In may, the MTA announced a competition called Genius Transit Challenge, the participants have the opportunity to win $ 1 million. All that is necessary is to present all of the options to improve new York. Transport company offers three categories in which you can show your creativity and ingenuity is the modernization of the signal system, the MTA, the reconstruction of the subway cars and the improvement of communication…

The U.S. army and the Department of homeland security has created a computer simulator that trains teachers how best to react in a situation when the school shooting happens. The program, worth 5.6 million dollars, is called the «Enhanced dynamic geo-social environment» or «EDGE». It is similar to that used by the army for training soldiers for combat operations, the development of different tactics and strategies of behavior in the…

The results of a survey conducted by Gallup, shows that former US President Barack Obama is «the most respected man in America» in 2017 and he gets the title for the tenth year in a row. The survey is conducted annually since 1946. Respondents are asked to independently name the name of the most distinguished men and most admired women in America. Then people have to determine the names of…

Lomustine is a medicine, which is taking for cancer (such as brain tumors or Hodgkin’s disease), increased in price by 1400%, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. The drug more than 40 years, and with the end of the patent protection ceased to be available version, which is sold under the original brand name CeeNU. Lomustine sold by the firm Bristol-Myers Squibb under the name CeeNU to 2014 year…

If people stop to admire the way you decorated the house for Christmas, of course, is good. But if people call 911… What started as a joke, and alarmed the population of the city of Boulder, Colorado. Local resident, Chris Olson, decorating the house, decided to play a trick on his wife. «My father was a great sense of humor, loved practical jokes. In General, I grew up with a…