by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought totally under control by firefighters, more than two weeks after it erupted, authorities said on Sunday. "#CampFire ... is now 100% contained," Cal Fire, the state f...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The federal agency that oversees offshore petroleum leasing has received comment on Arctic Ocean drilling from a surprise source — NASA.
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
The bathroom is arguably the last bastion of privacy, but soon a new high-tech lavatory could be tracking your every movement. Researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) and MIT have teamed up with sanitation specialists to create the ‘FitLoo’ wh...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
At least 21 people have died and tens of thousands displaced by heavy rains that have battered Iraq over two days, the health ministry and United Nations said on Sunday. Women and children were among the dead, health ministry spokesman Seif al-Badr...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Hi-tech Singapore is planning to roll out a swarm of drones for tasks that include delivering parcels, inspecting buildings and providing security, but safety and privacy concerns mean the initiative may hit turbulence. Commercial use of unmanned ae...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Archaeological work in Jordan at the site of a mine where Christians had reportedly suffered horrific torture has uncovered some troubling information.
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Watch This Spectacular Launch of the Soyuz Rocket From Space
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
In a groundbreaking new study, scientists from The Rockefeller University in New York City and the Biozentrum at the University of Basel in Switzerland have concluded that each and every human alive today descended from just one couple who lived from...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
While astronomers were busy seeking out alien life at the Keck Observatory in Maunakea, Hawaii, they were able to learn more about the gas planet HR 8799c, one of four planets that orbit their parent star HR 8799 at a distance of 179 light years away...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Scientists suspect they were toothless and as big as elephants—a super-sized cross between a rhino and a turtle. They are Lisowicia bojani, a mammal-like reptile that walked alongside dinosaurs in the Triassic period about 200 million years ago. Rese...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sunday, Nov 18 through Saturday, Nov 24. Editor's Pick Climate Change Puts U.S. Economy and Lives at Risk, and Costs Are Rising, Federa...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
The school plans on holding meetings to address hate with students and the community
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Russia Sets Out to Prove the U.S. Moon Landing Happened
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
The head of Russia’s national space agency has proposed a mission to the moon to verify whether the American moon landings really took place. Dmitry Rogozin responded to a question about whether Nasa’s Apollo programme actually put men on the moon b...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
How the Space Mining Industry Came Down to Earth