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London’s Science Museum, along with South Korean tech giant Samsung, is hosting its groundbreaking Summer of Space programme, with a number of stellar relics on display such as the famous British cosmonaut’s Soyuz TMA-19M, flown during his Principia Mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and back. The spacecraft will be on permanent display as part of the Science Museum Group’s collection along with with Mr Peake’s Sokil KV-2 emergency space suit and will be on permanent display at the Museum. — Science Museum (@sciencemuseum) July 19, 2019 The exhibition, which will last until late September, reveals the Space Race between the United States and Soviet Union (USSR), which made space not only a frontier of intense technological competition, but also collaboration between the two superpowers. Summer Of Space Shows 'Testament' To International Cooperation UK culture secretary, Jeremy Wright, said that the record numbers of people visiting Mr … [Read more...] about Science Museum’s ‘Summer in Space’ Marks 50 Years Since Apollo Missions, Cold War Joint Efforts

British Airways will use a 747-400 for San Jose flights next year. British Airways will use a 747-400 for San Jose flights next year. Photo: British Airways Photo: British Airways Image 1 of / 9 Caption Close Image 1 of 9 British Airways will use a 747-400 for San Jose flights next year. British Airways will use a 747-400 for San Jose flights next year. Photo: British Airways Routes: San Jose gets B747, Nerdbirds, JetBlue,SuperShuttle, Las Vegas rail, United, Hawaii 1  /  9 Back to Gallery In route news, British Airways is bringing a 747 to San Jose and will test some new technology on SFO flights; American will revive "Nerd Bird" flights between San Jose and Austin; JetBlue plans more Boston … [Read more...] about Routes: San Jose gets B747, Nerdbirds, JetBlue,SuperShuttle, Las Vegas rail, United, Hawaii

Chen Rong-yu died in two places at once. At 10pm on Tuesday, 31 January 2012, the 23-year-old took a seat in a corner of an internet cafe on the outskirts of New Taipei City, Taiwan. He lit a cigarette and logged on to an online video game. He played almost continuously for 23 hours, stopping occasionally only to rest his head on the table in front of his monitor and sleep for a little while. Each time that he woke he picked up his game where he had left off. Then, one time, he did not raise his head. It was nine hours before a member of the cafe’s staff tried to rouse the motionless man, in order to tell him that his time was up, only to find his body stiff and cold. Chen died there in the Taiwanese cafe, with its peeling paint and cloying heat. And he died in Summoner’s Rift, a forest blanketed by perpetual gloom. Summoner’s Rift has the appearance of a remote, unvisited place, but each day it is frequented by hundreds of thousands of people, players of the … [Read more...] about The sometimes fatal attraction of video games

FUTABA, Japan — The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics will kick off in Fukushima, the northern prefecture devastated almost nine years ago by an earthquake, tsunami and the subsequent meltdown of three nuclear reactors. They’ll also play Olympic baseball and softball next year in one part of Fukushima, allowing Tokyo organizers and the Japanese government to label these games the “Recovery Olympics.” The symbolism recalls the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, which showcased Japan’s reemergence just 19 years after World War II. But tens of thousands still haven’t recovered in Fukushima, displaced by nuclear radiation and unable to return to deserted places like Futaba. Time stopped in the town of 7,100 when disaster stuck on March 11, 2011. Laundry still hangs from the second floor of one house. Vermin gnaw away at once intimate family spaces, exposed through shattered windows and mangled doors. The desolation is deepened by Japanese tidiness with shoes waiting … [Read more...] about Tokyo being billed as ‘Recovery Olympics’ — but not for all

By Chris Onuoha …‘Out-of-school children, Almajiris need attention’ Rasheed Aderinoye, a Professor of Adult Education at University of Ibadan (UI), is one-time Deputy Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and National Secretary of Commission for Nomadic Education. He has consulted for UNESCO, UNICEF and also served at different levels at the World Bank.  His areas of interest are basic education, long-distance learning and adult literacy (School). Within the space of his career, he has conducted research in various areas in education development, delivered the inaugural lecture of the University of Ibadan in July and made inputs in areas of human and infrastructural development in the education sector. Aderinoye speaks on the strategy to move education forward in the next four years of the Buhari administration. Excerpts: I take a cursory look at the education sector in the country, what do you see at the various levels: … [Read more...] about Today’s teachers have one leg in school, one leg in business — Prof Aderinoye

By JOYCE NYAIRO More by this Author Ralph Palmer, 85, has lived in Kenya for 64 years and he says that Kenya matters. The double entendre in the title of this recently published memoir suggests that Kenya counts, it is worth fighting for. Additionally, Palmer is saying that in his time here he has stored up a good dossier of manenos about Kenya.WICKED HUMOURThe adventure-loving Palmer is the product of an itinerant childhood in a family that was always on the move. Born in England to an Australian mother and a Cables & Wireless working-abroad father, educated in England with an 18-month holiday in Ascension Island, Palmer was wired early to explore.He is very clever with words, not just because he is a native speaker of the tongue he writes in, but because he is not new to story-telling. Palmer has published five works of fiction centred on political intrigue and his wicked sense of humour always shines through.In Kenya Matters 1965-1969, he carries that laughing glint in his … [Read more...] about Old mischief, new dreams: A colonist’s memoirs of Kenya