Day: May 24, 2018

Lists the main causes of death on leave The rating of the most common causes of death of tourists during the holidays. This reports the South China Morning Post. The first place led road incidentsin which travellers often die due to the seat belt. Also, according to the publication, the most deadly country for motorcyclists turned out to be Thailand, but that’s not stopping immigrants from the rental of mopeds and bikes. The second position in the ranking took drugs. According to the latest data, only in the popular resort of Goa, India, over the last 12 years from drugs died 245 foreigners. The next common cause of death on vacation called drowning. As the source noted, travelers are often thought to “have superpowers”, and got into accidents. So, in China, of the 700 victims in 2017 tourists more than a third drowned in the water. Alcohol has also become

Named the cause of a mysterious alien signal Astronomers from the University of Toronto found that the pulsar B1957+20, known Black Widow, emits radiation the frequency of which resemble repetitive fast radio bursts at the object of FRB 121102. The nature of the latter is unknown, but there are versions that the radiation can emit merging with each other of the neutron star, supernova, or even an alien civilization. Article scientists published in the journal Nature. Quick radar pulse lasts for several milliseconds and emits into space is a huge energy — what the Sun emits within a few tens of thousands of years. A number of scientists believed that such bursts may result from catastrophic events, such as celebrity deaths. However, some of the impulses are repeated over time. So, the source of FRB 121102, which is thought to be a neutron star, signaled in 2012 and 2015-2017. Pulsar

Explained the mysterious disappearance of the ancient Americans Scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Tulane University in New Orleans studied remains of settlements of the native Americans who lived in the XIII century ad and were builders of mounds. The researchers believe that the residents left their village, situated on the coast of Louisiana, due to the ingress of salt water into freshwater reservoirs. About it reported in a press release on the website at the University of Illinois. Ancient people built mounds in North America since 4500 BC. In the XIII century in the lower part of the valley of the Mississippi river formed the culture of Placemen, which mounds had ceremonial significance and were part of temple complexes. Native Americans lived only in areas with access to resource-rich waterways that could support the existence of relatively large settlements. For example, in Grand Caillou, located in

Elon Musk will release “the Truth” to expose the fakes The founder of companies SpaceX and Tesla Elon Musk is thinking about creating a service to evaluate the veracity of journalistic articles. He wrote about this in his Twitter. “They are going to create a website where the visitor will be able to evaluate the truth of any of the articles and to track changes in the level of trust for each journalist, editor and publication. I’m thinking about calling it “Pravda””, — he said. The millionaire explained that journalists are under constant pressure, is due to start on promotional materials or be fired. He cited the example of his company Tesla, which does not want to advertise, unlike oil and gas companies and the traditional automakers. In the end Musk advised reporters, not wanting the appearance of Pravda, the light, write an article about it, urging readers to speak