My News Roundups
Short summaries of the top global news. Tarrant Skorji has contributed 9, including:
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Flies for the First Time
May 4th over the Mojave Desert SpaceShipTwo was released into space, and then imitating a shuttlecock re-entered the atmosphere. A video of the flight is available at the link.
Liquid Galaxy: Google's Flying Elevator
Google's engineers (in their spare time) have created something amazing. Using Google Earth they've created a wrap-around screen that with a remote allows travel across the globe.
Buried Pyramids Uncovered Using Infra-red Satellites
An infra-red survey of Egypt conducted by Egyptologist Dr. Sarah Parcak reveals over 3,000 settlements, 1,000 tombs and 17 possible pyramids underground near San El Hagar.
Radiation levels in Fukushima 1,000 times higher than reported
TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) has been reprimanded by the government for releasing false radiation readings. The government has declared this mistake 'unacceptable' and won't be looking kindly on any farther mistakes.
The Icelandic volcano, Grimsvotn, erupts creating ash cloud
As Grimsvotn continues to erupt its smoke cloud drifts towards England. A few airlines have started to cancel some of their flights. While it's not expected to be as bad as last year President Obama is being encouraged to change flight plans.
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