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Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun

ScienceApr 17, 2012

The M1.7-class solar flare (NASA/GSFC/SDO)The sun unleashed a beautiful prominence eruption from its east limb on Monday, sending out super-heated plasma.The solar flare occurred at 1745 GMT and registered as a moderate M1.7-class on the scale of sun storms.From news reports<관련 한글 기사>화려한 태양 표면 폭발 '플레어' 발생화려한 태양 플레어가 그리니치표준시로 16일 오후 5시 45분(한국시간 17일 오전 1시 45분)경 발생했다. 플레어는 태양 표면에서 일어나는 폭발로 강력한 방사능이 다
Sleepy Air Canada pilot dives plane; 16 injured

World NewsApr 17, 2012

A sleepy Air Canada pilot who mistakenly believed his jet was about to crash into a U.S. military plane forced a sudden dive that caused 16 injuries among passengers and crew on a transatlantic flight, a report says. The Transportation Safety Board report released Monday describes the 46 seconds in which the plane dived and lurched back up during an overnight Air Canada flight from Toronto to Zuri
Appellate court sentences Seoul's education chief to prison

Social affairsApr 17, 2012

A Seoul appellate court on Tuesday sentenced the city's education chief Kwak No-hyun to a one-year prison term for bribing a rival candidate to drop out of the 2010 election, saying the 30 million won (US$26,337) fine given to him by a lower court was too light.The Seoul High Court, however, has deferred the prison sentence until the Supreme Court rules on the case, meaning Kwak can continue to se
KAIST student commits suicide

Social affairsApr 17, 2012

A senior at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology was found dead after apparently jumping to his death Thursday. The death sent shock waves through the nation’s top science university, which saw a string of suicides last year.A fellow student found the body of the 22-year-old man, whose name was withheld, on the lawn in the dormitory complex at 5:40 a.m. Police suspect he jumped f
Martian impact craters may be hiding life

ScienceApr 17, 2012

If there is life on Mars it may be lurking in craters formed by asteroid impacts on the planet's surface, as has happened on Earth, Scottish scientists say.This undated image provided by NASA shows the Gale Crater on Mars. (AP-Yonhap News)Researchers at the University of Edinburgh said organisms have been found living deep beneath a site in Chesapeake Bay in the United States where an asteroid cra
Witness: Berlusconi guests dressed as nuns

World NewsApr 17, 2012

A model testified Monday that female guests at Silvio Berlusconi's ``bunga bunga'' parties dressed up like nuns in the ``Sister Act'' musical, then stripped to their underwear.The former Italian premier is on trial for allegedly paying a 17-year-old Moroccan girl for sex, then using his influence as Italian premier in 2010 to cover it up. He has denied the charges.State TV quoted witness Imane Fad
Australian girl, 2, home alone with dead mom for five days

World NewsApr 16, 2012

An Australian two-year-old spent up to five days home alone with the body of her dead mother, according to officials who said Monday she may have survived on chocolate Easter eggs.The severely dehydrated child was found on Friday after neighbors raised the alarm, leading to the discovery of the body of a woman in her 30s in a house in Wagga Wagga, some 400 kilometers southwest of Sydney."She was q
Houston eatery serves up 'Titanic' feast

Food&BeverageApr 16, 2012

Foodies and history buffs remembered the Titanic this weekend at a Houston restaurant that recreated the last meal served to the ship's first-class passengers.Maitre de Ryan Roberts leads guests in a moment of silence for the 1514 people who died when the RMS Titanic sank during a re-creation of the final first class dinner served on the ship, Saturday. (AP-Yonhap News)The Cullen's Titanic Experie
Word-spotting baboons leave scientists spell-bound

ScienceApr 16, 2012

Baboons can recognize scores of written words, a feat that raises intriguing questions about how we learn to read, scientists reported on Thursday.In a specially-made facility in France where they could come and go at will, monkeys learned to differentiate between a real word, such as KITE, and a nonsense word such as ZEVS.The baboons had access to a large enclosure with several touch-sensitive co
Soccer player banned for match-fixing found dead

SoccerApr 16, 2012

A former K-League soccer player, who received a lifetime ban for match-fixing, was found dead on Saturday, according to the police. A photo of Lee Gyeong-hwan during his playing days. (Lee`s homepage)The Incheon police said former Suwon Bluewings player Lee Kyung-hwan, 24, was found dead near his apartment in Incheon. The police believe that Lee jumped off the rooftop of the 15-story apartment bu
North Korea shows off new missile

North KoreaApr 15, 2012

North Korea on Sunday unveiled what appeared to be a new missile at a military parade in Pyongyang.North Korean military vehicles carrying rockets participate in a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung on Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News)The missile, displayed during celebrations for the centennial of the birth of la
Korea finds 17th century marine chart depicting Sea of Korea

Foreign affairsApr 15, 2012

South Korea has found a 17th century nautical chart made by a British explorer marking the expanse of water between Korea and Japan as the Sea of Korea. This 17th century nautical chart made by British explorer Sir Robert Dudley describes waters between Korea and Japan as "Mare di Corai(the Sea of Korea). (Yonhap News)The chart drawn by Sir Robert Dudley in 1646 was revealed just a week ahead of a
Nearly 400 escape in Northwest Pakistan jailbreak

World NewsApr 15, 2012

Some 384 prisoners including militants escaped early Sunday from a jail in northwestern Pakistan after an attack by insurgents armed with guns, grenades and rockets, officials said.More than 150 heavily-armed Islamist militants stormed the central prison outside the restive northwestern town of Bannu bordering the lawless tribal regions where Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants are known to oper
Suspect repeatedly called 911 accidentally

World NewsApr 15, 2012

Authorities in Washington state said an unlucky car theft suspect was arrested after a series of accidental "pocket dial" calls to 911.Police said a dispatcher answered what appeared to be a 911 "pocket dial" March 14 and listened to a group of men having a conversation that appeared to be about stealing cars, KOMO-TV, Seattle, reported Thursday.The phone was tracked to downtown Renton, where poli
Livorno's Morosini dies from heart attack during game

SoccerApr 15, 2012

Italian football came to a halt on Saturday in the wake of the death on the pitch of Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini during a Serie B league game at Pescara.Morosini, 25, fell to his knees 30 minutes into the game and three times tried to stand up before collapsing on the pitch where he died from a cardiac arrest."I stormed onto the pitch immediately because I understood that the situation w