China’s longest double-track, single-bore train tunnel is complete, and high-speed trains traveling up to 125 miles per hour are slated to begin running through it later this year. It’s a major milestone, and yet it’s just one of many. China boasts 30 such projects, which comprise eight high-speed rail lines and over 500 miles of […]
STORY: :: This video contains images some viewers may find distressing :: Pro-Palestinian protestors in Spain lay on the ground to mimic casualties in Gaza :: Bilbao, Spain :: June 8, 2024 :: Mohammed Farajallah, Protester “It’s very emotional to see all these people here, Bilbao once again yelling for the Palestinians, for the people […]
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Friday. Seasonal flu, by contrast, makes ferrets sick but does not kill […]
Thanks to immense gravitational forces, the regions around black holes are violent and turbulent environments driven by physics that cannot be found anywhere else in the universe. In fact, black holes are so influential that, when they rotate, they drag the very fabric of space along with them. In other words, near a black hole, […]
Just when you thought the Boise area had reached its saturation point for new chicken restaurants — nope. Not even close. (And, no, Raising Cane’s still isn’t planning to open here this year.) But on a more pressing note? Mysterious new brand Chicken Delite is on track to debut this spring in Meridian. This won’t […]