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Congratulations to Denmark: Least corrupt country in 2013
The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public...
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China plants flag on moon
Soon the moon will look like the front of a United Nations building. Follow The post China plants flag on moon appeared first on FIRETOWN!.
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What is the origin of the Basque people and language?
Paradoxically, despite not having found a linguistic relationship, the genetic haplogroup R1b3 has been found between the Bashkirs of Volga. Lobov A.. et al. (2005) “Y chromosome analysis in...
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What is the link between the Basque language and ancient Sumerian?
Dené–Caucasian is a proposed broad language family that includes the Sino-Tibetan, North Caucasian, Na-Dené, Yeniseian, Vasconic (including Basque) and Burushaski language families. A connection...
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India is building solar canals to produce energy while slowing water loss
Gandhinagar, April 23: Close on heels of commencing use of wastelands in northern districts and rooftops in towns and cities, Gujarat is set to potentially use the existing 19,000 km-long network of...
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Tiananmen Square massacre remembered in China 25 years later
To this day we do not know the amount of people killed during the People’s Liberation Army at Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, but estimates go into the thousands. This week marks the 25th...
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Will the Worldcup help or hurt Brazil?
To some people in Western Europe poverty means not being able to afford a 3 week vacation in Brazil. For people in other parts of the world, poverty means having to fight daily to be able to stay...
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Which countries match the GDP and population of Brazil’s states?
AS FOOTBALLERS and fans descend on Brazil for the World Cup kick-off on June 12th in São Paulo, they will find themselves in not one country but many. As our interactive map shows, Brazilian states’...
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Most maps of the world are proportionally wrong
Here is something that struck me: Australia is around 7.7 Million km² in size and Greenland 2.1 Million km². Regardless of the significant size of Australia being almost 4 times the landmass of...
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Cliff Richard’s house searched due to allegaltions of sexually assaulting 16...
‘Cliff Richard’ Sir Cliff Richard’s home searched by police over historical sex allegation involving boy under 16 year old Sir Cliff Richard Arrested Sir Cliff Richard’s Berkshire property searched by...
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