As cattle roam outside in the scorching heat, Sapni Surin perches on a stool inside a sunlit workshop fixing parts onto a small circuit board. Colorful wires, tiny resistors and tools are scattered around. “I think everything is right,” she quietly says as she holds the circuit board above her head. Ms. Surin is among 20 women who have traveled to Tilonia – a small village two hours’ drive from […]
Sandy mounds discovered by an American scientist in the Egyptian desert are labelled as pyramids on 34 rare, antique maps Archaeology researcher Angela Micol’s find was dismissed by many but a preliminary ground study has found shafts and cavities One site spotted on satellite is three times the size of Great Pyramid at Giza Mounds of sand spotted in the Egyptian desert using Google Earth might be […]
A lack of co-operation between South Asian countries is preventing timely flood warnings that could save lives and property during the Monsoon season. Erratic and extreme rainfall is causing catastrophic flooding, most recently in northwest India and Nepal following heavy rainfall in June. But the sharing of hydrological data can be a sensitive issue because of disputes over water use. Officials say a network is required to share data across […]
Thousands of Greek workers are holding a 24-hour strike called by trade unions to protest against government plans to cut public sector jobs. Hospital services, public transport and flights are being affected by the industrial action. Demonstrations have been building for several days over the latest set of deeply unpopular austerity measures. MPs plan to pass a bill this week to start receiving 6.8bn euros (£5.8bn) of bailout loans to […]
NEW DELHI—At least 22 children died and more than two dozen others are seriously ill after eating food contaminated with insecticide at a state-run school in eastern India, government officials and doctors said Wednesday. The children, aged between 8 and 12, fell sick Tuesday after eating lunch at an elementary school in Gandaman, a village about 65 miles from Patna, the capital of Bihar, one of India’s poorest states. The […]
Five people were treated for injuries at Navarra Hospital on Sunday, after the final ritual running of the bulls at the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. The most serious of Sunday’s injuries was sustained by a 23-year-old Australian woman, who was gored in the chest. According to an official report, the woman suffered fractured rubs and damage to her right lung. Her condition was described as “grave” by […]
A Mexican military helicopter hovered south of the border in the early morning darkness. Below it, one of the country’s most wanted drug lords was riding in a pickup truck. Mexican authorities say they’d been tracking Zetas cartel boss Miguel Angel Trevino Morales for months. Early Monday morning, their moment came to swoop in. The helicopter stopped a pickup Trevino was riding in 27 kilometers away from the border city […]
When I think of Idaho, ratfish are not what immediately come to mind. Spuds and the ghastly belt of agricultural reek that keeps me holding my breath whenever I speed past Idaho Falls on the interstate, sure, but not strange cartilaginous fish. A new exhibit at the the Idaho Museum of Natural History is aiming to change that. Over 270 million years ago, the area that eventually would be called […]
