Hiking in South America: readers’ tips – With snowy peaks casting shadows on tropical landscapes, hidden ruins of ancient civilisations and deserts punctuated with immense volcanoes, South America isn’t short of dramatic hikes An excellent four-day hike (a one-day hike from Cerro Castillo village to glacial lake is possible) that begins on Carretera Austral (route 7) near Coyhaique, winds through forests, several river crossings (but no bridges), and ends over a 1,400-metre mountain pass ad…
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Is Ben Carson the New Republican Frontrunner? – Darren Hauck / Reuters MILWAUKEE—Ben Carson came out to address the media after Tuesday night’s debate, emerging in the spin room with his typical air of beatific nonchalance. He was immediately engulfed by dozens of microphones and cameras; a reporter for the Daily Mail began shouting questions about new factual discrepancies in his autobiography. “Did you attack your mother with a hammer, or did she attack you?” the reporter shouted. “Are yo…
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Thailand returns rescued orangutans to Indonesia – Fourteen apes flown back to Jakarta, as Bangkok government tries to shed country’s image as hub of illicit wildlife trading Fourteen orangutans that were smuggled out of Indonesia and believed to have been put to work at tourist attractions in Thailand have been sent home. Indonesia’s air force sent a C-130 plane to transport the apes, each in a metal cage, for the five-hour trip from Bangkok to Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, on Thursday….
Flock of birds invade pitch at football match in Brazil – Hilarious moment a flock of lapwings cause a football match to to be stopped in Brazil
Dead star tears asteroid to form debris rings (+Video) – A picture of an asteroid being torn by a dead star has been shot clearly for the very first time by researchers. The image shows the formation of a debris ring that is glowing brightly. These rings are made up of dust particles and debris and the rings constitute of the star’s gravity that end up ripping asteroids coming a way too close to them. Christopher Manser of the University of Warwick’s Astrophysics Group is the lead author of…
Plasma confinement state discovery can create fusion energy – A research team from the United States and China are testing ‘Momentary Heating Propagation Method’ in fusion devices for DIII-D tokamak device. This experiment can help alter the way fusion devices function. Superconductors, which endure no resistive loss of power, are utilized to create the magnetic fields that keep the 100 million degree C plasma, in combination reactor designs. Researchers led by Wayne Solomon of the U.S. Dep…
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