Picture of the day for August 27, 2019 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
Wikipedia picture of the day on August 27, 2019: Female Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius), an endemic goat in the Eravikulam National Park in Kerala, India. There are about 3000 animals left in the wild, all in the Western Ghats https://ift.tt/2L8gRhB
Watch SpaceX’s Starhopper attempt a 150m ‘hover test’
Ready for the next generation of SpaceX vehicles? Before the Starship launches, it’s testing out the new technology on this Starhopper test vehicle, which is scheduled to make its highest jump yet at about 7 PM ET. If all goes well, it will pop up to about 150m / 500~ feet. Check below for a …
Tangenti Lombardia, da Caianiello parziali ammissioni di soldi incassati
Parziali ammissioni di soldi incassati, senza mai confermare, comunque, che si trattasse di tangenti, e un nuovo interrogatorio davanti ai pm che si terrà nei prossimi giorni, probabilmente la settimana prossima. Così è mutata nei giorni scorsi la linea difensiva di Nino Caianiello, ex responsabile di Forza Italia a Varese e presunto «burattinaio» nell’inchiesta della …
Goodbye spiderwebs: Apple’s iPhone 11 may have shatter-resistant glass
Apple’s new iPhone 11 is almost definitely right around the corner, with a launch expected in the coming weeks. A rumor surfaced suggesting the new phones will have shatter-resistant technology to improve durability, Bloomberg reports. Over the years we’ve seen Apple’s iPhone’s getting bigger, and more and more glass has been used to cover the …
Ford says its autonomous cars will last just four years
The automotive industry has embraced — and advertised — self-driving cars as a kind of panacea that will solve numerous problems that modern society is grappling with right now, from congestion to safety to productivity (you can work while riding!). Unfortunately, a very big question that has been almost entirely overlooked is: how long will …
Learn How to Fall With Climber Alex Honnold
People have a lot of questions for Alex Honnold, the professional climber who ascended 3,000 vertical feet of Yosemite National Park granite without any safety equipment in last year’s Academy Award-winning documentary Free Solo. The film follows Honnold’s obsession to climb a route called “Freerider,” relying only the friction of his climbing shoes, a dusting …
VIDEO. Nicolas Sarkozy accueilli en rockstar par 200 fans à Nice
Dès 14h30, quelque deux cents personnes ont attendu Nicolas Sarkozy à l’entrée de la librairie Jean-Jaurès, ce lundi dans le Vieux-Nice. L’ancien Président a dédicacé son dernier livre tout l’après-midi. Avec ce dernier ouvrage, Nicolas Sarkozy est au sommet des ventes depuis sa sortie fin juin. Il a déjà écoulé 213.000 exemplaires de son livre …