science / science - 5 years ago

Australia Seeks to Ban Schools From Expelling Gay Students After Public Outcry

A leaked report revealed the discriminatory practice is enforced at some religious schools

science / science - 5 years ago

Protecting nature the best way to keep planet cool: report

The best -- and fairest -- way to cap global warming is to empower indigenous forest peoples, reduce food waste and slash meat consumption, an alliance of 38 NGOs said Monday. Restoring natural forest ecosystems, securing the land rights of local communities and revamping the global food system cou...

science / science - 5 years ago

Delhi braces for pollution with emergency plan

Delhi's biggest coal power plant was set to shut down Monday as a new emergency plan to improve air quality in one of the world's most polluted cities came into force, Indian officials said. Under the new strategy, restrictions on construction sites and traffic will be imposed depending on the air...

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Sears Becomes the Latest Retail Giant to File for Bankruptcy, Suffering From Massive Debt

Sears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. Sears once dominated the American retail landscape.

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From the Spectral to the Spectrum: Radiation in the Crosshairs

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen shocked the world in 1895 when he produced the first radiograph of the human body: an X-ray of his wife’s hand. Whether intentional or not, the fact that he chose her hand for this epic experiment was fitting because the hand has, through the age...

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Pro-Independence Student Activists in Hong Kong Call on U.S. to Protect the City's Freedoms

Demonstrators called on the U.S. to protect the city's democratic freedoms

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That Painting of Trump Having a Diet Coke With Abraham Lincoln Is Now Hanging in the White House

President Donald Trump liked a painting of him having drinks with Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon so he put a print of it in the White House.

science / science - 5 years ago

Alec Baldwin Urges Voters to 'Overthrow' the Trump Government in Midterm Elections

Baldwin was the keynote speaker at a New Hampshire Democratic Party fundraiser

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Angela Merkel's Conservative Allies Lose Ground in Bavarian Election, Signaling Possible Turbulence

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative allies lost their absolute majority in Bavaria’s state parliament by a wide margin in a regional election Sunday, a result that could cause more turbulence within the national government.

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Bodies of South Korean Climbers and Nepalese Guides Have Been Retrieved After a Deadly Mountain Storm

Rescuers on Sunday retrieved the bodies of five South Korean climbers and their four Nepalese guides who died in a storm that destroyed their base camp on Gurja Himal mountain.

science / science - 5 years ago

Angela Merkel's Conservative Allies Lose Ground in Bavarian Election, Signaling Possible Turbulence

The Christian Social Union has clashed with the chancellor on immigration

science / science - 5 years ago

President Trump Says Climate Change Isn't a Hoax, but Thinks It Might 'Change Back Again'

He had previously claimed that global warming was not real

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Mission to Mercury: British built space craft to blast off to Mercury in first European mission of its kind

A British-built spacecraft will set off for Mercury this week in a mission which could finally determine if the nearest planet to the Sun has water. BepiColombo, one of the most ambitious missions ever undertaken by the European Space  Agency (ESA), will send two orbiters to explore the fiery world...

science / science - 5 years ago

2018 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #41

Story of the Week... Opinion of the Week... Legal Matters... Toon of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Climate Feedback Reviews... SkS Week in Review... Poster of the Week... Story of the Week... Hurricanes like Michael show why we can’t ignore climate change The deadly storm came just days...

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Stephen Hawking left us bold predictions on AI, superhumans, and aliens

The late physicist Stephen Hawking’s last writings predict that a breed of superhumans will take over, having used genetic engineering to surpass their fellow beings. In Brief Answers to the Big Questions, to be published on Oct. 16 and excerpted today in the UK’s Sunday Times (paywall),...