Medan, Indonesia (AFP) May 14, 2021 A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering panic on the nearest island but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The shallow quake hit at 12:30 (0630 GMT) near the island of Nias, about 250 kilometres (160 miles) south of the city of Sinabang. Nias … Continue reading 6.6 magnitude quake hits off Indonesia’s Sumatra: USGS

Chandler AZ (SPX) May 17, 2021 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a production contract option for 18 additional GQM-163A “Coyote” supersonic sea-skimming target vehicles. This award represents the first of three options that can be exercised against the full-rate production contract awarded last year. The $55.4 million award brings the GQM-163A targets ordered to date to 218. “We are commithttp://dlvr.it/RznSpK Continue reading US Navy Orders Additional Sea Skimming Target Vehicles from Northrop Grumman

Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 17, 2021 Have you ever worn a dark T-shirt on a sunny day and felt the fabric warm in the Sun’s rays? Most of us know dark colors absorb sunlight and light colors reflect it – but did you know this doesn’t work the same way in the Sun’s non-visible wavelengths? The Sun is Earth’s power source, and it emits energy … Continue reading New NASA data sheds sunlight on climate models

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 17, 2021 High-temperature and high-pressure experiments involving a diamond anvil and chemicals to simulate the core of the young Earth demonstrate for the first time that hydrogen can bond strongly with iron in extreme conditions. This explains the presence of significant amounts of hydrogen in the Earth’s core that arrived as water from bombardments billions of years ago. Given the extreme … Continue reading Where on Earth is all the water?

As the digital health space continues to expand, new opportunities are emerging that enable companies to act in the public good by making healthcare accessible online. Along with the emerging opportunities available in this industry it’s important to understand the dynamics that have, historically, made it difficult to enter the health e-commerce space.http://dlvr.it/RzgJyM Continue reading Why Health and Pharma Are Poised for E-Commerce Disruption

Washington (AFP) May 13, 2021 Despite numbering only a few hundred individuals, Californian condors have retained a surprisingly high degree of genetic diversity, a new study said Thursday. The authors of the paper, published in the journal Current Biology, said the findings bode well for future restoration plans of the critically endangered species. Californian condors, the largest land bird in North America, went bhttp://dlvr.it/RzbJwb Continue reading New genetic data bodes well for California’s comeback condors

Hato Corozal, Colombia (AFP) May 13, 2021 On the plains of eastern Colombia, an age-old conflict between man and beast plays out near-daily. Jaguars attack cattle. Farmers retaliate with shotguns. But rancher Jorge Barragan has declared a unilateral truce with the carnivorous cats. He has taken a liking to the largest feline of the Americas, and says he does not mind sacrificing a few head … Continue reading In Colombia, cattle farmer declares truce with jaguar

United Nations, United States (AFP) May 12, 2021 The United States, Britain and Germany called Wednesday on China to end its repression of the Uyghur minority, speaking out at a video conference that infuriated Beijing. Rights groups say up to one million Uyghurs and people from other mostly Muslim groups are detained in internment camps in the northwest Xinjiang region of China. “In Xinjiang, people … Continue reading Western powers urge China to end repression of Uyghurs

If you are looking to expand your sales territory and have not yet put Latin America on your bill of lading, you’re missing a golden opportunity. Latin America offers the fastest-growing regional e-commerce marketplace in the world. Last year, the total retail e-commerce sales to the LATAM region grew 36.7 percent to $84.95 billion. That is still growing this year.http://dlvr.it/RzVnYP Continue reading E-Commerce Opportunities Abound in Latin America, Despite Challenges

Paris (AFP) May 11, 2021 Whether it’s turning forests into cropland or savannah into pastures, humanity has repurposed land over the last 60 years equivalent in area to Africa and Europe combined, researchers said Tuesday. If you count all such transitions since 1960, it adds up to about 43 million square kilometres (16.5 square miles), four times more than previous estimates, according to a study … Continue reading Nearly a fifth of Earth’s surface transformed since 1960