Even by Trần Đặng Đăng Khoa's standards, the first Vietnamese person to ride around the world on a motorbike, the trip he took in mid-May was special.nbsp;
Obituary: Peter B. Lyons Feb. 23, 1943 – April 29, 2021
Feb. 23, 1943 – April 29, 2021
Peter B. Lyons passed away in Golden, Colorado on Friday, April 29, 2021, following a yearlong battle with cancer. Pete’s partner Peggy Lyon-Bull and his sons Daniel, David and Michael were able to join him at his side in his final hours. He leaves behind a legacy of dedication to his family, to the scientific community and to the nation for a life spent in public service.
Pete was born to Leland and Rita (nee Horblit) Lyons in Hammond Indiana, in 1943. Although born in the midwest, he spent his childhood in Boulder City, Nevada, just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. During his time in Nevada, he developed a passion for the geology and topography of the American southwest. He was a standout student at the small high school and also excelled as a tennis player in the then sparsely populated state. He went on to become Nevada state champion in tennis while in high school. He later joked that th
Revived by AI, Ajanta cave painting s future-leap on Svalbard Isle
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Revived by AI, Ajanta cave painting-s future-leap on Svalbard Isle. Image Source: IANS News
Revived by AI, Ajanta cave painting-s future-leap on Svalbard Isle. Image Source: IANS News
Revived by AI, Ajanta cave painting-s future-leap on Svalbard Isle. Image Source: IANS News
Revived by AI, Ajanta cave painting-s future-leap on Svalbard Isle. Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, April 17 : When India was grappling with the Covid-19 crest in mid-2020, an ancient treasure of Maharashtra was quietly catapulted into the future world history , but the epochal event went virtually unnoticed in the country.
By Lars Erik Taraldsen and Michael Smith (Bloomberg)
The Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten Group was ready to show the world that ships could be made safe from Covid-19. It outfitted its newest vessel, the MS Roald Amundsen, with a suite of prevention measures for cruises among the glaciers, fjords and polar bear breeding grounds of Svalbard Island, far above the Arctic Circle.
And yet sometime after the Amundsen left Tromso, a port in northern Norway flanked by snow-capped mountains, on July 17, the virus found its way on board. Eventually, 71 passengers and crew members from two back-to-back cruises to Svalbard were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, outbreaks that were traced back to the ship. The Amundsen, named for the Norwegian man who became the first explorer to reach the South Pole, had become one of the worst Covid super-spreader events to strike Norway, according to a tabulation compiled by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
By Lars Erik Taraldsen /p p and Michael Smith Bloomberg News
The Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten Group was ready to show the world that ships could be made safe from COVID-19. It outfitted its newest vessel, the MS Roald Amundsen, with a suite of prevention measures for cruises among the glaciers, fjords and polar bear breeding grounds of Svalbard Island, far above the Arctic Circle.
And yet sometime after the Amundsen left Tromso, a port in northern Norway flanked by snow-capped mountains, on July 17, the virus found its way on board. Eventually, 71 passengers and crew members from two back-to-back cruises to Svalbard were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, outbreaks that were traced back to the ship. The Amundsen, named for the Norwegian man who became the first explorer to reach the South Pole, had become one of the worst COVID-19 superspreader events to strike Norway.