Новости за 29.12.2022

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica

In Tim Burton's 1993 animated feature

Lisa Winter, The Scientist

Biophysicist and Nobel laureate Sidney Altman died following a long illness on April 5 at age 82.

Matt Reynolds, Wired UK

On November 15, the 8 billionth person on the planet was born. Well, more or less. That was the date selected by

Matt Williams, Universe Today

With the help of international and commercial partners, NASA is sending astronauts back to the Moon for the first time in over fifty years. In addition to...

Carol Tavris, Skeptic

What complicated, unsettling, contentious times these are for gender and sex, and thinking about the relationship of biology to either one. Traditionally, sex—the...

Prachi Patel, IEEE

Jutting out from the coast of China's Fujian province, Changbiao Island may seem small and unremarkable. It is anything but. This is where the

Ethan Siegel, Big Think

Earth, as we know it, is only teeming with life because of the influence of our Sun. Its light and heat provides every square meter of Earth — when it's in...

Ed Cara, Gizmodo

2022 is on its last legs, and that means it's time to embark on yet another journey through the bizarre.

Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience

There are now an estimated 1.7 million electric vehicles (EVs) on...

Users have reported problems with notifications, video and logging into the social media service, which is operating with a fraction of its original workforce.

A stretch of the Noida-Delhi Expressway in India is in need of repair, and the flyway's operator, Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited (NTBCL), has asked for government assistance in order to restore the road. The entire stretch of the flyway - from the toll plaza to the loops connecting the film city road to the expressway - needs resurfacing, and the company has already collected toll revenues from drivers until an Allahabad High Court order scrapped the toll in 2016. NTBCL is in charge of maintaining the bridge... Читать дальше...

The district inspector of schools (DIOS) Dhramveer Singh. on Wednesday directed all schools in Noida to not organise offline/physical classes for students of classes 1 to 8 till January 1, due to cold weather conditions.

To provide reprieve to both developers and homebuyers, the respective boards of Noida and Greater Noida authorities on Wednesday approved a reschedulement policy for paying land dues over the next two years.

When Tesla's stock begins to tick upwards there should be a flurry of short covering ... as shorter-term short sellers look to realize their outsized mark-to-market profits before they evaporate," said Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3 Partners.

A letter was sent by the district town planner planning recommending not to renew the licence of any current and future projects of countrywide promoters pvt ltd, as well as the registration of an FIR against the developer for noncompliance of the conditions of the occupancy certificate. The letter was sent after conducting an enquiry on the complaint of residents about the absence or nonfunctioning of rainwater harvesting systems in sector 70a’s bptp astaire garden in january 2021. A group of residents... Читать дальше...

Among the biggest problems this season for the struggling Philadelphia Flyers has been offense, namely a lack of it. The Flyers continue a five-game road trip, interrupted by the holiday break, with three games in California -- beginning with a Thursday night game against the San Jose Sharks.Offensively challenged Philadelphia is seeing improvement in that area. It's a small sample size, but the Flyers have scored 13 goa

Gurgaon's Flying Squad along with Gurgaon Police raided six shops and seized a large number of banned ecigarettes and foreign cigarettes on Tuesday night. The shop owners were arrested during the raid.

Longtime geographic rivals San Francisco and Las Vegas take long shots to the starting gate Sunday afternoon when they meet in Nevada for the first time since the Raiders left Oakland, California, following the 2019 season. The teams, formerly separated simply by the San Francisco Bay Bridge, will be meeting for the 15th time, with the 49ers having won five of the last seven matchups after the Raiders took five of the fi

The MCG on Wednesday demolished a warehouse and a few unauthorised buildings and structures in the 900- metre restricted area around the IAF ammunition depot. The enforcement team first demolished a warehouse in Rajiv Nagar and then the illegal structures in Sanjay Gram.

The minimum temperature climbed by over a degree to 7.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above the normal mark, giving residents a respite from the biting cold on Wednesday. It was 6.1 degrees Celsius the previous day. Fog eased up too, with only shallow fog witnessed in the morning hours.

The Philadelphia Eagles can secure the top seed in the NFC playoffs by beating the visiting New Orleans Saints on Sunday. The Saints (6-9) can't qualify for the playoffs if they don't beat the Eagles (13-2). So, both teams have a lot at stake despite seeing drastically different levels of success this season. The bye that comes with the top seed is becoming increasingly more important for the Eagles as their injuries m

Lebanese analyst, specialist in Syrian-Turkish relations Nidal Sabi believes that the next six months will be very busy in the Syrian-Turkish direction

No matter what happens this week, the Jacksonville Jaguars will play for the AFC South title and a playoff spot at home in Week 18 against the reeling Tennessee Titans. But coach Doug Pederson says Jacksonville isn't going to take things easy on Sunday when it travels to division-rival Houston."There is never a meaningless game -- never ever, ever, ever," he said. So there will be no week off for quarterback Trevor Lawr

The city reported five new Covid cases on Wednesday. while the previous day it had seen three cases.

The government of Gurgaon has decided to set up camps to rectify errors in water bills that were recently distributed to residents of colonies that have recently been taken over by the government. The camps will be set up at each of the colonies where faulty bills were distributed, and residents are advised not to make the payments until the bills are rectified.