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NGC 299 is an open star cluster located within the Small Magellanic Cloud just under 200,000 light-years away. Source link

This view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft showcases some of the amazingly detailed structure of Saturn’s rings. Source link

Thanks to a bill passed by Texas legislators that put in place technical voting procedure for astronauts, they have the ability to vote from space through specially designed absentee ballots. To preserve the integrity of the secret vote, the ballot is encrypted and only accessible by the astronaut and the county clerk responsible for casting it. Source link

The distinctively fluted surface and elongated hills in this image in Medusae Fossae are caused by wind erosion of a soft fine-grained rock. Called yardangs, these features are aligned with the prevailing wind direction. This wind direction would have dominated for a very long time to carve these large-scale features into the exposed rock. Source link

As scientists and crew with NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission prepared for a research flight on Nov. 5, 2016, the weather in Punta Arenas, Chile, was cold, wet, and windy. But when they reached their survey site in West Antarctica, skies were clear and winds were calm—a perfect day for scientists to collect data over the Getz Ice Shelf. Source link

Why We Loved Westworld’s Big Seventh Episode Reveal HOME Westworld westworld-season-1 Westworld: Trompe L’Oeil ‘);window.ICMS.loadJS(‘//delivery.vidible.tv/jsonp/pid=56690836e4b0ebd072bd155f/545db032e4b0af1a81424b48.js’);}); Source link

This House is Not for Sale Bon Jovi (Island Records) Four stars This is not your mama’s Bon Jovi. The most famous head of hair in rock ’n’ roll is short and grey these days, and its owner no longer writes songs about runaways, cowboys or New Jersey mating rituals. But after more than 30 years, Bon Jovi are still making hit records. The title track here […]

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Photo Albrecht Dürer’s “The Rhinoceros,” 1515. Credit From the National Gallery of Art It is a Sunday afternoon in a provincial town in France. Two men meet at a cafe. One of them, Berenger, is half-drunk. He is being berated by his companion, Jean. All of the sudden, they hear a great noise. When they and other townspeople crane their necks to figure out what’s going on, […]

The Abu Dhabi Science Festival returns this week with another packed programme that proves learning can be fun. The sixth edition of this family-­friendly event begins on November 17 and continues until November 26 at Umm Al Emarat Park and Al Ain Zoo. For the first time, the majority of the activities are of the “drop-in” variety, which means there is no need to preregister or buy […]

Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below. I’m a fan of Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s performance as Negan on The Walking Dead, but we’re quickly seeing that a little Negan goes a very long way. After listening to him flippantly speechify for a solid hour in the premiere, and then catching a bit more of him last week in “The Cell,” this week’s chapter began to collapse under […]

The Walking Dead – Is Rick Truly Broken? In the wake of this week’s episode, we discuss Rick’s current state of mind. HOME Videos In the wake of this week’s episode, “Service,” we discuss Rick’s current state of mind. ‘);window.ICMS.loadJS(‘//delivery.vidible.tv/jsonp/pid=56690836e4b0ebd072bd155f/545db032e4b0af1a81424b48.js’);}); Source link

[SITE DEFAULT AUTHOR NAME] The Walking Dead kept things pretty close to the source material with Negan’s first visit to Alexandria, but there was one key element from the comics missing that puts the whole episode into new context. Spoilers! ‘);window.ICMS.loadJS(‘//delivery.vidible.tv/jsonp/pid=56690836e4b0ebd072bd155f/545db032e4b0af1a81424b48.js’);}); Source link

Ever wonder who Judith’s father actually is? The Walking Dead finally set the record straight in Sunday’s episode, “Service.” Full spoilers for The Walking Dead continue below. It’s been a while since The Walking Dead spent much time reflecting on original main characters Shane and Lori, but Rick got introspective about his now-dead best friend and wife during the fourth episode of Season 7. They were brought […]

Warning: If you haven’t seen the November 13th Westworld episode, “Trompe L’Oeil”, you’re about to be spoiled! The November 23rd episode of Westworld ended with a huge reveal, as viewers learned that Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) was in fact one of the robotic hosts built by Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) – in a sequence that also had Ford order Bernard, who had no choice but to comply, to […]

Watch 9 Minutes of Star Trek Beyond Scotty is isolated from the rest of his crew, but meets the mysterious Jaylah on the planet Altamid. HOME Videos Scotty is isolated from the rest of his crew, but meets the mysterious Jaylah on the planet Altamid. Star Trek Beyond is available on Digital now and 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™, Blu-ray 3D™ and DVD on 21st November in […]

Abu Dhabi, November 14, 2016:  Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) and Thomson Reuters announced today the winners of the 4th edition of the Ethical Finance Innovation and Challenge Awards (EFICA). Tirad Al Mahmoud, Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) presented The EFICA Lifetime Achievement Award to the former governor of Malaysia’s Central Bank, Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz for her pivotal role in developing the […]

Three-dimensional printing may still seem more like science fiction than real-life science, but its use in the medical world is booming, with the number of 3-D printers doubling year-on-year. Traditional prosthetic hands, for instance, can cost anywhere from US$6,000 to $40,000 (Dh22,000 to Dh146,900), but 3-D printing is allowing volunteer groups such as the global, web-based Enable Community Foundation in the United States to offer their bionic […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| David Lawrence Haigh, former British deputy chief executive and legal consultant of GFH Capital Limited, whom Dubai Police had arrested in May 2014 on charges of treason and breach of trust, has been ordered to pay amounts of AED8.7 million, 2.03 million pounds and $50,000 for dishonesty and misappropriation of money. Haigh was one of the men behind GFH’s purchase of Leeds from […]

Photo Members from the Free Syrian Army take part in a battle in northern Syria last month against Islamic State fighters. Credit Nazeer Al-Khatib/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BEIRUT, Lebanon — The hours are ticking down to what the Syrian government and its main ally, Russia, say could be the most devastating aerial assault yet on besieged rebel-held districts in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The Obama […]

|By Arabian Post Staff|New solutions to meet future needs and diversify the options are being integrated into the the e-Dirham system, top officials involved in the development of a national alternative to cash payment for government services in the UAE indicated. Government revenues from the e-Dirham system during the first nine months of this year stood at AED 5.8 billion. The number of e-Dirham transactions rose by […]

DUBAI // A sustainable house that produces its energy from the Sun, water and the atmosphere has been opened by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai. The house, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, is the first of its kind in the UAE, and there are plans to use it as a model for new houses across the country. The house […]

RIYADH: Foreign ministers from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will this week hold a meeting to draw up the agenda for a summit to be attended by the heads of GCC countries early next month in Bahrain. Collective security, military affairs, regional conflicts and common market as well as falling oil prices will make the agenda of the ministerial meeting.This GCC ministerial meeting, the first after […]

|By Arabian Post Staff|Leading UAE bank FGB has launched the UAE’s first Wealth Sentiment Index, which measures the prevailing mood of affluent investors in the UAE market, from a personal and business point of view. The index will serve as an indicator of the overall sentiment of the market, based on existing fundamental and economic factors. The new index was launched during FGB’s fourth annual Investment Conference, […]

Titanfall 2 Electronic Arts PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Four stars Robots just want to be our friends. Sure, there have been a few bad apples, such as the Terminators, Cylons and Ultron – but what about all the nice ones, such as Data from Star Trek and Rosie from The Jetsons? BT-7274, the co-star of Titanfall 2, just wants to be loved. Granted, this giant bucket […]

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