Article Published by: dominicantoday.com The permanent delegation of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture ( Unesco ) received this Friday the official delivery by that Organization of the certification that inscribes the music and dance of the Dominican Bachata,...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov An SUV-size space rock flew past our planet over the weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it departed. Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this...
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Article Published by: ufc.com While there has been some eastern Oklahoma talent in the UFC over the years, there’s never been a fighter to truly put Tulsa on the map. XFN’s Matt Dixon looks to change that on Dana White’s Contender Series. The son of a combat sport...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Bitcoin has leaped higher this week, climbing to year-to-date highs and reaching levels not seen since June last year. The bitcoin price jumped almost 4% on Monday to hit highs of $12,470 per bitcoin on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange before falling back slightly. The...
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Article Published by: dominicantoday.com The history of the current Sosua Municipal baseball field is a long one stemming back to the original Jewish refugee settlers who arrived here in Sosua back in the 1940s following the Évian Conference of 1938. At that Conference convened at the...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov Distant cosmic objects such as planets, galaxies, and nebulae are sometimes referred to by the scientific community with unofficial nicknames. As the scientific community works to identify and address systemic discrimination and inequality in all aspects of the field, it has become...
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Article Published by: espn.com A group including actor and former WWE star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has agreed to purchase the XFL for approximately $15 million, according to a news release issued Monday morning. The XFL declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy April 13 and has been seeking a...
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Article Published by: dominicantoday.com The Dominican Foundation for Marine Studies, Fundemar, have registered an increase in the frequency of the presence of West Indian manatees on the coasts of La Romana, a critically endangered species in the Dominican Republic, with evidence of the appearance in the...
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Article Published by: theguardian.com The world’s largest all-electric aircraft is about to take to the skies for the first time. The Cessna Caravan, retrofitted with an electric engine, is expected to fly for 20-30 minutes over Washington state in the US on Thursday. The plane can carry nine...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Recently the World Meteorological Organization Committee on Weather and Climate Extremes, certified two new world records for lightning. Aptly called megaflashes, the strikes more than double the previous records. The longest reported distance for a single lightning flash covered a horizontal distance of...
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