September2016
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Better defining the signals left by as-yet-undefined dark matter at the LHC
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: These developments are described in a review published in EPJ C by Andrea De Simone and Thomas Jacques from the International School for Advanced Studies SISSA, in Trieste, Italy. EFT models offer the advantage... -
In hong kong, the iphone 7’s tagline means something slightly naughty
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: If you can understand Cantonese – and roughly 80 million people around the world can – then this tagline is actually a bit risqué. 7 in this language is pronounced “tsat,” which also happens to be... -
Hunt for ninth planet reveals new extremely distant solar system objects
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: The more objects that are found at extreme distances, the better the chance of constraining the location of the ninth planet that Sheppard and Trujillo first predicted to exist far beyond Pluto (itself no... -
NASA team probes peculiar age-defying star
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: Researchers initially classified the star as elderly, perhaps a red supergiant. But a new study by a NASA-led team of researchers suggests that the object, labeled IRAS 19312+1950, might be something quite different —... -
Milky Way had a blowout bash 6 million years ago
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: Measurements show that the Milky Way galaxy weighs about 1-2 trillion times as much as our Sun. About five-sixths of that is in the form of invisible and mysterious dark matter. The remaining one-sixth... -
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit, it has been 25 years!
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” has always been a goodie. Now it is an oldie. The song that played a large part in vanquishing hair metal was released 25 years ago Saturday. That’s right. The... -
Nicholas K kicks off New York Fashion Week with ‘Urban nomad’ style
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: Luxury brand Nicholas K kicked off New York Fashion Week Thursday, bringing its desert inspired style to the city with a display of long caftan style dresses and asymmetrical jackets. Wearing shades of creams... -
One killed and 3 female militant injured in Azimpur gunfight
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: Police and suspected criminals traded gunfire when the law enforcers were raiding a suspected militant den in Azimpur area of Dhaka this evening. Police have killed one militant and captured 3 female militants, whom... -
First humanitarian repatriation flight from Southern Libya
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: IOM organized its first humanitarian repatriation charter flight from southern Libya on 6 September, flying 171 stranded Nigerien migrants back to Niger. The flight departed from Taminhint Airport and arrived in Niamey, Niger in... -
20 million people dying for a drink in Bangladesh
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: Every day, 20 million people are drinking water full of dangerous levels of poisons. The vast majority even don’t know they are doing so. It kills an estimated 43,000 people in Bangladesh every year,...
