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Comet landing: Philae detects organic molecules on the surface of comet By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC The Philae lander has detected organic molecules on the surface of its comet, scientists have confirmed. Carbon-containing “organics” are the basis of life on Earth and may give clues to chemical ingredients delivered to our planet early in […]

European Space Agency lands Rosetta’s Philae probe on comet European Space Agency ESA’s Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved. After a tense wait during the seven-hour descent to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the signal confirming the successful […]

Judge approves Detroit’s plan to exit bankruptcy By Monica Davey and Mary Williams Walsh The New York Times DETROIT — Less than 16 months after Detroit became the largest city in the United States to file for bankruptcy, a federal judge on Friday approved a plan intended to help it escape years of financial ruin […]

Recreational marijuana use now legal in Washington DC, Oregon, Alaska and Colorado By David Knowles Bloomberg Politics When it came to the fast-expanding rights of marijuana smokers, Election Night was not a buzz kill. Voters in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C. passed measures legalizing the drug for recreational use Tuesday, joining Colorado and Washington, which […]

Urban Land Institute’s 2015 real estate markets to watch Real estate investment is not immune to the economic laws of supply and demand; and as more capital flows into the asset class, two main scenarios present themselves. The first is that competition for desired assets increases, driving up prices and lowering returns. The second is […]

India test fires nuke capable cruise missile The nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile a strike range of 1,000 km (621.37 miles) Xinhua NEW DELHI- India on Friday, October 17, 2014 successfully test fired its home-made, nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile, Nirbhay, from a test range in the eastern state of Odisha, sources said. “The test […]

China overtakes U.S. to become world’s largest economy, says International Monetary Fund Chris Giles Financial Times We all know the world economy is changing. We know it is changing fast. But do we really know how fast? Read on. In the spring, the International Comparison Programme calculated new exchanges rates for comparing output of different […]

Paris: Eiffel Tower gets glass floor for 125th anniversary AFP A much-anticipated facelift of the Eiffel Tower will be unveiled Monday with a new glass floor to dizzy the millions of tourists who flock to Paris’s best-known landmark every year. Its owners hope the formerly dowdy and draughty first floor will become as big an […]

United States: Foreign-born population from Africa has grown rapidly during the last 40 years U.S. Census Bureau Released October 1, 2014 The foreign-born population from Africa has grown rapidly in the United States during the last 40 years, increasing from about 80,000 in 1970 to about 1.6 million in the period from 2008 to 2012. […]

The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, the colonial administrator of Hong Kong and Nigeria for Britain, pushed for indirect rule in colonial Africa. Lugard outlined the reasons and methods that should be employed in the colonization of Africa by Britain. It included spreading Christianity and saw state sponsored colonization as […]