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BRUSSELS – The European Union has Wednesday the economic sanctions against Russia formally extended by six months to January 31, 2018. This, the member states agreed, after German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron last week, EU leaders at a summit in Brussels were briefed about the state of affairs in Ukraine. The…

During the last weekend activity of Elon musk on Twitter really was strong. Engineer, billionaire, philanthropist and a genius answered questions from his followers and discussed the direction he wishes to move on his company SpaceX. Musk also answered a number of questions about the modernization undergone by the Falcon 9 rocket. It first went…

Shrimp bycatch. (Image: NOAA) New research shows that industrial fisheries are responsible for dumping nearly 10 million tons of perfectly good fish back into the ocean each year—enough to fill 4,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. This news comes at a time when nearly 90 percent of the world’s fish stocks are threatened by overfishing. The research,…

GIF One of the biggest engineering challenges of building a towering skyscraper isn’t keeping the structure from falling over, it’s moving all the people around inside of it. To improve efficiency, and facilitate the construction of even taller buildings, Germany’s ThyssenKrupp has completely redesigned elevators so that they can move sideways now, too. The traditional…

Image: Hennie Otto/Marine Dynamics/Dyer Island Conservation Trust You might remember last month when orcas ate an enormous great white shark’s liver, Hannibal Lecter style, in South Africa. It seems the killer whales have decided, why stop there? Why not take the testicles and stomach, too? Killer Whales Eat Enormous Great White Shark in South Africa…

Image: Nintendo Well, we all saw it coming. Online prices for Nintendo’s Super Nintendo Classic Edition are already out of control. Just give up hope now. Life is short. Super Nintendo Classic Edition Arrives September 29th With 21 Games [Updated] After the insanely successful NES Classic Edition completely sold out until Nintendo inexplicably… Read more…

What is this Toxic Chemical Scott Pruitt Wants to Keep in Your Food? Throw aside your politics for a bit. Government scientists at the EPA concluded that a pesticide… Read more On March 29th, the EPA administrator rejected a petition from the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council to…

BRASILIA – The Braziliaaanse president Michel Temer has Tuesday the charges against him submitted of prosecution for corruption is dismissed as a fiction”, an attack on his government and the entire country. Temer, who on Monday is formally in a state of accusation was made to accept millions of dollars in kickbacks, said that the…

STOCKHOLM – The Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist is Tuesday at age 56, died from the effects of lung cancer. Nyqvist broke through internationally thanks to the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series. ,,With deep sadness” confirmed Nyqvists spokesman, the death of the actor at different media. ,,Our beloved Michael, one of the most respected…

NEW YORK – The administrator of a large illegal bitcoinbeurs the prison. Anthony Murgio (33) of the Coin.mx is Tuesday in New York sentenced to 5,5 years of imprisonment. He was found guilty, among other things, fraud. Murgio had during the process of debt known and regret expressed. Many users of the scholarship were victims…