Japan’s space agency has launched an ambitious space mission which aims to mine an asteroid and hunt for clues about the birth of the solar system.
About the size of a fridge, and fitted with an explosive bullet, Japan’s asteroid-hunting spacecraft embarked on a six-year space mission on Wednesday.
Building on a previous mission, which managed to bring rock fragments from another asteroid back to Earth in 2010, this time Hayabusa2 aims to do more.
The $260m spacecraft uses ion engines – a system which uses electricity to accelerate gas particles.
“That...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Snake bite, fibroid, hernia treated free in Langtang
By Sola Ogundipe
THIRTY three snake bite victims including a 60-year-old woman, Hanatu Dashe and 11-year-old Satya Ventnom were among 4,560 persons with various health challenges that accessed free comprehensive medical care during the 4th edition of the GEJ Medical Outreach in Zamko Comprehensive Health Centre in Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The patients were rushed to the Centre and administered Anti-snake venom-EchiTAbG 10ml, depending on the level of complication. It was gathered from nurses on duty confirmed that...
Monday, December 1, 2014
Obama seeks $75m for police body cameras
Spurred by the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, President Barack Obama is calling for $75m in federal spending to get 50,000 more police to wear body cameras that record their interactions with civilians.
However, Obama is not seeking to pull back federal programs that provide military-style equipment to local law enforcement.
The president was making the announcements on Monday from the White House during a series of meetings with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others.
At least for now, Obama is staying away from...
Republican aide resigns over criticism of Obama daughters
A senior Republican employee is resigning after her comments that the Obama daughters should “try showing a little class” caused a firestorm of criticism on social media this over the weekend.
Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Tennessee Rep. Stephen Fincher, confirmed to CNN that she planned to resign onMonday.
She faced heavy backlash when she wrote a Thanksgiving-Day screed against the Obama daughters, as well as the President and first lady, on Facebook that quickly went viral across the web.
In it, she scolded Malia and Sasha...
Terrorists behead Tunisian policeman
“Terrorists” in Tunisia have abducted and decapitated an off-duty policeman, media reports on Monday cited the interior ministry as saying.
The officer and his brother were in a car in the Kef area of the northwest when gunmen seeking to rob them immobilised the vehicle.
During the robbery, the attackers discovered that the man was in the police and they kidnapped and later killed him, radio stations Mosaique and Express-FM quoted a ministry spokesman as saying.
The man’s brother was not harmed in Sunday’s attack.
Security forces are now engaged...
