Gas refinery at the South Pars gas field in Asalouyeh, Iran. (AP Photo) Iran has discovered more than 7.5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas in its southern Fars province, even as months of conflict with the US and Israel have disrupted the country’s energy sector.Around 5.7 tcf of the newly discovered gas is…
The European Central Bank (ECB) says the growing amount of cash being held, despite its declining use in daily transactions. (Representational photo) Despite the widespread use of contactless payments and smartphones across Europe, people are keeping more physical cash. The value of euro banknotes in circulation has increased sharply in recent years, as fears over…
When the federal government began bringing the windswept barrier islands of eastern North Carolina under protected parkland, a quiet property deal near Pamlico Sound helped bring the story of a once-thriving coastal community to an end. In 1967, Henry Pigott agreed to sell his property on Portsmouth Island to help create Cape Lookout National Seashore….
Flock Safety ALPR camera system on a roadside pole A former Texas police officer accused of using automated licence-plate reader technology to monitor a female colleague has surrendered his law-enforcement licence to avoid criminal charges. Michael Palitz, who previously served as a sergeant with the Pasadena Police Department in the Greater Houston area, reached an…
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Tributes are being paid to two police officers who were among seven people killed in a head-on collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday.Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he was “devastated” by the deaths of PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, who…
Protesters blocked major roads and intersections, burned tyres and clashed with K-Electric personnel over prolonged blackouts (ANI photo) Power protests erupted across several parts of Karachi as residents took to the streets over prolonged and unannounced outages, blocking major roads and burning tyres while demanding restoration of electricity.Demonstrations were reported in Pak Colony, Liaquatabad, Gharibabad,…
People often imagine that life will truly begin once they reach a particular destination, achieve a goal or resolve a problem. Seneca, the Roman Stoic philosopher, warned against this habit more than two thousand years ago. In his essay On the Shortness of Life, he wrote that “the greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which…
The Clear Lake City Water Authority decided to buy the golf course and use the land to increase the area’s ability to hold stormwater. (NOAA photo) When Hurricane Harvey brought historic rainfall to the Houston area, residents of Clear Lake City, Texas, feared the worst. For Spyros Varsos, who had lived in the community for…
Born in San Antonio, Lucci built SubArc for his engineering project for the Regeneron Science Talent Search. Imagine building a tiny piece of technology that tells robots exactly how they are moving, and doing it for the cost of a typical dinner. This is exactly what 18-year-old Texas student Frank Lucci set out to do…
Photo: absolutprop_firehouse_flip/ Instagram Growing up in Iowa, Steven and Ashley Evans knew all about the local fire station in Cedar Rapids because it was right by the high school they both attended. “We always dreamed we’d live here one day. It went up for sale and we thought we’d come check it out,” Steven, 40,…