The partnership in the new Google Lunar X Prize between the Team Astrobotic of the United States and Team Hakuto of Japan has been established in pursuit of $30 Million prize to get to the lunar surface at the end of 2016.
“Could The Simpson actually be set in Australia?” This has been the question that existed in the mind of a science writer and American astronomer, Phil Plait as he observed the celestial object.
Bloomberg reported that French President Francois Hollande’s government was preparing a law that would make the hosting of terrorist propaganda by internet companies a criminal offence for which the latter could be prosecuted by its courts. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that US president Barack Obama is proposing an engagement with the internet companies on this issue.
Announcements by both the South Korean and North Korean militaries over the last couple of days has escalated tension in the Korean Peninsula. Announcements by both the South Korean and North Korean militaries over the last couple of days has escalated tension in the Korean Peninsula.
Underage pornography never gets away, scot free! This saying proved to be true in a South Carolina underage pornography act involving a 14-year-old girl and a toddler.
The great Niagara Falls freezes into a huge crystal-like lake encasing trees into its frozen shells are drawing in lots of local and foreign tourists alike.
New Zealand authorities have reported an increase in travel spending by overseas tourists, with Chinese visitors topping the list.
University of Notre Dame officials are considering opening a satellite campus in China through a joint residential liberal arts college with Zhejiang University.
The movement activity during the Spring Festival travel rush, known as "chunyun" in Chinese, has been tracked by Chinese search engine giant Baidu during the Year of the Sheep, providing information that adds further interest to the tourism data that has already attracted so much attention.
The Russian government has expressed full support for China’s initiative to hold an open debate on international peace and security at the U.N. Security Council.
In the ongoing investigation of the 40-year-old case of Lyon sisters Sheila, 12, and Katharine, 10, convicted child molester Lloyd Welch, 58, and his uncle Richard Welch, 69, have been considered by the authorities “persons of interest.”
Millions of Chinese citizens going home for their traditional Chinese New Year homecoming were surprised to find that the old ordeals of traveling have been replaced by the much smoother, civilized and comfortable transport brought about by China's modernized train network and ticketing system.
It seems that the fight against corruption takes no holiday even on the traditional Chinese New Year as China's anti-corruption agents are working full-time even during the Lunar Year festivities.
A cargo train service recently returned after finishing its maiden run between Spain’s Madrid and China’s commodity center, Yiwu, increasing the possibility of a rise in Chinese exports to the continent of Europe.
