Since opening on February 26, 2008, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has taken in more than a million different seed varieties (AFP Photo/Larsen, Hakon Mosvold) More Longyearbyen (AFP) – Norway’s ‘doomsday’ seed bank, which seeks to protect the world’s crops from natural disasters, on Monday said it had gathered more […]
Daily Archives: February 26, 2018
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The European Parliament attempted to monopolise on the successes of individual member states by claiming their medals for their own. In a post to the European Parliament’s Instagram, they said: “Congratulations to all the athletes who took part in the 2018 Winter Olympics. “If the EU was a team, it […]
Pique has been playing through the pain barrier after sustaining a knee injury in the derby draw against Espanyol earlier this month. The 31-year-old was expected to spend time on the sidelines but has since started four of Barcelona‘s last five games. Pique was named in Ernesto Valverde’s team for […]
Within the first few minutes of picking up these explosive action games, you know exactly the type of experience you’re in for. A madcap mix of pitch perfect combat, over the top cutscenes and a provocative sense of humour. And it’s all topped off with a badass heroine who makes […]
WASHINGTON — NASA’s new planetary protection officer is open to reexamining how the agency deals with both government and commercial missions to Mars and other potentially habitable worlds in the solar system. Lisa Pratt, an astrobiologist who had been a professor in Indiana University’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, […]
(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — Heather Locklear was arrested for investigation of domestic violence and fighting with sheriff’s deputies at her California home, authorities said Monday. Ventura County sheriff’s Capt. Garo Kuredjian said deputies responded to domestic disturbance around 10 p.m. Sunday in Thousand Oaks, west of Los Angeles. The victim […]
If you rely on the private browsing mode built into your web browser to hide your internet history, you might want to reconsider. These modes will still leave a trace of your secretive web history, researchers from MIT have warned. Most modern browsers boast this feature, including Private Browsing in […]
Staff at Alabama’s WC Holman Correctional Facility left convicted murderer Doyle Lee Hamm with more than a dozen puncture marks in his legs and groin before the lethal injection was called off last Thursday, according to his attorney Bernard Harcourt. Speaking after his client had been examined by a doctor […]