Giant crab to predict 2014 IIHF World Championship results
An unusual inhabitant has appeared at the Minsk oceanography center Open Ocean prior to the 2014 IIHF World Championship. A giant crab named Petrovich, one of the biggest crabs in the world, was delivered to Belarus from the Barents Sea near Norway. Petrovich the Giant Crab is expected to become one of the main symbols of the forthcoming world championship. He will be predicting the results of the ice hockey tournament as did the famous Paul the Octopus during UEFA Euro 2012 held in Poland and Ukraine. The prediction system is kept in secret but it is already known that a web camera will be installed in Petrovich's aquarium prior to the world championship...
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation to open research center in Belarus
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation to open research center in Belarus
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation to open research center in Belarus
During the meeting. Photos courtesy of the Economy Ministry MINSK, 20 July (BelTA) – The establishment of a research center of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) at the Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park Great Stone has been discussed by Deputy Economy Minister of Belarus Alexander Chervyakov and CASC Vice President Zhang Jianheng, BelTA learned from the website of the Economy Ministry. During the meeting the Chinese side made a presentation of the corporation and its ...
NASA climate scientist (emeritus) Dr. Michael King presented a Maniac Talk entitled From a Love of Nature to a World of Earth Observations. Michael shared his scientific career including early unsuccessful pursuits in atmospheric electricity to more rewarding research in radiative transfer, and his crystal ball view of the future of Earth science.