Tuesday, December 13, 2022

What does a dust devil sound like on Mars? Now we know

NASA Perseverance

A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket. It's about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 40 km/h, but the pinging of hundreds of dust particles against the rover Perseverance.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/mars-rover-dust-devil-audio-1.6685037?cmp=rss

Victoria, B.C., men recount being caught in violent protests in Peru

Canadians stuck in Peru

Peru has been sinking deeper into political crisis amid violent protests following the impeachment and arrest of leftist leader President Pedro Castillo.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-men-in-violent-protests-in-peru-1.6684390?cmp=rss

Starving seabirds on Alaska coast show climate change peril

Alaska Seabird Die Off

Dead and dying seabirds collected on the coasts of the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas reveal how the Arctic's fast-changing climate is threatening the ecosystems and people who live there, according to a report released Tuesday by U.S. scientists.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/starving-seabirds-alaska-coast-show-climate-change-peril-1.6684480?cmp=rss

Rupert Murdoch faces questions over Fox News claims about Dominion Voting's technology

NEWS CORP-TV NEWS/

Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit over his network's coverage of unfounded vote-rigging claims during the 2020 U.S. presidential election.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dominion-voting-murdoch-fox-lawsuit-1.6683775?cmp=rss

Ukraine's allies look to help country weather winter challenge at aid conference

Russia Ukraine War

Russia and Ukraine pounded each other's forces in heavy fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk on Tuesday as Kyiv's allies met in Paris to provide urgent aid to help Ukrainians survive freezing winter temperatures.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-invasion-day-293-1.6683737?cmp=rss

Meet Qatar's migrant workers at the place they can watch the men's World Cup

Industrial Area Fan Zone

Away from Qatar's boisterous soccer stadiums and boozy fan festival sites, the World Cup is watched in much less alluring surroundings by those who've laboured to make the tournament possible. Many migrant workers say they can't afford tickets matches in the stadiums they helped build.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meet-qatar-migrant-workers-watching-world-cup-1.6683007?cmp=rss