Bildung… Why Is the Religious Right Attacking UNICEF? You Might Not Believe the Answer 24 Mrz 2018 Right-wing group Family Watch International says UNICEF is “sexualizing” children by supporting sex education. By Amanda Marcotte | Alternet/Salon On Tuesday, people walking by UNICEF's headquarters in Manhattan were met…
Fundamentalismus… Russian official: If Iran attacks Israel, we’ll stand with you 16 Feb 201815 Feb 2018 Moscow's deputy ambassador in Tel Aviv says while Israel was right to shoot down intruding drone, he doesn't buy IDF's assertion that Tehran was behind Saturday's launch By Raphael Ahren…
Medien… Israel urges Russia to prevent further escalation in Syria 11 Feb 201810 Feb 2018 Moscow calls for 'restraint' on all sides following clashes, says risk to lives of Russian soldiers 'absolutely unacceptable' The Times of Israel Staff Israel appealed to Russia to intervene and…
Ökonomie… The Dangerous Downside to DARPA’s New Repair Satellite 9 Jan 20188 Jan 2018 One country's orbital mechanic could be another’s saboteur. By David Axe | MOTHERBOARD The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon's science wing, is developing a new type of satellite…
Evolution… Giant Extinct Sea Cow Found Buried Beneath Siberian Beach 21 Nov 201720 Nov 2017 The megafauna’s remains tell a grim story about humans and extinction. By Sarah Emerson | MOTHERBOARD The massive skeleton of an extinct megafauna, the Steller’s sea cow, was discovered on…
Ökonomie… Experts: America Doesn’t Need All These Nukes 3 Nov 20172 Nov 2017 Nuclear deterrence can be way less pricey, according to the Congressional Budget Office. By David Axe | MOTHERBOARD It could cost the United States $1.2 trillion to maintain and modernize…
Geschichte… Why Twitter Is the Best Social Media Platform for Disinformation 2 Nov 20171 Nov 2017 It is time for Twitter to confront bots, extremists, and hostile spies by owning up to its own values. By Thomas Rid | MOTHERBOARD Thomas Rid ( @RIDT ) is Professor of…
Geschichte… This Strange Sensor Russia Sent to the ISS Is Baffling US Military Experts 19 Okt 201718 Okt 2017 "I think the appropriate reaction is 'mild curiosity' rather than 'worry.'" By David Axe | MOTHERBOARD A Russian spacecraft on a routine mission to the International Space Station (ISS) apparently…
Ökonomie… Government Hackers Used Microsoft Word Zero-Day to Install Spyware on Russian Targets 13 Apr 201712 Apr 2017 The hackers exploited the unknown vulnerability to install spyware made by the infamous surveillance company FinFisher. By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | MOTHERBOARD An unknown group of government hackers used the recently…
Ökonomie… The First On-Site Residential Home 3D Printed in Russia 19 Mrz 201718 Mrz 2017 As crazy as it might sound, 3D printed architectural structures aren’t the most sci-fi thing in our present day. But for most people, the idea of 3D printing an entire…
Fortschritt… The First Spacewalker Cheated Death And Crash-Landed In a Forest Full of Wolves 19 Mrz 201718 Mrz 2017 March 18, 1965 was an ordinary Thursday for the majority of people located on planet Earth. But for 30-year-old cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, one of two people who happened to be…
Geschichte… Nobody Is Sure What Caused a Mysterious Radiation Spike Across Europe 21 Feb 201720 Feb 2017 Some speculate a Russian nuclear test in the Arctic, but experts say a pharmaceutical facility could be responsible. By Ben Sullivan | MOTHERBOARD Nuclear scientists are struggling to determine the…
Gesellschaft… Trump just gave a weapons-grade crazy press conference — here are the 7 most insane moments 16 Feb 2017 President Donald Trump held a press conference today in which he once again boasted about his November election win and attacked the mainstream media for producing “fake news.” By Brad…
Bildung… The Coldest Town on Earth Wants You to Stop Complaining 11 Jan 201710 Jan 2017 We all grumble and grimace as we trudge through the snow, heads down, faces firmly looking at the ground to avoid the stinging wind. When you’re just trying to go…
Gesellschaft… The Declassified Report on Russia’s Election Hacking Says Nothing New 7 Jan 2017 If you were on the edge of your seat, waiting for the US government to drop its much-anticipated report on Russian hacking operations against American targets and particularly targeting the…
Gesellschaft… Wikileaks Is Bad, Anonymous Intelligence Officials Are Worse 7 Jan 20176 Jan 2017 Wikileaks, once the darling of liberals everywhere and now the subject of wacko conspiracy theories about blackmail and flipped Kremlin assets, has once again ruffled feathers on Twitter by calling…
Geschichte… Something Is Causing Siberia’s Tundra to Literally Bubble Underground 23 Jul 2016 The frigid plains of northern Siberia are becoming a hotspot for mysterious geological phenomena. Over the past couple of years, sudden craters have been exploding from the permafrost-laden ground. Last…
Evolution… The Mission to Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth 9 Apr 20158 Apr 2015 Ever since scientists discovered it was possible to clone sheep, dogs, cows and even foxes, the technology to de-extinct the prehistoric woolly mammoth has been at our fingertips. But whether…
Ökonomie… The World Lost an Oklahoma-Sized Area of Forest in 2013, Satellite Data Show 3 Apr 20152 Apr 2015 Oklahoma spans an area in the American South that stretches across almost 70,000 square miles. That’s almost exactly the same area of global forest cover that was lost in a…
Ökonomie… Alisher Usmanov hands Nobel Prize back to disgraced DNA scientist James Watson 11 Dez 201410 Dez 2014 Alisher Usmanov, the Arsenal owner and the richest man in Russia, has bought the Nobel prize that was sold by James Watson, one of three people who won the prize…
Ökonomie… The myth of religious violence 27 Sep 201426 Sep 2014 The popular belief that religion is the cause of the world’s bloodiest conflicts is central to our modern conviction that faith and politics should never mix. But the messy history…
