Monday, February 18, 2019

18 February - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM

  WIRED


  • Nuking a grape produces sparks of plasma, as plenty of YouTube videos document. Now physicists think they can explain how that energy builds up.
  • Sharks are renowned for their wound healing, lifespans of 70-odd years, and low rates of cancer. Their genes could reveal their superpowers.

    • That's the rumor. It sounds possible—but also kinda hokey.

  • Mr. Trump warned Venezuelan soldiers to renounce loyalty to President Nicolás Maduro or they will find “no safe harbor.”
  • A House seat was hanging in the balance as state election officials heard the results of an investigation into absentee ballot fraud.

    • The Vatican confirmed, apparently for the first time, that it has general guidelines for what to do when clerics break celibacy vows and father children...

      India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti






    • Eight medical colleges came under the scanner of Medical Council of India last year for not fulfilling the criteria and it barred them from admitting students for deficiencies in...

  • The MPs - including Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna - urge others to join them, as Jeremy Corbyn says he is "disappointed" by the split.
  • In a BBC interview, Shamima Begum asks for forgiveness and says the choice to go to Syria was her own.

    • British heavyweight Tyson Fury signs a fight deal with a United States television network worth a reported £80m.

    I note National Geographic has only outdated returns

      Reuters: World News



  • U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned members of Venezuela's military who remain loyal to socialist President Nicolas Maduro that they are risking their future and their...
  • Senegal, the most stable democracy in West Africa, is preparing for an election on Sunday with President Macky Sall facing off against four other candidates...

    • A cross-party group of British lawmakers recommended on Tuesday that brands and retailers in the fashion industry should pay a penny per garment to fund better clothing waste collection...


  • Virgin Galactic wants to make the world a better place by giving a lot more people some much-needed perspective.
  • On Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched a spacecraft to study the inner workings of the sun: the Solar Dynamics Observatory. See how it happened here in our On This Day in Space video series...

    • The White House has nominated a longtime NASA center director and former acting administrator to be the next director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)...

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