The Globe and Mail has caused a court “book of record” to be released from the Vancouver court in which a trial against a Chinese Vancouverite accused of spying for China is taking place. The most recent development: Two unnamed co-conspirators in the case have been found to be Chinese soldiers. Allegedly, Su Bin, a … Read more
What Is If-Modified-Since? … If-Modified-Since (aka “the If-Modified-Since HTTP header”) explained. (This is an SEO-relevant question asked by web developers who want search engines to understand and rank their webpages.) “304 status code” or no “304”? Every so often, the Googlebot spider will visit your website. If you have updated your page since last time it … Read more
BCIT is providing a power-nap room, hoping to allow some of their students — already sleeping in other parts of the school — to boost their energy levels. The sleep room, launched Monday, is available to book for hour periods between 12:30 and 5 p.m. four days per week — Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. … Read more
This javascript-based visual representation of the Earth spinning in space was developed and shared on the website CodePen by programmer Eric J Nesser. Holding down the mouse left-click button while scrolling will zoom or change the viewing angle of the representation of the Earth. See the Pen Earth WebGL Demo by Eric J Nesser (@enesser) on CodePen. Read more
Chimpanzees played the trust game to find out the basis of individual preference for other chimps Trust is the foundation of close relationships in the world of chimpanzees, according to anthropologists at Max Planck Institute. “Humans largely trust only their friends with crucial resources or important secrets,” said Dr. Jan Engelmann of the Max Planck Institute … Read more
Designer Nick Kaloterakis has worked on a wide range of future design concepts, incluing vehicles, and this is his SNAP! design. It is a personal wheel vehicle that can attach to other similar vehicles to form collective vehicles. Kaloterakis works in 3D renderings to develop his concepts. By trade he is a digital artist at … Read more
Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose confirmed rumors Monday that the original Guns N’ Roses would reunite and play the Coachella festival in 2016. The hard rock singer confirmed the reunion with his former bandmates on Twitter, less than one week after Tweeting opaquely that “The only thing I know ‘confirmed’ is my LOVE of … Read more
From the International Space Station’s 400 km perch, astronauts like New Jerseyite Scott Kelly have been taking impressive photos of the world over the past almost two decades of the ISS’s use. Kelly, the current Commander of the Year Long Mission aboard the ISS, has been tweeting his photos to his followers for the duration. … Read more
In the previous year, Islamic violence took the lives of over 27,000 people and critically injured another 26,000, according to an extremism watch organization that tracks Islamic attacks. 2015’s attacks took place in 52 countries worldwide, and included 475 suicide attacks. The Religion of Peace, an organization that collects information about attacks motivated by Islamic ideas and tallies … Read more
Over the past year, we have seen many drone-cam videos of birds of prey attacking UAVs, sometimes knocking them down. This week, a falcon in Dubai took a drone down as prey, reported The National. The drone was flying above Jumeirah park when it was taken down by the raptor, whizzed to the ground and … Read more
Bangkok Metropolitan Police have announced a “New Years Gift” to the city: traffic tickets will be reduced to just 100 baht starting today. The gift has a serious side: the metro police are dealing with a massive backlog of unpaid traffic tickets. Because the repercussions associated with not paying these tickets are usually insignificant, many people … Read more
For plotting to blow up an in-session Parliament, Polish former university professor Brunon Kwiexien has been sentenced to 13 years prison. On Monday a Polish court handed down the sentence to the former Krakow University of Agriculture chemistry professor. Kwiecien, 48, an unaffiliated nationalist, cited as motives for the crime, planned in 2012, a belief … Read more