This lawsuit may never be forgotten. In the first case of its kind in the United States, an animal rights group has filed suit seeking legal personhood for elephants who are being kept at a Connecticut zoo. “The Nonhuman Rights Project’s lawsuit on behalf of the elephants — Minnie, Beulah, […]
Daily Archives: November 14, 2017
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Thirty-three days until “Last Jedi,” people, and star Mark Hamill is on high alert. On Sunday, the Luke Skywalker actor tweeted an image of Edvard Munch’s famed painting “The Scream,” but with its head replaced with a cute l’il porg. This isn’t Hamill’s first porg rodeo. Earlier this month, he […]
WASHINGTON — British small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is selling off its U.S. factory to General Atomics, a defense contractor with a growing interest in building military-optimized spacecraft. SSTL and General Atomics announced in separate statements Nov. 13 that the facility and accompanying workforce at SST-US’s Englewood, […]
Time is running out on mankind’s ability to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius, scientists say. (AFP Photo/LIONEL BONAVENTURE) Bonn (AFP) – Carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise this year after a three-year pause, scientists said at UN climate talks Monday, warning that “time is running out”, even […]
Seasteading Institute The world’s first floating city is expected to emerge in 2020 Joe Quirk, the president of the Seasteading Institute heading the project, has stated the new country will conform to its own government. He said: “Governments just don’t get better. “They’re stuck in previous centuries. That’s because land […]
LOS ANGELES — The saga of the basketballing Ball family — a tale literally made for TV — has gone seriously off script as one of the star sons languishes in China, detained on suspicion of shoplifting. The detention of LiAngelo Ball, one of the featured family members in the […]
Panthers (6-3) have the best defence in the league and are in and around the play-offs. The Dolphins (4-4) meanwhile sit just outside of the top six. Dolphins are without Ja’Wuan James, who has been placed on injured reserve because of a hamstring injury. Panthers’ three-time Pro Bowl tight end […]
In 2009, the world’s largest dinosaur tracks were discovered in the French village of Plagne, in the Jura Mountains. Since then, a series of excavations at the site has uncovered other tracks, sprawling over more than 150 meters. They form the longest sauropod trackway ever to be found. Scientists have […]