By Heidi Harley

science / science - 6 years ago

What are the climate change consequences of the midterm elections?

This is a& re-post from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Over the past two years, the Trump administration, aided by the Republican-controlled Congress, has eroded the Obama administration’s policy efforts to curb global warming. Climate activists had hoped to reverse some of those losses...

science / science - 6 years ago

How to drive a robot on Mars

Around 9:30 Mars time, a message arrives from California, where it was sent 15 minutes earlier. The Curiosity rover executes the commands, moving slowly to its designated position, at a maximum speed of 35 to 110 meters (yards) per hour. Around 5 pm Martian time, it will wait for one of NASA's thr...

science / science - 6 years ago

Hell in Paradise: fire crews in grim search for California's dead

Search teams scoured the carnage of California's most destructive ever wildfire for victims on Sunday, as the state-wide death toll rose to 26 with high winds hampering the effort to rescue property and save lives. Firefighters took advantage of a brief calm overnight to make headway against the mu...

science / science - 6 years ago

IPN develops content to bring science to children

Mexico, Nov. 11 (Notimex).- Scientists from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN, for its acronym in Spanosh) develop content, materials and strategies to bring science concepts to children, especially in physics, beyond the field of dissemination, for which they are trained to teachers. In a sta...

science / science - 6 years ago

Dozens of cat mummies unearthed in ancient Egyptian tomb

At an excavation of a pharaoh's 4,500-year-old pyramid complex, Egyptian archaeologists discovered dozens of mummified cats — in addition to 100 ornate cat statues.  Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Dr. Khaled El-Enany announced the ancient cat artifacts on Nov. 10, and the Ministry took to Twi...

science / science - 6 years ago

How you can help the victims of California's wildfires

The California fire season should be winding down by autumn, but it's alive and well. The Camp Fire largely turned Paradise — a town of over 26,000 — to ash while burning fleeing victims alive in their cars. On the other side of the state, in palm tree-laden Malibu, the city posted an urgent, o...

science / science - 6 years ago

How you can help the victims of California's potent wildfires

The California fire season should be winding down by autumn, but it's alive and well. The Camp Fire largely turned Paradise — a town of over 26,000 — to ash while burning fleeing victims alive in their cars. On the other side of the state, in palm tree-laden Malibu, the city posted an urgent, o...