Dacor Meet Dacor’s newest mega-fridge, the DRF427500AP. It’s a luxurious-looking four-door French door model with built-in cameras, a companion app and a special compartment that swaps between freezer and fridge settings on request. If that pitch sounds familiar, it’s because those are some of the exact same selling points you’ll […]
Daily Archives: December 14, 2017
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LONDON — Airbus has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to develop a Copernicus Data and Information Access Services, or DIAS, platform that will make data from the Earth-monitoring constellation more accessible to users from about mid-2018. According to Airbus spokesman Jeremy Close, the contract is worth more […]
A mating strategy among redback spiders where males seek out immature females appears to benefit both sexes, a new study has found.
Recently developed computational strategies could help realize the promise of peptide-based drugs. Researchers were able to sample the diverse landscape of shapes that peptides can form as a guide for designing the next generation of stable, potent, selective drugs. They compiled a library of peptide scaffolds upon which drug candidates […]
WASHINGTON — Omarosa Manigault Newman knew she stood out in this White House. “I’m the only African-American woman who sits at the table,” the former “Apprentice” contestant and departing White House senior staffer said in an interview Thursday morning. Wednesday’s announcement that the controversial aide was leaving her White House […]
When communities and police work together to deter urban violence, they can achieve better outcomes with fewer resources than when each works in isolation, a simulation model created by researchers.
A 60-year-old mystery about the source of energetic, potentially damaging particles in Earth’s radiation belts has been solved using data from a shoebox-sized satellite built and operated by students. The satellite is called a CubeSat.
The scene at the United Nations Security Council last week was reminiscent of the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, when the international community balked at President George W. Bush’s “with us or against us” message to the world body concerning the coming war. This time the […]
County attorneys do not yet have enough evidence to file charges against a Minneapolis police officer who mistakenly shot and killed an Australian bride-to-be in July, according to the prosecutor handling the case. Officer Mohamed Noor fatally shot Justine Damond, 40, on July 15 after she called police to report […]
Star Wars Episode 8 has finally made it on to the big screen. While most fans are still waiting desperately to see it, some of the Star Wars legends have given their opinions on The Last Jedi. Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s production designer Rick Heinrichs, has revealed what “cranky” […]
One person died after a stabbing in the neighbourhood of Buitenwijk West while others were injured several hundred metres away at Joseph Postmesstraat. Another person was later confirmed dead by police, albeit without confirming the specific location. Witnesses reported hearing loud shouts during the incident. Emergency services have rushed to […]
The Kentucky preacher-turned-politician who killed himself after being accused of molesting a teenager claimed he once raised a woman “from the dead.” State Rep. Dan Johnson also declared that he watched the second hijacked plane slam into the World Trade Center from his hotel room and spent the next two […]
Fire officials have confirmed the death, which occurred while the firefighter was tackling the Thomas Fire – the largest of the major blazes near the coast. A statement from Chief Ken Pimlott of California’s fire department said: “I am very saddened to report that a firefighter fatality has occurred on […]
That is according to former world number four Robin Soderling. Federer won the Open for the fifth time in January when he overcame Rafael Nadal in a dramatic five-set final. Next year’s event has an added layer of intrigue with the expected return from injury of Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray […]
Kim Jong-un is said to be furious over reports the US wants to roll out a naval blockade. And the regime has hit out accusing the Trump administration of being terrified of Kim Jong-un’s nuclear arsenal. A spokesman for Kim’s regime told state-run media: “The gang of Trump, being terrified […]
Fernando Alonso races at the Indy 500 this year, missing the Monaco Grand Prix. The Spaniard, who has signed to race again with McLaren next season, is supposedly eyeing a run at Le Mans. And while 2017 world champion Hamilton has given Alonso his blessing, the Brit doesn’t think it’s […]
Donald Trump appeared alongside wife Melania Trump in a Christmas portrait posted on Twitter today. In the portrait, the married couple appear wearing black tie dress and holding hands in a pose that shows a united front. First Lady Melania wears a midi length black dress with a sequinned embellishment […]
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. fighter jets intercepted two Russian planes in Syria on Wednesday after the Russians crossed a “deconfliction line,” and the U.S. fired chaff and warning flares in a confrontation that lasted 40 minutes, an American military spokesman said Thursday. One of the Russian planes flew so close […]
Internet service providers got an early Christmas gift. The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules, handing the broadband and wireless industries a big victory in their battle against government oversight of the internet. The Republican-led FCC voted 3-2 along party lines to dismantle the 2015 […]
“This is epic!” So said my son when I strapped the mirrored headset to his face and stood off to the side as he swung a lightsaber in the air. He was fighting battle droids. I was making sure he didn’t break anything. You too, could be a lightsaber-wielding warrior […]