science / science - 6 years ago
Humanity is falling further behind in the race against climate change, with the gap between greenhouse gas emissions and levels needed to achieve the Paris climate treaty temperature goals continuing to widen, the UN said Tuesday. To cap global warming at two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit...
science / science - 6 years ago
Initially, the Navy's Twitter account said that the alert was an "ad hoc drill"
science / science - 6 years ago
This is Ode To... , a weekly column where we share the stuff we're really into in hopes that you'll be really into it, too. Space is vast — infinite, even — and mysterious and mesmerizing. And guess what? It's never been easier to bring all of the amazing things about space right to...
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Ford said "coming forward was terrifying ... but I am grateful to have had the opportunity to fulfill my civic duty"
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They both have list prices of $300
science / science - 6 years ago
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Electronics salesman Leszek Jaworowski says he can't discuss Poland's coal mining with his father. They end up at loggerheads, just like many families in the southern mining region of Silesia.
science / science - 6 years ago
Six Greenpeace activists scaled a massive chimney at Poland's Belchatow coal-fired power plant on Tuesday and will remain there overnight, as one of Europe's largest polluters gears up to host the COP24 climate summit. The protesting climbers "have the appropriate equipment to spend the night in di...
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Zero to 60 in 3.5
science / science - 6 years ago
They also lived alongside humans, per a new scientific study.
science / science - 6 years ago
Good job, Twitter!
science / science - 6 years ago
Rice University has launched an investigation into one of its professors after reports surfaced that he is connected to alleged genetic editing in China that resulted in the birth of two babies with altered DNA.
science / science - 6 years ago
AI advancements can learn a lot about us from our tone of voice -- which could have dark consequences for the future of personal privacy.
science / science - 6 years ago
After an accident involving an exploding target
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General Motors will halt production at 5 factories and cut thousands of jobs
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How the World Reacted to Claim of China’s Genetically Engineered Babies