The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is in the process of making the world’s largest telescope. With a fun sense of humor, they called this telescope the Extremely Large Telescope (the ELT). They had previously made a telescope in 1991 – 1998 and called it VLT, which stands for… you guessed […]
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Flooding in East Africa
Widespread flooding in the countries of East Africa has caused over a hundred deaths and over 700,000 people displaced from their homes. The floods have killed livestock and submerged farmlands and trapped people in affected regions as the rising waters make it hard for rescue teams to come to their […]
Libya Floods: Over 11,000 People Killed
On September 11th last month, Storm Daniel dumped torrential rains on Libya. The nearly sixteen inches of rain caused two dams to burst open, causing catastrophic flooding in the nearby town Derna, sweeping thousands into the sea. The dams held back twenty-four million cubic meters of water, and since each […]
The Johannesburg Fire
On August 31st, at around one a.m., a fire broke out and ripped through a run-down five-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa, killing at least seventy-six people, including twelve children. The building was called Usindisco, and housed over two hundred people; many of whom were immigrants who came to Johannesburg […]
What is Behind the Coup in Niger?
No one saw the coup in Niger coming. One night, the president’s family went to sleep in the presidential residence. The next morning, on July twenty-sixth, President Mohammed Bazoum and his family were taken hostage by the presidential guard, an elite military group that was trained to protect the president. […]