Tika5flipped into Odd Things1 day agoDead woman found entangled in baggage machinery at Chicago airportThe Globe and Mail - The Associated PressFirefighters found a dead woman entangled in machinery Thursday in a non-public baggage-processing area at O’Hare International Airport. Larry Langford, a spokesperson for the Chicago Fire Department, said firefighters were called to the airport around 7:45 a.m. for a report of a person pinned in …
Tika5flipped into Travel1 day agoBulgarian bagpipe festival creates a cacophony of soundThe World - Jamie FullertonBagpipes blaring across a lush green rural landscape are typically associated with the Scottish Highlands. But it’s in rural Bulgaria that thousands of bagpipe enthusiasts gather for the annual bagpipe festival in the village of Gera. Bagpipes date back hundreds of years in Bulgaria, particularly …
Tika5flipped into Environment 1 day agoA 13-month Streak of Global Temperature Records Just Ended. Here Are Five Takeawaysnewsmax.com - PETER PRENGAMANNEW YORK (AP) — After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month — just barely. The …
Tika5flipped into Environment 1 day agoSouth Korea recycles 98% of its food waste. What can it teach the world?The Washington Post - Andrew Jeong, Julie YoonDAEJEON, South Korea — Starting at 5 a.m. each day, dozens of trucks bring more than 400 tons of stinky, sticky food waste from restaurants and homes to a facility the size of two football fields — which transforms it into enough green energy to power about 20,000 households. The Daejeon Bioenergy …
Tika5flipped into Odd Things1 day agoVietnam accelerates island building to challenge China’s maritime claimsThe Washington PostVietnam has dramatically accelerated its effort to expand islands and reclaim land in the contested South China Sea since the start of the year to challenge rising Chinese assertiveness, according to satellite imagery and interviews with Vietnamese officials, security analysts and diplomats. While …
Tika5flipped into Ideas1 day ago621-mph maglev vacuum train "T-Flight" test successfulnewatlas.com - By Joe SalasIn February of this year, we reported on the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and its phase one testing of a low-vacuum-tube …