There is no doubt that social media is a powerful instrument for mobilising people. It is also clear that it has had an enormous impact on culture and politics. But it is not its technological imperative that allows the technology to play such a prominent role. The technology has no …
Read More »Space sweepstakes: 2 lucky winners selected for first ALL-CIVILIAN SpaceX flight into orbit
The historic flight was the idea of billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, who is privately funding the launch as part of a campaign to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a leading pediatric cancer center in Memphis, Tennessee. Isaacman pledged $100 million towards the hospital and invited others to …
Read More »The coronavirus is selected to St. Petersburg
In Saint-Petersburg in the Botkin hospital with suspected coronavirus were hospitalized 56-year-old woman. A resident of the city of Murino (Leningrad region) recently had a rest on the Chinese island of Hainan, and when he returned home, he felt bad, told “Interfax” the press service of the government of the …
Read More »Selected landing place OSIRIS-REx to asteroid Bennu
The American research apparatus of the OSIRIS-REx reached the asteroid Bennu in early December, 2018 and reached its orbit on December 31. The main goal of the mission is selection and return a soil sample from the surface of the asteroid. The arrival of the capsule with the sample …
Read More »To survive until the weekend: selected anecdotes on Thursday night
No day without a smile! It’s time to lighten the mood along with anecdotes on 23 may. — Pick a word. — What? — Censorship. Pickers with no experience was lost in the woods and two days I ate mushrooms. Now they are found, but their testimony did not agree. …
Read More »Trip Advisor has selected the best city, restaurant, and attraction of the year
People interested in London. Popular travel site Trip Advisor summed up in 2017. Based on the feedback of the tourists named the most popular attraction, the city and the restaurant. The experts of the online service Trip Advisor studied left by tourists reviews and shared the most interesting facts and …
Read More »NASA told, by what criteria people are selected for future experiments
This information can take advantage of the people who dreamed of working in the space Agency. In the summer the U.S. space Agency NASA announced the new candidates for astronauts — their training began in August. For the right to be on this list competed 18,000 people. They are often …
Read More »What do you know about romance: funny pictures, carefully selected in social networks
Oh, those romantics. Alcohol, showing off with money, drunk sitting on the bench or in the woods. Some people think this stuff is romantic, showing off photos of their get-togethers in social networks. Condemn no one will, everyone spends their leisure time the way he likes. But laughter none of …
Read More »Selected humor from the social networks will make you smile
Morning humor.Funny posts, witty comments and funny correspondence that is exactly what is guaranteed to lift your mood in any situation.
Read More »Behind the scenes: How Sigourney weaver was selected for the role Ripley
Now she’s the star and veteran of genre cinema, and once her role in the first “Alien” could accrue to the actor, the man. Talk about how Sigourney weaver became Ripley and show rare video of her acting auditions for this role. To begin with, the script of “Jaws” in …
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