The Paks Nuclear Power Plant was forced to reduce capacity and is expected to shut down completely due to the drought affecting the Danube Hungary has ordered a complete shutdown of its only nuclear power plant after the Danube River fell to record-low levels, leaving intake pumps unable to draw enough water to cool its…
An 8-month-old baby, Nova, is recovering in a Tucson hospital after a postal worker performed CPR and saved her life.Photo credit: Fox10 What started as an ordinary stop at a post office in Clifton, Arizona, turned into a life-or-death emergency when an 8-month-old baby stopped breathing. Thanks to the fast response of a former nurse…
Wood samples being collected for cellulose isotope analysis. Credit: CENA-USP By analyzing the atomic signatures of 800 trees collected from 63 locations across the Amazon, Brazilian researchers have developed an isotopic mapping model that can rule out 92% of the rainforest when tracing suspected illegal timber.The project, led by Professor Luiz Antonio Martinelli at the…
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin describes blast that killed 3 as terror attack (File photo) Moscow’s mayor Sergey Sobyanin has described the blast that resulted in three deaths and 21 injured as a “terrorist act” and has promised that those responsible would be brought to justice.The explosion occurred at about 7.55 pm Moscow time on Saturday,…
General Alexus Grynkewich. (AP photo) The top US military commander overseeing operations in Europe has reportedly warned the Pentagon that American forces may soon be unable to sustain missile-defence operations for Israel without additional naval assets, The Washington Post reported.According to The Washington Post, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, commander of the US European Command (EUCOM), wrote…
A helicopter dropping its first bundle of trees for the Christmas tree drop restoration project (US fish and wild life service photos) Every year after Christmas, thousands of used trees are thrown away. In New Orleans, however, many of them get a second use. Instead of ending up in landfill, the trees are collected, tied…
Landslides cause about 25 deaths a year in the USA An estimated 6.5 million Americans live in homes built on or next to landslide-prone land, according to a major national study by the University of Washington.By studying 128 million buildings across the United States, researchers created the Landslide Exposure Database (LED). It is the first…
Virginia teens save family after kayaks overturn on Lake CulpeperGavin Cain, 17; Andrew Tuggle, 15; and Jackson Castro, 17Photo credit: Town of Culpeper Police Department Three Culpeper teenagers are being hailed as heroes after they rushed into Lake Culpeper and rescued a family whose kayaks overturned on Monday afternoon. The teens were attending golf team…
A building facade from the Motel Inn in 2022. The birthplace of modern road-trip culture is back on the market, giving buyers the chance to restore a landmark of hospitality history or redevelop it into housing for older residents.Located along Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast, the historic 4.2-acre site where…
Some quotes remain relevant long after they are first spoken because they capture a universal truth about human nature and responsibility. One such statement comes from former US President Barack Obama: “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We…
