Asteroids are hazardous to Earth 

NASA estimates that there are 4,700 asteroids potentially hazardous to Earth, according to data from the WISE probe, which scans the cosmos with infrared light. The agency noted that the observations of WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) allowed a better assessment of the population of potentially hazardous asteroids in our solar system.

Students in Chile take to the streets 

In Chile, the system repeats the educational and social inequalities of income distribution. More than 100,000 Chilean students were mobilized to protest a broad education reform and tax. Young people marched through several streets of the capital and various regions, repeating the scenario that brought down the popularity of President.

Single mutation makes Melanesians blond 

Solomon Islanders have very dark skin. Most also have dark hair, but about one in ten of them have strikingly blond hair. How is this blond trait inherited, and do the people of the Solomon Islands inherit it the same way that other blond populations do? A fascinating study recently discovered the genetic basis behind blond Solomon Islanders

Six investigations that will never be 

What helped to make the Trayvon Martin case a national, and international, news event were Online Petitions and Social Media sites that demanded an investigation into the police department's handling of the incident. But there are many other situations or incidents in America today that also cry out for fair and honest investigations

Opponents of official ideology in Israel receive life-threatening letters 

The opponents of the official ideology and religious dogma in Israel receive threatening letters. A person is entitled to their own point of view, even if it is contrary to the state ideology. However, the authorities have no less right to defend themselves against the allegations that undermine the foundations of statehood

It was US and UK that sank Russia's Kursk submarine 

Strategic submarine "Kursk" that sank in 2000 was sunk by the Americans. This theory discussed in Russia and abroad was once again raised by a Polish newspaper, referring to the information allegedly received from the Russian General Staff officer, "Lt. Col. Andrei." The restraint of the Russians made it possible to avoid a full-scale nuclear war

Another farce at the ICC 

The Ratko Mladic trial at the farcical International Criminal Court - that travesty of justice and insult to international law which kidnaps people, illegally detains them and does not apply the principles of due process - has been interrupted indefinitely after the prosecution "forgot" to deliver thousands of pages of evidence to the defence.

Chinese ship on long ocean expedition 

The scientific research vessel Dayang Yihao started an oceanic expedition from China to sail from the city of Sanya on Hainan island province, for a mission of 370 days. Tao Chunhui, chief of staff of experts on board, said the work will focus on the study of polymetallic sulfides, biorrecursos and the environment, according to information coming from the aforementioned island.

Peace-making without mediators 

A surplus of mediators have been around all the time, including the heavy weight Quartet of the UN, U.S., EU and Russia, as well as heaps of terms of reference of UNSC resolutions, bilateral signed accords and "roadmaps," in addition to marathon bilateral talks that have left no stone unearthed, international as well as regional conferences were never on demand to facilitate the "peace process," which has been lavishly financed to keep moving

Russia, Ukraine, Slavic Peoples, Population, and Adoption 

Russia (and Ukraine, and frankly most of the former Russian Empire) need babies. Healthy happy babies with caring parents. Too often I see girl pushing strollers and know dad is nowhere to be found. The most depressing for me was in a cafe seeing a father with 250 grams of vodka telling his child he couldn't afford to buy him ice cream

Madeleine Albright: Russia's foe and Serbia's butcher 

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright turned 75. She made history as the first woman at such a high office. She can hardly be called a friend of Russia. A native of the Czech Republic, she strongly advanced NATO to the Russian borders. She is remembered by the bombing of Yugoslavia. Albright also wanted to take Siberia away from Russia

Former Soviet state wants to set Ukraine against Russia 

Lithuania assumed the role of the intermediary in the relations between Ukraine and the EU. President Grybauskaite visited Kharkov and Kiev, trying to convince Viktor Yanukovych to release Tymoshenko and thereby put at risk the prospects of European integration of Ukraine. Why did Lithuania need to resolve the disputes between Ukraine and the EU?