April, 2018 | West Herald

April 30, 2018 No Responses

Protest on banknotes in Iran – activists’ way to avoid censorship

A group of Iranian activists found an ingenious way to protest against government censorship – through banknotes covered with various drawings and handwritten messages. Numerous images have been circulating on the Internet lately. What started as a small venture in...

April 27, 2018 No Responses

Kazakhstan is changing the alphabet – what’s the cost for this?

Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country, decided to change its alphabet and go from Cyrillic script to the Latin-based style, which is adopted by most West countries. But what economic costs does such a change imply? The change was approved by...

April 26, 2018 No Responses

Unexpected Smell Discovered on Uranus – Is It Farts?

The first planet discovered in modern times, Uranus, carries the name of the Greek god of the heavens, yet features a rather unheavenly smell that is believed to resemble farts After a long, careful research, astronomers discovered that the upper...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

New Chat messaging service from Google will be launched soon

Google has recently engaged in the international roll-out of their latest messaging service simply called, “Chat”. It is supposed to replace the well-known SMS text messages service on all Android phones. Many people today own an Android smartphone and dep...

April 20, 2018 No Responses

75 years have passed since Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

“We are united by remembrance”, was another Twitter from Kuchcinski, the Marshal of the Sejm, whereas Stanisław Karczewski, a Polish politician, tweeted “The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising started 75 years ago in Warsaw – the city of two uprisings. (&#823...

April 18, 2018 No Responses

Apple Watch detects thyroid condition in woman and saves her life

When she noticed that her device was functioning strangely, Heather’s first thought was that her Apple Watch needed repairing, when in fact, it proved that it was trying to save her life. Medical technology has developed a lot in the...

April 11, 2018 No Responses

Facebook Shares Record Best Day in 2 Years as Zuckerberg Deals With Lawmakers

The moment Zuckerberg appeared before US lawmakers made Facebook shares surge 4.5% Facebook has suffered great losses over the past month, amid reports that user data was misused. The cause behind it is a personality app created by Cambridge University...

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