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LONDON – The attack in London is committed by an improvised bomb that only half went off. That tells police spokesman Mark Rowley. It comes to a so-called ’Improvised Explosive Device’, a nice term that the police use for a patched together explosive. The police also confirmed to the British newspaper The Guardian that the…

LONDON – The American president Donald Trump has indignantly responded to the incident in a London subway. “An attack by a terrorist loser in London,” he wrote on Twitter. “These are sick and kooky people that Scotland Yard is already in focus. We need to be proactive.” Trump added that such terrorists in his eyes,…

Garland County – The 44-year-old American Kristi Lyn Goss abused for many years a corporate credit card of the court for personal expenses. They bought among other things a suit for her mopshondje. Goss worked as an administrative assistant for a judge in Garland County, in the U.s. state of Arkansas. They eclipsed a total…

Engineers of the Polytechnic University of the Federal Polytechnic school of Lausanne have created a foldable drone, the courier is able to transport cargo and to significantly decrease in size when idle. The drone frame is made of carbon fiber, making the design of the aircraft turned out easy and, most importantly, durable — extra…

And where not only meet today’s robots. They serve passengers at airports, look out for the elderly, fried Burger patties, work couriers and even down into the depths of the oceans. But what do you say about a robot-conductor, able to cope with a whole Symphony orchestra? The Verdi Theatre, located in the Italian city…

Image: Peter Godfrey-Smith Since hermit crabs are actually extremely social, octopuses typically earn the reputation as the true hermits of the ocean. These highly intelligent recluses that seem prefer a lonely life in the wild, or if they’re in an aquarium, one in which they can cleverly, constantly toy with their human captors. But new…

Image: AP Thanks to intense public outcry, the Federal Trade Commission has confirmed that it is investigating Equifax’s vast array of screw-ups surrounding the security breach that compromised the personal data of an estimated 143 million Americans. The public announcement demonstrates just how alarming this breach is. “The FTC typically does not comment on ongoing…

Image: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) Over a thousand light years away, there’s a planet that isn’t conforming to your so-called rules. It’s not one of the jocks like Earth, or one of the preps like Saturn. WASP-12b probably sits beneath the bleachers dressed in its black outfit with the checkered wristbands it bought…

An electric eel (Electrophorus electricus). Image: Sander van der Wel It’s no secret that the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) is a species not to be messed with. Capable of generating an electric discharge of more than 800 volts, the enigmatic tropical fish can easily stun prey and would-be predators alike. Land-lubbing assailants aren’t safe either;…

GIF Image: Apple/Gizmodo When the iPhone X eventually arrives in November it will come loaded with a futuristic camera module that, if all goes right, should let you securely open your phone with little more than a glance. The promise is enticing—a perfect blend of convenience and security that’s hard to come by in mobile…