As the reservoirs in northern Malaysia ran dry, scientists enlisted the national air force and took to the skies. Their mission? To make it rain.
It sounds like science fiction, but the southeast Asian country has been honing its “cloud-seeding” technique – where experts spray tiny particles into clouds to trigger rainfall – for decades to divert monsoons, tackle water shortages and clear pollution.
And after a three-year hiatus, the flights are back as the government prepares for the hot and dry conditions set to be unleashed across the region by the El Niño phenomenon, an unusual warming of the eastern Pacific Ocean that affects seasonal weather across the globe. Read More...
One would be forgiven for thinking that The Snowman is all about drunk Detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) and his desperate chase of a serial killer known as The Snowman. But really, at its core, the movie is about a detective who saves the woman he loves from a killer who's desperate to control women. It's basically a classic white savior narrative, but instead of being about a white man saving people of color (of which there are none in The Snowman), it's about a white man saving women. Read More...
Jason Sehorn net worth and salary: Jason Sehorn is a retired American professional football player who has a net worth of $20 million. Jason Sehorn spent most of his career playing the cornerback position for the New York Giants. During his time with the Giants, he received some notoriety for being the only white starting cornerback in the NFL.
Jason Sehorn was born in Sacramento, California and played college football first at Shasta College (a junior college in Redding) and then for two years at the University of Southern California. Read More...
