science / science - 6 years ago
The family of Sgt. Ron Helus, who was killed in the Thousand Oaks shooting, called him a hero in a new interview
science / science - 6 years ago
A U.S. astronaut said on Thursday she had full confidence in the safety of the Russian-made Soyuz rocket that will blast a three-person crew into space next month in the first such launch since a rocket failure. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and U.S. and Canadian astronauts Anne McClain and Davi...
science / science - 6 years ago
Find out why Lovevery Play Kits is on TIME's list of the best inventions of 2018.
science / science - 6 years ago
Saudi Arabia fears that the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will continue to poison attitudes of foreign investors toward the kingdom
science / science - 6 years ago
Brexit secretary Dominic Raab and secretary for Work and Pensions Esther McVey both said they could not support May's new Brexit deal.
science / science - 6 years ago
Astronomers have hunted for a planet orbiting the red dwarf since the Sixties
science / science - 6 years ago
There are many ways of visualising scientific concepts, as we discovered when an artist got in touch about some of our work.
science / science - 6 years ago
Buried a half-mile deep under the icy plains of Greenland’s Hiawatha Glacier, scientists have discovered a giant crater. Nearly 20 miles wide, the crater is among the 25 largest in the world; for scale, NASA says it’s a bit bigger than the Washington, DC Beltway area. Danish scientists f...
science / science - 6 years ago
A couple of dozen migrants scaled the steel border fence to celebrate their arrival, chanting "Yes, we could!"
science / science - 6 years ago
About 2,260 refugees from 485 families are due to be sent back in an initial group
science / science - 6 years ago
BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Creating fire buffers between housing and dry brush, burying spark-prone power lines and lighting more controlled burns to keep vegetation in check could give people a better chance of surviving wildfires, according to experts searching for ways to reduce growing death tolls...
science / science - 6 years ago
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science / science - 6 years ago
A team of archaeologists in Bolivia said they have discovered tombs containing over a hundred bundles of artefacts and human remains dating more than 500 years old that belonged to an indigenous civilization that once inhabited the region. Bolivia's Ministry of Cultures and Tourism authorized the d...
science / science - 6 years ago
This is& the first entry in a& Dana's new monthly column with Yale Climate Connections Now designated as California’s deadliest fire, the still-raging Camp Fire by November 13 had led to 42 deaths, with many residents still unaccounted for and more than 7,000 structures destroyed. (Image credi...
science / science - 6 years ago
Thousands of firefighters battled blazes in northern and southern California on Tuesday as body recovery teams searched the remains of houses and charred cars for victims of the deadliest wildfires in the history of the US state. Most of the fatalities have been reported from the town of Paradise,...