Weird rocky ‘super-earth’ could be half molten lava and half rock
Half of the planet is believed to be permanent day, and the other half always night.
Half of the planet is believed to be permanent day, and the other half always night.
(AP) — Fire crews are working to contain a fire that has burned about 300 acres of the Mark Twain National Forest in southern Missouri. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Bill Paxton says a patrol discovered smoke Monday in a 12,000-acre area known as the Hercules Glades Wilderness.
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Surgeons have performed the first HIV-positive organ transplants.
The successful procedures will make more organs available for HIV-positive patients, who often suffer organ complications either because of the virus or because of the available treatments to fight it, BuzzFeed News’ Azeen Ghorayshi writes.
A liver and a kidney were donated by the same HIV-positive donor to two patients currently living with HIV, said the doctors from Johns Hopkins Medicine who performed the transplants... Читать дальше...
The GOP frontrunner got animated on Wednesday's 'Late Show'
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Sabia Boulahrouz (38), de ex-vriendin van Rafael van der Vaart, is donderdag op haar verjaardag flink door haar kinderen - zoontje Daamin (4) en dochtertje Amaya (5) - verwend. De alleenstaande Turks-Duitse kreeg bij het ontbijt een door de kleintjes gedecoreerde smartiestaart, een bos tulpen en een cake met daarop haar naam en een felicitatieboodschap.
Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom stated that UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond’s statements accusing Russia’s policy of threatening the world "cause regret."
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In a sweeping defeat for U.N. prosecutors, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal acquitted Serbian ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj on Thursday of all nine counts alleging that he was responsible for or incited atrocities by Serbian paramilitaries in the 1990s Balkan wars. The ruling sparked joy in Serbia and outrage in Bosnia and Croatia.
Possibly the weirdest thing this week. As one wag put it, Millenials just hit a new low.
Читать дальше...London Irish announce three new additions, including Leicester lock Sebastian de Chaves, for the 2016-17 season.
The makers of the German comedy show that provoked the Turkish government to summon the German ambassador to the Turkish Foreign Ministry told the program's viewers on Wednesday that they have also requested a response from the Turkish ambassador to Germany.
Kolkata, Mar 31 () At least 18 people were killed, over 60 others injured and many trapped as portion of an under- construction two km flyover collapsed on a congested road intersection here, crushing people, vehicles and hawkers.
Mobile network EE had the fastest internet speed in a test of four major operators conducted by the telecoms watchdog Ofcom.
Clearfield basketball standout Cody Spaid has committed to play basketball for Pitt-Greensburg. Sitting with Cody are his mom, Shirley and his dad, Chuck. Standing is Nate Glunt, Clearfield Bison head coach and Robert Gearhart, Clearfield Athletic Director.
Nasdaq Inc. said Thursday it is raising its quarterly dividend by 28% to 32 cents a share. The new payment will be made June 24 to shareholders of record as of June 10. Shares were not yet active in premarket trade, but have gained 12% in the year so far, while the S&P 500 has gained 1%.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - In a sweeping defeat for U.N. prosecutors, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal acquitted Serbian ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj on Thursday of all nine counts alleging that he was responsible for or incited atrocities by Serbian paramilitaries in the 1990s Balkan wars. The ruling sparked joy in Serbia and outrage in Bosnia and Croatia.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a sweeping defeat for U.N. prosecutors, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal acquitted Serbian ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj on Thursday of all nine counts alleging that he was responsible for or incited atrocities by Serbian paramilitaries in the 1990s Balkan wars. In a majority ruling, the three-judge panel ruled that Serbian plans to carve out a "Greater Serbia" by uniting lands they considered Serb territory in Croatia and Bosnia was a "political goal" and not a criminal plan, as prosecutors alleged. Читать дальше...
The body of a man has been found in a Brisbane backyard and police are treating the death as suspicious.
Within minutes of MSNBC broadcasting a clip of Donald Trump, Republican Party presidential front-runner, declaring that not only should abortion be illegal, but women who sought one illegally should be punished, a firestorm of criticism rained down on him. Not just from abortion-rights supporters...
Mark Grant says bond yields will fall because it's unlikely the Fed will hike interest rates this year.
McLaren's Fernando Alonso failed a medical and was ruled out of the Bahrain Grand Prix due to the after-effects of a huge crash in Australia.