science / science - 6 years ago
Costa Rican authorities said Wednesday that the suspected murder of a 36-year-old American tourist was sexually motivated, and announced they had a suspect in custody.
science / science - 6 years ago
Authorities say a neighbor's security video shows Chris Watts making three trips from the house to his truck carrying something the morning his wife and children disappeared.
science / science - 6 years ago
These are some of our favorite gadgets, games, and services (doggy DNA tests, anyone?) to gift someone this year between $50 and $250.
science / science - 6 years ago
From an electric toothbrush to discount airfare deals
science / science - 6 years ago
The flat-tailed house gecko can not only stick to walls and glide through the air, but also run on water, a new study finds. The flat-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus) is a common pet reptile native to southern and Southeast Asia. "They're kind of like superheroes -- every time you look...
science / science - 6 years ago
A Chinese researcher announced on YouTube that he had successfully modified the genes of Lulu and Nana, healthy newborn twins. According to a Scientific American report, He Jiankui, a professor at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, claims that he used CRISPR-Case 9 gene edit...
science / science - 6 years ago
In August, a team of researchers working some 160 miles off the South Carolina
science / science - 6 years ago
It's expected to be a busy Friday for the Russia investigation
science / science - 6 years ago
The working poor are usually the first to suffer the dangerous effects of climate change
science / science - 6 years ago
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics who advocates carbon taxes as the best way to address greenhouse gas emissions says he does not expect U.S. President Donald Trump to back his view.
science / science - 6 years ago
Over the past few days, several media outlets have reported on a centuries-old claim that the Ark of the Covenant — which allegedly held tablets recording the Ten Commandments — is inside a church in Aksum, Ethiopia, called the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, and that only the "guardian" of the ark...
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Hunting for a fitting present for a person who is obsessed with celestial objects is as seemingly impossible a task as finding a way to fling them directly into space. You can't exactly promise them infinity and beyond, but what you can give are these gifts that are, dare we say, out of this...
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Courtesy of NASA Scientists expect this year globally to be the fourth-hottest on record, with the only warmer years being the three previous ones. Since 2001, we have lived on a planet that has experienced seventeen of the eighteen hottest years ever observed. The...
science / science - 6 years ago
A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change mitigation Emission scenario analysis for China under the global 1.5 °C target Climate change communication Attribution matters: Revisiting the link between extreme weather experience and climate change mitigatio...
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The BepiColombo mission to Mercury is inching its way toward the solar system’s smallest and innermost planet. The intrepid probe — which is essentially a transport pod carrying two orbiters, as previously reported by the Inquisitr — has fired up its ion thrusters for the first time in space, condu...