by four teenagers, Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas, as well as Ravidat’s dog, Robot. Public access was made easier after World War II. By 1955, the carbon dioxide produced by 1,200 visitors per day had visibly damaged the paintings. The cave was closed to the public in 1963 in order to preserve the art.

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