science / science - 6 years ago
More than 3,000 patients of a surgery center in Bergen County, New Jersey, may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, according to the New Jersey Department of Health and the HealthPlus Surgery Center in the town of Saddle Brook. On Tuesday, officials issued a new statement asking p...
science / science - 6 years ago
It was just last month that Elon Musk took to Twitter to unceremoniously announce that he was changing the name of the crew module and rocket booster of SpaceX's BFR rocket program to "Starship" and "Super Heavy," respectively. Now, in another spontaneous update from Musk via...
science / science - 6 years ago
More than 3,000 patients of a surgery center in Bergen County, New Jersey, may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, according to the New Jersey Department of Health and the HealthPlus Surgery Center in the town of Saddle Brook. A letter from the HealthPlus Surgery Center was sent...
science / science - 6 years ago
It was back in August that NASA showed off images from its New Horizons spacecraft which had just spotted its next flyby target sitting a whopping 100 million miles away. Well, in the months since that updated the probe has been speeding along at over 30,000 miles per hour and, as luck would have it...
science / science - 6 years ago
Oil prices plunged more than 6 percent to the lowest level in more than a year on Monday, pulling back sharply late in the session as fears of an economic slowdown rattled the market. U.S. crude futures and global benchmark Brent hit their lowest levels since 2017 during the session, putting both...
science / science - 6 years ago
As people hit the road and take to the sky in the days following Christmas, a snowstorm is expected to take shape over part of the central United States.
science / science - 6 years ago
Those hoping for a white Christmas this year will be disappointed unless they live in the northern tier of the country or in the higher elevations.
science / science - 6 years ago
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science / science - 6 years ago
Exxon Mobil and a seismic research company it hired to search for oil off the coast of Guyana declined on Monday to say when they might resume exploration work halted after a weekend confrontation with Venezuela's navy. A century-long border dispute has heated up in recent years as Irving, Texas-ba...
science / science - 6 years ago
On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts William Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman reached lunar orbit, allowing them to become the first humans in history to witness an Earthrise. The images captured that day, showing our planet in context with the lunar landscape, remain among the most endurin...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Back to Work After Lung Cancer Surgery
science / science - 6 years ago
Hundreds are dead, with more missing, following a tsunami that took the Indonesian coast by surprise on Dec. 22. But this was no typical tsunami. Rather, it was a volcanic tsunami, and understanding what that means may help explain why this particular manifestation of nature's power was so dev...
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — It's called the "Dark Side" because the 50 workers there prefer to keep the lights low so they can dim the brightness on their computer screens.
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It’s been 50 years to the day since Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders’ “Earthrise” photo changed our world forever, but that mission to the moon and back wouldn’t have happened the way it did if it weren’t for a giant leap in technology. That comes through loud and clear in “Apollo’s Daring Mission,” a...
science / science - 6 years ago
The volcano that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD affected both the citizens of the ancient Roman city and their animal companions, as a remarkable new discovery shows.