A German government investigation has revealed that more than 300 members of the country’s security agencies have links to “right-wing” extremism, including officers who were found to have joined in “Heil Hitler” chants and Nazi salutes. “We will not allow our democratic constitutional state to be sabotaged from within by …
Read More »UK detects first 2 cases of Covid strain it called ‘worst ever’
Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced on Saturday that the two cases had been discovered on Friday – one in Chelmsford and the other in Nottingham. The cases were “linked”, he said, adding that both patients were currently isolating at home. “This pandemic is far from over,” Javid said. “If there’s one …
Read More »MIT and Harvard engineers design mask that detects Covid-19 within 90 minutes
The technology is modeled on paper-based diagnostics for the Ebola and Zika viruses developed by MIT engineering professor James Collins in the mid-2010s, MIT News reported. Collins later designed a sensor system called SHERLOCK, which is used to detect nucleic acids. A team of scientists was already working on wearable …
Read More »Old rover looks at clouds: NASA’s Curiosity detects unusual atmospheric phenomena on Mars in pics of dry-ice puffs over Red Planet
Our neighboring planet is a dry, icy desert, but it still has some clouds in its thin atmosphere and they form often enough to affect its climate. Martian clouds differ from what we are used to on Earth, however, where common rain clouds are mostly comprised of suspended water droplets. …
Read More »WATCH: Russia intercepts French jets over Black Sea as country detects four foreign military aircraft near border in just one day
The Black Sea is a strategically important body of water, and borders Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine, as well as Russia. According to Russia’s Ministry of Defence, two Mirage 2000 tactical aircraft and one C-135 aerial refueling tanker were detected flying in neutral airspace in the direction of the …
Read More »Florida detects first case of mutant UK Covid-19 strain as state smashes daily infection record with 17,100+ positive tests
“Florida has evidence of the first identified case of the UK Covid-19 variant in Martin County,” the state’s health department announced in a tweet late on Thursday, adding “The individual is a male in his 20s with no history of travel.” The health agency noted, however, that it anticipates “little …
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