Astronaut Chris Hadfield says we could have gone to Mars decades ago — here’s why we haven’t

TED Conference / Flickr Former astronaut Chris Hadfield has flown on three space missions and spent nearly half a year in orbit. People could have landed on Mars “decades ago” if we’d really wanted to, Hadfield said, but such missions may have been deadly due to the state of rocket and spaceship technologies. Even if […]

F1 web deal with Amazon will unlock decades of data and video

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Decades of aerial photos reveal how an ancient desert city got its water

Enlarge (credit: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons) By combining old and new aerial images, archaeologists are getting a new look at the complexities of supplying water to an ancient desert city. In northern Jordan, along a wadi once called the Golden River, the ancient city of Jerash sits uneasily alongside its modern namesake. With its […]

Popular holiday islands such as the Maldives could be ‘uninhabitable in decades’

The Maldives and Hawaii are just some of the most beautiful islands that many British holidaymakers flock to every year. With golden sandy beaches and warm climate, it comes as no surprise that many flee the bad weather of the UK for a slice of paradise. Yet in the next few years, this could no […]

One of the smallest oil producers in the Middle East just announced its biggest discovery in decades (HAL, SLB)

Google Maps; Business Insider The island nation of Bahrain announced Wednesday that it discovered a shale reserve with at least 80 billion barrels of crude oil.  Like other producers, Bahrain’s government relies on oil revenues to fund itself, and its deficit was worsened by the oil crash that began in 2014. Halliburton will frack the shale […]

The average American is much better off now than four decades ago

JUST how bad have the past four decades been for ordinary Americans? One much-cited figure suggests they have been pretty bad. The Census Bureau estimates that for the median household, halfway along the distribution, income has barely grown in real terms since 1979. But a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a non-partisan […]

Here’s why the US let dozens of Russian spies operate in the US for decades

The US and its allies ordered the largest mass expulsion of Russian diplomats. Senior US officials say that more than 100 Russian spies are in the US masquerading as diplomats. But the US is allowing some to stay because it’s reportedly an accepted international practice that even includes the US. In ordering the largest mass […]

Manipulative media monopoly: Kremlin spokesman says US & UK press has ruled world for decades

Media outlets based in the US and Britain have long enjoyed dominance in the global news market and have abused their position to manipulate audiences, a Kremlin spokesman told RT in an exclusive interview. Russia is currently being targeted by an unprecedented campaign in the West, aimed at undermining its resurgence, Dmitry Peskov told RT’s […]