science / science - 6 years ago
Does that explain the continued male majority in the physics and computer science departments of U.S. universities? This debate refuses to die, long after the Harvard president Larry Summers infamously floated the idea back in 2005. The author, Heather Mac Donald, points out that men have won all...
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Representatives from nearly 200 countries began crunch UN climate talks in Poland Sunday against a backdrop of dire environmental warnings and a call for action against the "urgent" threats posed by climate change. The COP24 climate summit will see nations try to agree on ways of implementing the p...
science / science - 6 years ago
Scientists monitoring the Earth's climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news this year, adding a sense of urgency to UN talks starting Sunday in Poland on how best to draw down the greenhouse gases that drive global warming. The 2015 Paris Agreement calls on humanity to block the...
science / science - 6 years ago
My father, my grandfather were miners, so I am," says Arkadiusz Wojcik at a coal mine in the southern Polish town of Knurow. Defying the danger to life and limb of descending into the mine on a daily basis, Poland's coal miners still pass down the job from father to son. The occupation may be on i...
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Chalk up another milestone for Stratolaunch Systems’ rocket engine development effort: The Seattle-based space company founded by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says it ramped up the preburner for its PGA rocket engine to full power this week during hot-fire tests. Stratolaunch’s 3D-printed pr...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rattled Alaska's largest city cracked roads and collapsed highway ramps, but there were no reports of widespread catastrophic damage or collapsed buildings.
science / science - 6 years ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the Alaska earthquakes (all times local):
science / science - 6 years ago
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Nov 25 through Saturday, Dec. 1 Editor's Pick Climate change signals and impacts continue in 2018 & & The long-term warming trend has continued in 2018, with the average globa...
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A hawk that is native to Central and South America drew a lot of attention from Maine's birding community Friday after appearing in a park, where it brawled with a fellow raptor and dined on a squirrel.
science / science - 6 years ago
The US government Friday took a big step toward opening oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic ocean by approving seismic airgun tests that experts warn are harmful to dolphins and whales. Last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to expand offshore drilling, and ordered federal age...
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A gas tax has inspired widespread protests against the young French president
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U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for 2018 class photo
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The Communist country has been sending doctors abroad since 1963, bringing in billions of dollars each year
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"We are in a position to set the global benchmark for how two leading, open and mature economies can trade with each other."
science / science - 6 years ago
Thousands of Australian students skipped school Friday to join nationwide protests demanding government action on climate change. The demonstrations were held as more than a hundred bushfires blazed in scorching temperatures in the northeast and a day after Indian mining firm Adani vowed to go ahea...