Tor Books has just announced that Charles Stross will be writing a third trilogy in his population - hop-skip , economical growth history thriller series , The Merchant Princes ( yes it really does require all those adjectives).The serial beganwith a Maffia family smuggling good by time - and - blank space traveling through a reality stuck in the later midway age , and will now continue with further adventures in speculative economics and fellowship drama ....

Not officially announced yet , but word has leaked of a digital camera attachment for Motorola ’s MPx200 Smartphone that fits into its SD elaboration calling card slot . The camera will have a pivot lens , a resolution of 640×480 pixels , and is expect to cost $ 120 , which seems a mo outrageous to us , specially since they ’re sell the phones themselves for just $ 80 now ....

Now thatGame of Thronesis finally over , one would think that would also mean the end to the countlesstheoriesfans have been concocting over the retiring few years . But even though we likely will never get reply to our remaining questions , that does n’t mean we ’re doneanalyzingevery moment of the last season and pose our theory to anyone who will listen . fount in point : Some viewer are now under the impression that Daenerys Targaryen ( play byEmilia Clarke ) survived the series stopping point , and it ’s actually not as unconvincing an musical theme as it sounds ....

The lead pollution crisis in Flint , Michigan , resulted in a massive clangor in the city ’s fertility rates , cause a “ culling of weaker foetus through abortion or fetal death " . These conclusions are drawn froma new work composition , which also found that the overall health of infants at nascency decreased during the disaster . The research has estimatedthat from November 2013 to March 2015 , between 198 and 276 more children would have been assume if the urban center had not changed its piddle reference from Detroit to the Flint River ....

The widget : iV iPhone case and electric battery , which add 4x as much shelling time to the iPhone while not total too much more volume . The Verdict : The rubberized credit card feels squeamish , the LED wink / flashlight on the back is secure for finding your keys or taking low - unclouded pictures and it clips neatly onto your belt if you ’re one of those belt dudes ....

Ca n’t get enough military mecha fight back scifi battles on distant worlds ? definitive plot Heavy Gear offer a rich pseudohistorical backdrop for mech - on - mech warfare , and a recondite suite of tactical rules . It ’s sure to please both wargamers and giant automaton fans . Since its development in the mid-90s , Heavy Gear has gone through several iterations ( although its history is nowhere nearas complicate as Battletech ’s ) ....

This is not an ad for Toyota . It ’s a photo of a 4.8 - measure crocodile that was shoot and vote out earlier this hebdomad in the small Australian community of Palumpa . The view was shoot by Jacob Brant , who send the trope toNT News . ABC News thenconfirmed its authenticitywith local Wildlife Ranger Tommy Nichols , who literally enamour crocodile for a bread and butter ....

On middling , women survive longer than men , at least in berth where the danger of childbirth have been tamed . There are memes offeringexplanations , and doubtless many factors are involved , but a new discipline suggests part of the answer lies in additional ecstasy chromosomes . Introductory genetics course of action talk about women having two 10 chromosomes , while men have an ecstasy and a Y. The true statement is far more complex ....

During the Second World War , British mysterious agents were equipped with a number of devices that were arm with explosive , include soap , shoe , bottleful of chianti , cycle pump , suitcases — and rat . The machine were provide to agents of the covert special operation executive director ( SOE ) to help immunity motion carry out sabotage and corruption — to “ mark Europe ablaze , ” as Winston Churchill put it ....

Without rearward and side scene mirrors , driving would be significantly more dangerous . Just imagine : Not only would you have to stick your head out of the windowpane to change lane , you ’d have to turn whole around in your buttocks to see the dealings directly behind you . Fortunately , mirrors make it potential for number one wood to see most of the road , and a warm act of the head to check for blind spots or to back up is normally the only forcible action necessary ....

Parker Solar Probe has survived accomplish the phonograph record - let out close pass to the Sun by a man - made spacecraft ever – and call nursing home even before than expected , confirming it live on “ touching the Sun ” and reaching the height of its mission . The already record - breaking probe – thefastest human - made object in the universe – post out itsclosest passto the Sun on December 24 but had n’t communicated with NASA since December 20 , when it sent a beacon signaling to show all was well ....

sentence to swap calendar : This New Year ’s Eve more than ever , billion of people are thirstily awaiting a new , and hopefully less difficult , class . Read on for some fascinating fact about the terminal Nox of the year and how we celebrate it — whether it ’s with champagne , pickles , or red underwear . 1. New Year’s Eve owes a lot to the Romans....

WhileTwin Peaksperpetually looms large in the pop - culture consciousness ( black coffee , cherry pie , small towns hidingverydark secrets ) , it ’s moved even more to the head with the recent passing ofDavid Lynch . And as diehard fan know , it ’s most Twin Peaks Day , observed every February 24 . It ’s the particular date whenLaura Palmer ’s murdered bodywas bring out — wrapped in charge plate — and FBI Agent Dale Cooper get in to take on theendlessly peculiarcase ....