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How the rich get richer – money in the world economy | DW Documentary | Jul 5, 2017

This may be a little outdated in regards to who’s the richest asshole right now, but otherwise I highly recomend watching this DW documentary.

Scientists Find Origin-of-Life Molecule in Space for First Time

— By Jess Thomson | August 8, 2023

NASA image of the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera. A molecular cloud in interstellar space has been found to contain carbonic acid for the first time. NASA, ESA, CSA, AND STSCI

molecule common to Earth and usually associated with life has been detected in the depths of space by scientists.

Carbonic acid (HOCOOH), which you may know as the chemical that makes your soda fizzy, was discovered lurking near the center of our galaxy in a galactic center molecular cloud named G+0.693-0.027, a study published in The Astrophysical Journal revealed.

This marks the third time that carboxylic acids—this class of chemicals, often thought to be some of the building blocks of life—have been detected in space, after acetic acid and formic, and the first time that an interstellar molecule has been found to contain three or more oxygen atoms.

"Our observations have allowed us to know that carbonic acid, which until now had remained invisible to our eyes, is relatively abundant in space, which makes it an essential piece to understand the interstellar chemistry of carbon and oxygen, two of the fundamental chemical elements in any prebiotic process," Víctor M. Rivilla, a researcher at the Spanish Center for Astrobiology and co-author of the study, told German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW).

"This result confirms that the path we have chosen is the right one to search for, and detect more molecules that we suspect were key to the appearance of life on our planet," he concluded.

Carboxylic acids are a type of organic compound characterized by a carbon (C) atom doubly bonded to an oxygen (O) atom and singly bonded to a hydroxyl group (―OH). Carbonic acid in particular is formed when CO2 is dissolved in water, meaning that it is present in increased concentrations in our seas due to CO2 in the atmosphere.

Many theories as to how life on Earth evolved suggest that primitive life may have emerged from a primordial soup of chemicals when our planet was very young. Some have suggested that these chemicals, including carboxylic acids, may have arrived on Earth from space, traveling via comets and meteorites to the forming planet.

Carbonic acid has been previously detected on other astronomical bodies, including the icy moons of Jupiter, in some meteorites and comets, and even on Mars and Mercury, but until now, has not been seen in interstellar space.

The authors explained that the discovery of these more complex molecules in the interstellar medium may reveal clues about the origins of our planet and the life upon it.

"The presence of prebiotic COMs within extraterrestrial material thus firmly suggests the existence of carboxylic acids of increasing complexity in the ISM (interstellar medium), including amino acid–related species. Within this context, considerable efforts have been devoted to hunting for other acids, such as propenoic or acrylic acid, propanoic acid, cyanoacetic acid, glycolic acid, hydantoic acid, and glycine, whose identification in the [interstellar medium] remains elusive."

Φωτιές Μητσοτάκη: Άρθρο κόλαφος της γερμανικής FAZ - Διακοπές στη Μεσόγειο με κάθε τίμημα;

Ο γερμανικός Τύπος για τα ελλιπή μέτρα πυροπροστασίας στη Ρόδο, τις αποζημιώσεις για τις ακυρώσεις κρατήσεων, αλλά και τη στροφή προς τις βιολογικές καλλιέργειες στην Αργολίδα. Με αφορμή τις καταστροφικές πυρκαγιές που έπληξαν την Ελλάδα και ιδίως τη Ρόδο, η Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung διερωτάται: «είναι ακόμα αποδεκτή η μορφή μαζικού τουρισμού που υπάρχει εκεί, με τα συγκροτήματα…

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Φωτιές Μητσοτάκη: Άρθρο κόλαφος της γερμανικής FAZ - Διακοπές στη Μεσόγειο με κάθε τίμημα;

Ο γερμανικός Τύπος για τα ελλιπή μέτρα πυροπροστασίας στη Ρόδο, τις αποζημιώσεις για τις ακυρώσεις κρατήσεων, αλλά και τη στροφή προς τις βιολογικές καλλιέργειες στην Αργολίδα. Με αφορμή τις καταστροφικές πυρκαγιές που έπληξαν την Ελλάδα και ιδίως τη Ρόδο, η Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung διερωτάται: «είναι ακόμα αποδεκτή η μορφή μαζικού τουρισμού που υπάρχει εκεί, με τα συγκροτήματα…

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Φωτιές Μητσοτάκη: Άρθρο κόλαφος της γερμανικής FAZ - Διακοπές στη Μεσόγειο με κάθε τίμημα;

Ο γερμανικός Τύπος για τα ελλιπή μέτρα πυροπροστασίας στη Ρόδο, τις αποζημιώσεις για τις ακυρώσεις κρατήσεων, αλλά και τη στροφή προς τις βιολογικές καλλιέργειες στην Αργολίδα. Με αφορμή τις καταστροφικές πυρκαγιές που έπληξαν την Ελλάδα και ιδίως τη Ρόδο, η Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung διερωτάται: «είναι ακόμα αποδεκτή η μορφή μαζικού τουρισμού που υπάρχει εκεί, με τα συγκροτήματα…

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Φωτιές Μητσοτάκη: Άρθρο κόλαφος της γερμανικής FAZ - Διακοπές στη Μεσόγειο με κάθε τίμημα;

Ο γερμανικός Τύπος για τα ελλιπή μέτρα πυροπροστασίας στη Ρόδο, τις αποζημιώσεις για τις ακυρώσεις κρατήσεων, αλλά και τη στροφή προς τις βιολογικές καλλιέργειες στην Αργολίδα. Με αφορμή τις καταστροφικές πυρκαγιές που έπληξαν την Ελλάδα και ιδίως τη Ρόδο, η Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung διερωτάται: «είναι ακόμα αποδεκτή η μορφή μαζικού τουρισμού που υπάρχει εκεί, με τα συγκροτήματα…

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Φωτιές Μητσοτάκη: Άρθρο κόλαφος της γερμανικής FAZ - Διακοπές στη Μεσόγειο με κάθε τίμημα;

Ο γερμανικός Τύπος για τα ελλιπή μέτρα πυροπροστασίας στη Ρόδο, τις αποζημιώσεις για τις ακυρώσεις κρατήσεων, αλλά και τη στροφή προς τις βιολογικές καλλιέργειες στην Αργολίδα. Με αφορμή τις καταστροφικές πυρκαγιές που έπληξαν την Ελλάδα και ιδίως τη Ρόδο, η Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung διερωτάται: «είναι ακόμα αποδεκτή η μορφή μαζικού τουρισμού που υπάρχει εκεί, με τα συγκροτήματα…

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2023 Sweden and Germany -- Concerns About 'Side Agreements' Forced on Chinese Graduate Students

Dagens Nyheter in Swedish: Chinese students used to save money: “The dictatorship’s blood money” Studietid in Swedish: China controls Chinese research students in Sweden with secret agreement Deutsche Welle in Chinese: How China controls elite students studying in Germany SWEDEN Dagens Nyheter in Swedish Kinesiska studenterna används att spara pengar: ”Diktaturens blodspengar” Chinese…

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Your plastic waste might be traded by criminals (DW Planet A)

Tehran sanctions DW Farsi for coverage of Iran protests

          Iran added the Farsi service of DW to a list of sanctioned institutions and individuals on Wednesday. The latest sanctions also included two German companies and two editors at German newspaper Bild. DW is Germany's international broadcaster. Its Farsi service operates from Bonn, Germany. Iran's Foreign Ministry announced the sanctions in a statement, accusing those listed of "supporting terrorism." Those sanctioned are subject to a travel ban and any property or assets in Iran would be confiscated. Iran often describes protesters as "terrorists." Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests since the death in custody of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16. DW Director General Peter Limbourg said the sanctions would not affect the organization's coverage of Iran, "The fact that we appear on such a list now will not stop us from providing our users in Iran with reliable information." Watch the full statement here on Youtube.

Иранский режим обратился к российским властям с просьбой о помощи в подавлении протестов:

Many flee [Russia] to avoid getting drafted, but where can they go? Vladimir Putin's escalation of the war is running into increasing opposition within Russia. Police have arrested more than 1,000 people demonstrating against the call-up of reservists at nationwide protests. And Flights to foreign destinations are also selling out, as many fear it could be their last chance to leave.

DW demuestra las mentiras de Putin sobre los ataques de Rusia a Ucrania

DW demuestra las mentiras de Putin sobre los ataques de Rusia a Ucrania

“DW ha verificado que la afirmación de Vladimir Putin que sus soldados no atacan las infraestructuras civiles es una total mentira” La agencia de noticias Deutsche Welle (DW) publicó este domingo un informe a través de su sitio web, donde se demuestra las mentiras del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, quien afirma que Rusia no ataca objetivos civiles. La ola de destrucción que ha dejado la…

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