science / science - 5 years ago
Hong Kong Has Outlawed a Pro-Independence Political Party in Unprecedented Move
The embargo reignites fears of Chinese encroachment on the city's freedoms
science / science - 5 years ago
The embargo reignites fears of Chinese encroachment on the city's freedoms
science / science - 5 years ago
Conservationists on Monday slammed the baiting and killing of sharks at a popular Great Barrier Reef tourist spot after two swimmers were attacked, saying the policy was brutal and indiscriminate. Queensland state authorities deployed drumlines -- which use baited hooks to catch the predators -- at...
science / science - 5 years ago
Japan's space agency has succeeded in landing two rovers on the surface of an asteroid around 200 million miles from Earth. The deployment is part of a bold mission aimed at unlocking some of the mysteries of our solar system.
science / science - 5 years ago
Google celebrated its 20th birthday Monday, marking two decades in which it has grown from simply a better way to explore the internet to a search engine so woven into daily life its name has become a verb. The company was set to mark its 20th anniversary with an event in San Francisco devoted to t...
science / science - 5 years ago
We’re currently on pace to double the carbon dioxide-equivalent (including other greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere by around mid-century.& & Since the late 1800s& scientists have been trying to answer the question, how much global warming will that cause? In 1979, top climate scientists led...
science / science - 5 years ago
Don’t invite me to dinner the night before an academic year begins. You’ll find me in an armchair or sitting on my bed, laptop on my lap, journaling. I initiated the tradition the night before beginning college. I take stock of the past year, my present state, and hopes for the coming year. Much of...
science / science - 5 years ago
Determined to go green, Oslo is slowly but surely ridding its city centre of motorists, angering some who say the "war on cars" is putting the brakes on individual freedoms. "We have to give the city back to the people, so children can play safely, so elderly people can have more benches to sit on,...
science / science - 5 years ago
'Tis the season for nightmare fuel, and one fascinating but unsettling discovery is getting into that fall spooky spirit. A woman in northern Virginia found an extremely rare baby copperhead snake in her neighbor's yard recently, complete with not one but two heads. Because, ya know, the v...
science / science - 5 years ago
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week. Editor's Pick Solar Energy Largely Unscathed by Hurricane Florence’s Wind and Rain North Carolina gets nearly 5 percent of its electricity from solar panels. The state's solar farms su...
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A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change& Historicizing climate change—engaging new approaches to climate and history& (open access) State of the Climate in 2017& (open access) Temperature, precipitation, wind The strengthening of Amazonian precipita...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The mysterious closure of a solar observatory in southern New Mexico earlier this month happened after the FBI started opened a child pornography investigation involving a janitor's computer found at the observatory and agents tracked wireless signals used to access chil...
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The Science Gallery London at Kings College London, right under the Shard, is a brand new venue for the collision of art, science and culture, and its opening exhibition is called Hooked, a series of installations and works by people who have experienced addiction. Adam Rutherford explores the neuro...
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on new thermal activity in Yellowstone National Park (all times local):
science / science - 5 years ago
A couple of scientists have taken MDMA out of the clubs and into the aquarium
science / science - 5 years ago
Pilots on a flight from Mumbai to Jaipur, India reportedly “forgot” to regulate cabin pressure on a Boeing 737.