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Pavlopoulos inaugurates new building for “Ark of the World”
President Prokopis Pavlopoulos hailed the contribution of NGO the “Ark of the World” in promoting humanity on Tuesday, during the inauguration of a new annex in Kolonos.
Arkansas defies Monsanto, moves to ban Rogue weedkiller
Arkansas is on the verge of banning the use, during the growing season, of a Monsanto-backed weedkiller that has been blamed for damaging millions of acres of crops in neighboring farms this year.
Raiders of the Lost Ark | Athens | September 29
Oscar-winning film "Raiders of the Lost Ark," which first introduced Indiana Jones to the world and crowned Steven Spielberg king of Hollywood in 1981, will be shown at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on Friday, September 29, as part of the Park Your Cinema series of screenings. The admission-free screening starts at 8.30 p.m.
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Hurricane Harvey Will Drive 30,000 to Shelters in Texas
More than 30,000 people will need shelter as a result of the unrelenting rains and flooding of Tropical Storm Harvey overwhelming Texas, reported USA Today.
Turkey's top conglomerate Koç Group buys Dassault Falcon 8X Jet
Turkish conglomerate Koç Group has bought a Falcon 8X business jet manufactured by the French Dassault Aviation, becoming one of the first buyers of the business jet featuring a longer range and improved wing design.
The 14-seat business jet will be delivered to the holding in Little Rock, Arkansas in late October.
Funeral of Zoe Laskari to take place at St. Dionysius Cathedral
Relatives, friends and fans will bid a final farewell to Greek actress Zoe Laskari today, whose funeral services are scheduled to take place at the Cathedral of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite in Kolonaki at 1pm.
The Ark of the Covenant is the subject of a new search
Stephen Hawking warns we must colonise Mars as soon as possible! (video)
The human race must start leaving Earth within 30 years to avoid being wiped out by over-population and climate change, Professor Stephen Hawking has warned.
Meet the venture capitalist who launched a kickstarter for war
It was December in northern Syria and the temperature was dropping fast. Local militias fighting the Islamic State had suffered heavy casualties after a tough battle, and U.S. special operations forces urgently needed to get blankets to their partners. They turned to a small charity run by Jim Hake, a former venture capitalist who made his fortune on tech startups in California.
Ever repeat a word until it sounds weird? That’s “Semantic Satiation”
Here’s a challenge: repeat the word “brain” over and over and over and over and…you get picture. After a while, doesn’t it just sound like a random noise? B-r-a-i-n. What a weird word—is it even a word? That transformation from word to non-word, whether via reading or saying it, happens because of a tendency known as semantic satiation.
Wait—What’s A Brain?