US poured $1.6 mln into studying ways to infect humans with bat-transmitted diseases - TASS

The Pentagon has invested $1.6 million to study ways to transmit diseases from bats to humans in Ukraine and Georgia, Chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops Igor Kirillov said on Thursday.

Malaysia agrees to let US firm restart search for missing MH370 airplane

The government of Malaysia has signed an agreement with the United States firm Ocean Infinity to restart the search for an aircraft that disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board, official sources said on Saturday.

Russia to send oceanographic ship to Argentina to assist search for missing submarine

Russia has proposed to dispatch an oceanographic ship to Argentina in order to assist the search for a missing Argentine submarine, the San Juan, the Argentine Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday following a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Argentine President Mauricio Macri.

Search for missing Argentine sub ongoing in South Atlantic

The Argentine navy continued to coordinate with international allies in the search for its submarine Sunday, which disappeared last week along the country's Atlantic coast with 44 crewmen on board.

Argentina Detects 7 Satellite Calls From Missing Submarine

The Argentinian Navy have received seven satellite calls from the missing San Juan submarine, but have not been able to establish connection, the country's Defense Ministry said.

Concerns grow as Argentina intensifies submarine search

A NASA research plane has joined the search for a missing Argentine submarine, as concern is growing over the fate of its 44 crew members.

China, US in negotiations over seized underwater drone

China says it is in contact with the United States after it seized a US Navy unmanned underwater glider, one of the most serious incidents between the two militaries in years.

Columbia University Researchers Confirm Turkey’s Links to ISIS

BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN
A team of Columbia University researchers from the United States, Europe, and Turkey confirmed last week that the Turkish government has provided to ISIS: military cooperation, weapons, logistical support, financial assistance, and medical services.

Weather station to track impact of El Niño in Peru

A group of U.S. university researchers are now in the Peruvian Andes to track the impact the current El Niño cycle might have on the region's ice caps.

MH17: Schwere Vorwürfe gegen ukrainische Luftaufsicht

Berichten zufolge hatte die Ukraine klare Hinweise auf das Risiko für Passagierjets. Zudem gibt es Zweifel an der Objektivität des niederländischen Zwischenberichts...

Learning foreign languages triggers brain growth

In the Swedish Academy of young translators, new recruits study a crash course in complex languages. It is not only about military discipline: specialists discovered that intensive study of foreign tongues stimulates the growth of the hippocampus and causes changes in other structures of the brain. Learning languages also helps in preventing Alzheimer's disease.

In the Swedish Academy, young people are offered to study Arabic, Russian or Dari (the language of the Afghan Tajiks) in 13 months. Newcomers had to learn the language all day long, every day, at a very intense pace. Their hard work gave unexpectedly impressive results. The experiment showed that it was not just active intellectual activity, but the study of foreign tongues. Researchers used a group of students of the Medical University of Umeå to control the research. Medics are known for their extensive studies, but the subject of their studies has nothing in common with foreign languages. Both groups took MRI tests before the experiment and after three months of active studies.