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Dozen black holes found at galactic centre

Dozen black holes found at galactic centre

Posted by | Apr 5, 2018 | |

A dozen black holes may lie at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, researchers have said. A new analysis provides support for a decades-old prediction that “supermassive” black holes at the centres of galaxies are surrounded by many smaller ones. However, previous searches of the Milky Way’s centre, where the nearest supermassive black hole is located, have found little evidence for this. Details appear in the journal Nature. Charles Hailey from Columbia University in New York and colleagues used archival data from Nasa’s Chandra X-ray telescope to come to their conclusions. They report the discovery of a...

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Even one drink a day could be shortening your life expectancy

Even one drink a day could be shortening your life expectancy

Posted by | Apr 15, 2018 | , |

Drinking one alcoholic drink on a daily basis could shorten your life expectancy, a new study suggests. The research found that drinking more than 100 grams of alcohol per week — equal to roughly seven standard drinks in the United States or five to six glasses of wine in the UK – increases your risk of death from all causes and in turn lowers your life expectancy. Recommended drinking limits in the United States are currently 98 grams for women and double for men – at two drinks per day – while limits in Italy, Spain and Portugal are...

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Comey book likens Trump to mafia boss ‘untethered to truth’

Comey book likens Trump to mafia boss ‘untethered to truth’

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , , |

Ex-FBI director’s book A Higher Loyalty – seen by the Guardian – calls president ‘unethical’ and compares presidency to a ‘forest fire’ The former FBI director James Comey denounces Donald Trump as “untethered to truth” and likens the president to a mafia boss, in an explosive new book set to bring fresh turmoil to the White House. Comey’s book, A Higher Loyalty, out next Tuesday, is published 11 months after he was fired by Trump, who allegedly tried to lean on him to shut down an investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey’s sacking triggered the...

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US REPORTEDLY MULLS ‘POWERFUL STRIKE’ ON SYRIA, 22 TARGETS INCLUDE RUSSIAN SITES

US REPORTEDLY MULLS ‘POWERFUL STRIKE’ ON SYRIA, 22 TARGETS INCLUDE RUSSIAN SITES

Posted by | Apr 12, 2018 | , , , , |

Trump and his advisers have been discussing a military response to the purported attack US President Donald Trump has canceled his trip to South America in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government forces in the city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta. Moscow and Damascus, for their part, are pressing for a fair investigation into the allegations, maintaining that it was a false flag attack. Last week, several media outlets reported, citing militants, that Damascus had dropped a chlorine bomb on Douma, which allegedly claimed up to 70 lives. While the United States has...

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Apple ordered to pay patent troll more than $500 million in iMessage case

Apple ordered to pay patent troll more than $500 million in iMessage case

Posted by | Apr 11, 2018 | , |

The eight-year battle between Apple and VirnetX takes another turn. Apple has been ordered by a federal court in Texas today to pay $502.6 million to a patent troll called VirnetX, the latest turn in an eight-year-old legal battle over FaceTime and iMessage patents, according to Bloomberg. Apple and VirnetX have been fighting in court since 2010, when the patent-holding company said the iPhone maker infringed on four of its patents related to internet-based communications. The legal battle has been protracted, and it involves multiple lawsuits and a dizzying number of appeals. Last we heard of the fight was...

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