Israel
Israeli Ex-Officers Issue Peace Plan, Condemn Gov't Inaction abcnews.go
It calls for a freeze on settlement building, the acceptance in principle of the Arab Peace Initiative and the recognition that east Jerusalem should be part of a future Palestinian state "when established as part of a future agreement." The Israeli opposition and much of the international community have long argued for these proposals.
This is an interesting, developing story that has been brewing (at least publicly) the last week or so with evidences of a split occurring between Israel's military and politicians on a 2-state solution. Only time will tell how deep this will go, but it's something to keep an eye on, particularly in light of France's 2-state solution peace talks coming up next month. It seems to be promoting much of what the “world” wants for a 2-state solution. Here's the proposed plan: PDF
Brexit
Brexit could threaten the sovereignty of Gibraltar, chief minister warns independent.co.uk
Fabian Picardo said the territory would come under pressure from Spain to consider joint sovereignty in order to continue to have access the single market.
I know we are way over here in the U.S., and the going ons in the E.U. are almost "whatever", but I find this localized playing out of a push for division at the same time there's a global push for unity, fascinating :)
War
Vladimir Putin warns he'll retaliate against NATO missiles cnn
Putin issued his threat during a news conference Friday after meeting with Greek Prime Minister Aleksis Tsipras in Athens.
If yesterday in those areas of Romania people simply didn't know what it means to be in the cross hairs, then today we will be forced to carry out certain measures to ensure our security, Putin said.
Weapons
Russia has a new robot soldier and it's a little troubling businessinsider v
Experts have known that Russia has been trying in recent years to match the US and China in the development of robots, drones, and other war machines that are potentially autonomous. Today, those machines are remotely controlled. Iron Man and other recent developments illustrate how they're making progress.
Automated Vehicles
MICHIGAN BILLS EXPAND USE OF DRIVERLESS CARS BEYOND TESTING apnewsarchive
Under a newly introduced package of bipartisan bills that would update 2013 laws to allow for the operation of autonomous cars on public roads without anyone at the wheel, tight "platoons" of smart commercial trucks could travel in unison at coordinated speeds. Also, the Detroit Three — General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Ford — and other auto manufacturers would be authorized to run networks of on-demand self-driving vehicles.
Space
New Close-Up View of Pluto's Surface spaceref v
"This new image product is just magnetic," said Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator from Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado. "It makes me want to go back on another mission to Pluto and get high-resolution images like these across the entire surface."
SpaceX Releases Rockets-Eye View of Yesterday’s Landing wired v
This is the third landing in a row for Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company, and the second from a rocket that delivered its cargo to a very high orbit—which means it was coming down increadibly hot. Literally. At six times the speed of sound, atmospheric particles rubbing against the Falcon 9 are trying to burn the thing up.
Too Hot For Life Even In The Goldilocks Zone forbes
Optimism about extra-terrestrial life’s chances has risen in recent years as the number of stars in our galaxy found to have smallish, rocky planets orbiting in the habitable – or Goldilocks – zone (not too hot, not too cold, but just right for liquid water) has boomed.
But a new study suggests that many of those potential new Earths will nevertheless be hot and barren due to a runaway greenhouse effect making them a bit like Venus – only worse.
See also Created to be inhabited:
There is a hidden beauty about our planet that makes it apparent that Earth is extraordinarily well suited to be the home for mankind, just as it has been designed to be.
Others...
Tomb Of Aristotle? Not So Fast, Say Classics Scholars forbes
Follow up to a story I linked a couple days ago...
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