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The French company Michelin, founded in 1889, is one of the leading manufacturers of automobile tires. Engineers in different years have sponsored many innovations in the tire industry. For example, I created a radial tyre or so-called “green tires”, which allows to save fuel. But their achievements Michelin does not stop and continues to develop…

An international team of astronomers working with Takashi a large antenna array of millimeter range (ALMA), the largest complex of radio telescopes received the most detailed image of the surface of a distant star that ever was created with the help of radio telescopes. The above picture is Betelgeuse, the famous red supergiant in the…

GIF Image: Jim Cooke/Gizmodo As species, we have little in common with bees, fruit flies and beetles. Bugs are so alien to us that it’s hard to know how exactly they experience the world. Do they feel pain? Do they experience pleasure? What is sex like for them? Do they enjoy it in any way—physical…

An ROV imaging a hydrothermal vent. Image: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas The search for raw materials to feed the all-powerful Sarlacc of capitalism is pushing industries to increasingly remote and alien environments. One of the most exciting frontiers to emerge of late is the deep ocean—rife…

GIF GIF Source: laanlabs There are a few reasons to be bullish about augmented reality. It’s just neat is the most important reason. Its practicality is another great factor. But above all, the fact that Apple is about to unleash its app developers to go crazy with AR in iOS 11 means that a ton…

Image: Shutterstock Following a flash crash last Wednesday, the company that runs GDAX, an exchange for the ethereum digital currency, announced that it would pay back investors who lost money. If Monday’s market performance for the cryptocurrency is any indication, that move didn’t reassure investors. Hot New Cryptocoin Exchange Pledges to Pay Back Losses Following…

Source:Getty Real estate aggregator site Zillow has sent a cease and desist letter to the creator of McMansion Hell, the most popular lampooner of suburban ticky-tacky monstrosities. Zillow claims that by using photos from their site, the architectural criticism blog violates their terms of service. McMansion Hell posts feature promotional home shots taken from real…

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt. Photo: Getty According to emails obtained by the New York Times, the top scientist on the Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific review board was instructed to downplay the mass dismissal of advisors when she testified before Congress. “I felt bullied,” she says now. EPA Sacks Advisors Overseeing Scientific…

WOODSTOCK – A Canadian nurse to eight patients ombracht with insulin is sentenced to life in prison. Elizabeth Wettlaufer known according to Canadian media to blame for the murder of five women and three men in the villages of Woodstock and London. Wettlaufer admitted that she her elderly victims in nursing homes and a home…