OPINION: It is a tragedy of unspeakable proportions that the nurse who put the prank call through to Princess Kate’s ward should have taken her life. Just as it is an enormous tragedy when anyone takes their life. But to all those – particularly the British media – who are firing vicious epithets at the [...]

  VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) can discern a range of phenomena of interest to weather forecasters – cloud, snow, fog, etc – even when the satellite is on the dark side of the Earth.   Most of the time, all VIIRS needs to do its work is some illumination from the Moon. But [...]

(CNN) – Hell came to Damascus months ago. It’s loud and scary in Syria’s capital. But now, this week, something seems different. It feels worse. And that makes Leena feel better. The Damascus resident, who sides with the rebellion, says it means the forces fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad are winning. “The rebels are winning, [...]

Nato foreign ministers will agree to send Patriot missiles to beef up Turkey’s air defences and calm Turkey’s fears that it could come under missile attack, possibly with chemical weapons, from Syria, diplomats say. Turkey last month asked Nato for Patriots, which can be used to intercept missiles and planes, after weeks of talks with [...]