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  • Germany Apologizes for WWII Massacre in Crete

    10/31/2024 3:09:09 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 23 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | October 31, 2024 | Tasos Kokkinidis
    The Germany President pictured here with his Greek counterpart flew to Crete on Thursday to apologize for the German atrocities in Crete. Credit: German Presidency President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier has asked the people of Kandanos in Crete for forgiveness on behalf of Germany for the massacres committed by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War. “We cannot undo the suffering. We will never be able to properly make up for it. But we must keep its memory alive to ensure that what happened once does not happen again”, he said at a commemoration ceremony. Visiting Kandanos on Crete...
  • The Real Inglorious Basterds: The Men Who Hunted Nazi Soldiers Behind Enemy Lines | Timeline

    10/30/2024 2:14:14 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 16 replies
    Is there any truth behind Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds'? Discover the real story of the Jewish Americans who went behind enemy lines to exact revenge on Nazi soldiers. Link to transcript below video.
  • Maryland historical society seeks to identify mystery machine

    10/30/2024 12:52:22 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 78 replies
    UPI ^ | October 30, 2024 | Ben Hooper
    The Dorchester County Historical Society is trying to identify a mystery machine that has been in storage since the 1990s and includes components believed to be about 100 years old. Photo courtesy of the Dorchester County Historical Society/Facebook ================================================================== Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Historians in Maryland are seeking the public's help to identify a mysterious machine donated to a museum in the 1990s. The Dorchester County Historical Society posted photos to social media showing a machine composed of a flat ceramic counter top and two spinning objects that resemble rolling pins. The contraption was donated to the historical society's Neild...
  • Forgotten Antibiotic From Decades Past Could Be a Superbug Killer

    10/30/2024 12:42:37 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 10 replies
    Science Alert ^ | October 30, 2024 | Carly Cassella
    An antibiotic developed some 80 years ago before being abandoned and forgotten could again offer exciting new solutions, this time to the emerging threat of drug-resistant superbugs. Half of the bacteria-killing drugs we use today are variations of compounds that were found nearly a century ago, during the 'golden age' of antibiotics. One called streptothricin was isolated in the 1940s, drawing attention for its potential in treating infections caused by what are known as gram-negative bacteria. Unlike gram-positive bacteria, these microbes lack a robust cell wall that many antibiotics target. Finding alternatives has been one of the big challenges for...
  • Watch Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) Get Destroyed By The Sun...Goodbye Halloween comet, we hardly knew you.

    10/30/2024 12:10:51 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 6 replies
    IFL Science ^ | October 30, 2024 | Dr. Alfredo Carpineti
    Little did the comet know that calamity was about to strike minutes after this snapshot was taken. Image credit: NASA/ESA/SOHO Many across the world have witnessed the spectacle of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Some of us, due to constant clouds, were not so lucky. There was, however, hope for a second bright comet this year: Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1). It was expected to get as bright as Venus by Halloween, but the Sun is a cruel mistress, making these objects bright but also capable of destroying them. That was the fate of this comet. It passed at its closest point by Earth...
  • Vest-wearing giant rats could be smugglers' worst nightmare

    10/30/2024 11:19:42 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 29 replies
    New Atlas ^ | October 30, 2024 | Michael Franco
    The rats will be trained to operate a vest that emits a sound when a ball attached to a cord is pulledAPOPO Most of us are familiar with the vest-clad beagle that hunts for illegal fruits and plants in the travelers' luggage at airports. Now, a species of giant pouched rat has been trained to fulfill a similar role in finding illegal wildlife products. The rodents who underwent the training are African giant pouched rats and, despite their somewhat terrifying name, really only grow to be about 750 mm (about 2.5 ft) long from the tip of the nose to...
  • Tunic found in one of the Royal Tombs at Vergina identified as Alexander the Great's

    10/30/2024 11:15:13 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    Phys.Org ^ | October 30, 2024 | Bob Yirka
    An international team of archaeologists, led by Antonis Bartsiokas with Democritus University of Thrace, in Greece, has uncovered evidence that a tunic found in one of the Royal Tombs at Vergina once belonged to Alexander the Great. In his paper published in the Journal of Field Archaeology, Bartsiokas outlines the evidence surrounding the purple and white tunic and also claims that he and his team have definitively identified the remains of three of the people entombed at the famous burial site. Prior research has suggested that several members of Alexander the Great's family were laid to rest in the Royal...
  • Yankees Fan Commits Most Egregious Interference in the History of Sports [0:29 Video]

    10/30/2024 5:33:37 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 50 replies
    Rumble Via Liberty Daily ^ | October 30, 2024 | Staff
    Yankees Fan Commits Most Egregious Interference in the History of Sports...STEAL FLY BALL FROM PLAYERS GLOVE! Is this even legal?
  • AI ‘Will Enhance’ Nuclear Command and Control, Says STRATCOM Boss

    10/29/2024 10:49:56 AM PDT · by USAF1985 · 43 replies
    Air and Space Forces Magazine ^ | 10/28/2024 | Greg Hadley
    The Pentagon nuclear command, control, and communications enterprise is decades old and desperate for an upgrade, says the head of U.S. Strategic Command, and artificial intelligence could help fortify nuclear C3 for its no-fail mission. STRATCOM is “exploring all possible technologies, techniques, and methods to assist with the modernization of our NC3 capabilities,” said Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, who has led the command since December 2022. More at link.
  • X1.8 Flare Unleashed: NASA Captures Powerful Solar Eruption

    10/29/2024 5:50:16 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | October 29, 2024 | NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory
    NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash in each of the three image panes — on October 26, 2024. The images show three different subsets of extreme ultraviolet light that highlight the extremely hot material in flares and which are colorized in teal, gold, and red. Credit: NASA/SDO ======================================================================================= On October 26, 2024, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a powerful solar flare that peaked at 3:19 a.m. ET. Classified as an X1.8 flare, this intense event has the potential to disrupt radio signals, navigation systems, and power grids on Earth,...
  • The American West: The Many Ways James Bowie Died At The Alamo

    10/28/2024 11:01:48 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | October 26, 2024 | William Groneman
    (Cowboy State Daily Staff) =================================================================================== Every year the Alamo’s March 6 anniversary ignites lively debate among aficionados concerning many details of the battle. The death of David Crockett, the Alamo’s most famous combatant, draws most attention. James Bowie, the Alamo’s other frontier celebrity must shake his head in the Texas Valhalla. His death, as sacrificially heroic as Crockett’s, does not generate the same interest. However, versions of Bowie’s death, while not as numerous as Crockett’s, are as varied and interesting. According to stories spread after the battle, Bowie either died: as a murder victim; a suicide; a battle casualty; or...
  • MLS Goalkeeper Dies Suddenly At 25

    10/28/2024 10:51:37 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 10 replies
    Trending Politics ^ | October 28, 2024 | Cullen McCue
    Holden Trent, the backup goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer club, passed away on Saturday at the age of 25, according to a statement released by the team. The team did not provide a cause of death, though his family announced that he had been in the intensive care unit in a hospital through Trent’s Instagram page. “We want to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,” the family said in a follow-up statement, adding that Holden passed away while surrounded by family and friends. “The Philadelphia Union is devastated by the heartbreaking passing...
  • AH-1Z Viper: The Worlds Most Advanced Attack Helicopter

    10/27/2024 9:35:13 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 36 replies
    Bell flight ^ | Lance corporal Peyton Kahle
    Attack helicopters have evolved. Modern machines are faster, can engage from greater distances, and carry more ordnance than their predecessors. At the forefront of this evolution is the Bell AH-1Z Viper. Bell invented the attack helicopter and changed the face of U.S. Army aviation. From this legacy, Bell has created subsequent variations of the AH-1, culminating in the AH-1Z. Today, the Viper has evolved from the venerable AH-1 of the Vietnam War. In creating the AH-1Z Viper platform, Bell has been pivotal for advancing military aviation technology worldwide.
  • Remains of WWII soldier killed nearly 80 years ago in France identified, to be reburied at national cemetery

    10/26/2024 6:42:45 PM PDT · by Kartographer · 10 replies
    Fox News ^ | Martha MacCallum
    A World War II soldier who was killed in the mountains of France during a German offensive in 1944 has been identified, and his remains will be reburied at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, military officials said this week. Jeremiah P. Mahoney, 19, of Chicago, was killed on Jan. 17, 1945, in the Vosges Mountains of France during a weeks-long battle.
  • NASA Astronaut Hospitalized: Unraveling the Medical Mystery After Crew-8’s Space Odyssey

    10/26/2024 6:31:47 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | October 26, 2024 | NASA / SpaceX
    After a successful splashdown of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8, one astronaut was kept under observation for medical issues while the rest returned to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA Following the splashdown of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission, one astronaut remains under medical observation, with the others safely back in Houston. The crew had completed a mission of over 235 days in space, conducting scientific research at the International Space Station. After safely splashing down on Earth as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission on Friday, a NASA astronaut encountered a medical issue. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette...
  • Israel fires retaliatory strikes against Tehran over ballistic missile barrage

    10/25/2024 5:14:46 PM PDT · by Libloather · 19 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/25/24 | Ronny Reyes
    Israel launched air strikes on Iran on Friday in retaliation for Tehran’s ballistic barrage of 200 rockets targeting the Jewish state earlier this month, the Israeli military confirmed. The Israel Defense Forces fired “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran “in response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel,” an IDF spokesperson said in a statement. Multiple explosions were reported near Tehran, Iran’s capital, according to reports. The Israel Defense Forces fired “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran “in response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against...
  • The Strategic Relevance of Kaliningrad

    10/25/2024 3:10:30 PM PDT · by Retain Mike · 11 replies
    U.S. Naval Institute ^ | October 2024 | Dr. Paolo Pizzolo
    Situated between Poland and Lithuania, both members of the European Union and NATO, Kaliningrad Oblast is a Russian exclave on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, as well as the westernmost region of the Russian Federation.Tactically, in the event of conflict, Russia could form a land bridge from Belarus to the Kaliningrad exclave along the so-called Suwałki Gap, severing the Baltic states, including Lithuania, from other members of the Atlantic Alliance. In this scenario, troops stationed in Lithuania as part of a German-led NATO brigade would be surrounded and cut off from Central Europe. In addition, the deployment of...
  • eVTOL taxi startup Lilium is out of money and filing for insolvency

    10/25/2024 7:03:20 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 21 replies
    New Atlas ^ | October 25, 2024 | Abhimanyu Ghoshal
    Lilium was slated to deliver its first two Jets to customers in 2026. Was.Lilium View 1 Images Seven years after its first test flight, German electric air taxi manufacturer Lilium has run out of funding and filed for insolvency for its two primary subsidiaries. That's from a regulatory filing with the US SEC, in which Lilium stated it had failed to raise an injection of US$54 million (€50 million) from the German government to continue its operations. The company had raised over $1 billion from numerous investors over the years. That's not just bad news for the eVTOL company, but...
  • Small Wonder: Mini Spectrometer Packs the Power of Devices 1,000 Times Larger

    10/25/2024 6:19:17 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | October 25, 2024 | University of California - Santa Cruz
    This simulation shows a top-down view of how different light patterns in red and green are generated when fed with input from a waveguide on the left. Credit: Md Nafiz Amin =================================================================================== A new miniature spectrometer combines cutting-edge technology with affordability, offering high precision in fields such as astronomy and health diagnostics. This device promises to bring complex spectral analysis into more frequent use by reducing size and cost, without sacrificing performance. Spectrometers, tools for analyzing light, have been around since the time of 17th-century physicist Isaac Newton. They function by splitting light waves into their various colors, or spectra,...
  • These Are The Most And Least Popular 2024 Corvettes According To Chevrolet...The automaker just broke down the build counts surrounding all 42,934 Corvettes it built for 2024

    10/25/2024 5:49:09 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 29 replies
    Car Scoops ^ | October 24, 2024 | Stephen Rivers
    * Chevrolet just released details about all of the 42,934 Corvettes it made for the 2024 model year. * With that we now know what the most popular choices were and where the take rates were very low. * One combination of trim and paint was so rare that less than 10 people requested it. ============================================================ Chevrolet has no qualms about building a lot of 2024 Corvettes and it just announced that it made 42,934 of them. That’s more Corvettes than Toyota Supras, Nissan Zs, and Lexus RCs combined. In fact, the most popular trims outsold those rival sports cars...